Thanksgiving, Elf on the Shelf, and Airplane Ride

Wow...where have I been? Time to play a little catchup on the blog post.

Thanksgiving

We all had a great time seeing family. Our journey started as we traveled to Throckmorton, then to Graham, and back to Wylie. Barrett enjoyed seeing his grandparents, great-grandparents, and playing with this cousins.

Here is a picture of Barrett helping his Meme Barrett in the kitchen. He was suppose to be stirring the whipping cream, but decided to take a sample lick to make sure it tasted okay.

Elf on the Shelf

Oh my! If you have a little one, you've got to get Elf on the Shelf. I bought the book/elf last year, but decided to hold off on reading it to Barrett until this year because I thought he might understand it a little better.

He does!!!! It's been great for bribery! haha Really, I don't know what I'm going to do after Christmas to keep him from being naughty!!!!

We named our elf, Elfvis, and Elfvis has been keeping an eye on Barrett morning, noon, and night. Barrett knows he is going to report everything to Santa, and if he has good reports (like eating his vegetables, picking up his toys, apologizing if he hurts someones feelings, and making good choices) then Santa will deliver the toys that Barrett wants.

Can you guess what he wants???? I'll bet you can!

This is Barrett agreeing to be "good" for Santa. Can you read his lips?

Mommy: "Barrett, are you going to do your best to be good so that Elfvis can report back to Santa and Santa will bring you new toys?"

Barrett: "Yes!"

Airplane Ride

Barrett experienced some more 1sts for this weekend. One being his very first airplane ride. Although it was due to an unfortunate reason to fly, I still wanted to Barrett's experience to be the best. We talked over the days leading up to our flight (mainly because I was afraid he might be scared).

Boy was I wrong. This child L O V E S flying. He had everyone around us laughing. The more turbulence we had, the harder Barrett laughed. He was cackle, and then say, "This is soooo fun," or "Weeeeeee", or "Whoa, it's really, really, bumpy"!

The landing of our first flight was the best! Barrett (in the midst of laughing) said, "We landed! We're on the floor now!!!".

I'm glad he liked it. As much as he is into planes, he might decide to become a pilot.

I would love that! Mommy flies for free all around the country!

Between connecting flights (Charlotte, NC and Hilton Head Island, SC...we ran into Santa Claus at the airport. Barrett was able to talk to Santa, tell him what he wanted for Christmas, and touch Santa's beard.

Not really wanting to sit on the ole man's lap though! hahaha

And finally...this is the reason my dress and clothes during the trip were wrinkled! ha Barrett thought the idea of hiding out in our suitcase was fun!!! Throwing our clothes out of the suitcase and over his shoulder... was also seemed to be entertaining!