Swann Family Christmas

Soooooooooo.....

It's been a while huh?
Well let me close out 2012 before entering 2013. The Christmas holiday was wonderful, even though we had to head to the local Lowes for a "fresh" tree as there are no "pop-up" tree lots straddling the corners of parking lots, abandoned storefronts, and malls - as you'd find up North. It was pretty surprising as we pretty much live in a dang forest (well a swamp) but nonetheless - Santa came for Rah and he prepared for the night by baking Santa cookies (oatmeal raisin, Santa's favorite) and a mixture of Reindeer food for his noble steed, you can't forget the reindeer, ya know.

 

Rah baking cookies

The finished product

Rah preparing reindeer food



Night flash photography on Christmas Eve

He even sprinkled the mixture outside (well more like poured it all in one big clump) so that the reindeer wouldn't come into the house and trample all over the furniture! LOL. We decorated the tree with Mardi Gras beads keeping true to our adopted hometown and it all went off without a hitch. Rah really enjoyed his holiday - and the grown-ups had a pretty good time too! But I must say, cabin fever set in pretty quick and we were all ready to get out of the house and get away by the time the New Year rolled around (some more than others).

Christmas Morning

And to top it all off he wanted a "monster truck with a remote controller". Well, the one I saw back in Oct./Nov. that looked as if it were big enough for him to ride, could no longer be found so I completely gave up. There were others similar but not as big and since we'd already outdone ourselves - and Rah was straddling the "Naughty List" (scratch that ON the "naughty list) I simply wasnt getting him one. But, Mrs. Smith bought him one anyway. Check out the video...

So there you have it, my almost 3 month late Swann Family Christmas Blog!