Addendum to "Christmas 2013"

Jen has been handling the blogging lately but there were a few more pictures I wanted to post from the Harris's Christmas season.

Scarlett is totally stoked to see Santa!  Obviously Desmond is as well.

TC = Too cute.

Desmond is working the Christmas sweater.

Scarlett getting in some quality Aunt Beanie time.

If it has wheels Desmond is all about it.

This is a valuable skill, Scarlett, I highly recommend you keep working with Aunt Pooh to perfect it.

Here's a 4 Generation picture with Scarlett, Jen, Nana, and Granny.
We were going to do just the girls, but Desmond insisted on sitting in Nana's lap.

Who's afraid of a little line?  Especially on the first Brown Thursday.

Santa was nice enough to take some time out from his toy making schedule, take some pictures, and sing some songs.

All that fun comes with some travel.  We stopped in Mandeville, Louisiana for Jen to reminisce and let the kiddos have a break.

I look like I've been driving all night and smell like sunflower seeds.  Jen still looks fantastic.

I got rid of the sunflower seed taste with my first Po Boy on the balcony of Rips on the Lake overlooking the causeway.

You can see the causeway crossing the lake on the right.
It was so clear we could see the buildings of New Orleans thirty miles away.

Taking a moment.

We went and saw the million plus Zoo Lights.

I'm not sure if this was the 7th or 8th time Scarlett watched Frozen . . . 

Jen takes her tree selection very seriously.  The young ones are learning the sacred art.

So far Des is loving it.

Proud parent moment #1:  somehow we got out of the house without Scarlett's coat liner.
Um, time to go thaw her out . . . now!

We decided to have some of our friends over for graham cracker houses this year!
We prepped little ones for the kids.  This was Jen and my house creation this year.

We had a lot of fun.  Lots of Christmas creativity.

The Elder's architecture was awesome.  You might say it was inspired.

Somehow Desmond managed to pump his body full of sugar.

a LOT of sugar...

Proud parent moment #2:  Our fun night continued much longer than we had anticipated as we got up with Desmond every hour to run around the house and burn off more energy . . . the word "wired" comes to mind.

Once we took it down, this is how the playhouse looked for its Georgia to Texas trip.
I may have had some doubts about it going back together right.

The kids could not wait for us to finish! Literally.

They, of course, were an invaluable help in the construction.

This gives a sense of the action!

The seesaw is Scarlett's go to item, but Desmond snuck in for a run.

I'm thinking he likes it.

All that hard work--totally worth it!