Yes, Noah, we know you have a gray tooth.
At the Swiss Family Robinson Tree House
Emily and Noah got to wave flags with some other children while the band played "Stars and Stripes Forever". Noah was a little clueless about what he was supposed to do.
He was fascinated with the band.
Time to move along now, little boy.
Noah and I kept trying to wake up this sleeping lion by shouting "Meow meow!" and "Here kitty,kitty!"
She finally woke up and looked none too pleased with us.
My little monkey
Poor Maude. A few days before, her friend Mary the elephant passed away. She looked so lonely all by herself. Mary was 63 when she died and was one of the oldest elephants of her kind in captivity.
This is at Mimi's Cafe for dinner before they went to the dance. These photos are from Matt's phone.
A few pictures at the dance.
They have several craft tables.
Noah and I had our own fun Mother/Son outing. We went to Chick-Fila for dinner and Firkin Kegler for mini bowling.
A new addition to our house this Christmas was our "Elf on the Shelf" that Santa sent from the North Pole to keep an eye on the kid's behavior for him. They named him Jack. Every morning when they woke up Jack was in a different location in the house. They loved to look for him as soon as they got up in the morning. They were kind of scared of him, especially at first. When I read them the book about how he reports back to Santa about them, Noah started crying.
At our church in front of their beautiful tree in the foyer.
Emily and I went to EPCOT one afternoon to go to the Candlelight Processional and visit the countries.
Los Tres Reyes Magos in Mexico or to us gringos the Three Wise Men
Chita Rivera was that evening's celebrity narrator at the Candlelight Processional. It was supposed to have been Vanessa Williams but she cancelled. This event is one of my favorite things to see at Christmas.
The performance was beautiful as always.
Santa and Mrs. Claus at the American pavilion.
At Germany with the live Nutcracker.
Emily's favorite storyteller was Helga from Germany. She did such a great job talking about their Christmas customs. She told us about how the Germans created the first advent calendar, the story of Martin Luther and the first Christmas tree and the famous story of the Nutcracker that comes to life.
A few days later we went to Hollywood Studios to see the famous Osbourne Family Christmas lights.
Spending time at Nana and Papa's house before Christmas.
The poor fella got sick a few days before Christmas with a fever and upset stomach. Thankfully, he was better by the next day and no one else got sick.
