Another Christmas has arrived and while we were hoping for a White Christmas, it wasn’t to be but it was still a most wonderful day for the family.

All the gifts were opened before 9am and it was an awesome day.

However there was a grinch who showed up as the Lions lost to the Vikings (second time this year) 23-10. Who would schedule a football game on Christmas as half the viewing audience is going to be bummed and this year it was us. No more Lion games on Christmas please.
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James volunteered to work on this

Its that time of year again as we all visited Fantasyland in Lincoln Park. James actually walked to the event as he is trying to walk 5 miles each day and doing a very good job at it. Once he got close he called Mom and Dad and we left to join him.

James saw plenty of his VIP friends and actually got a ride home with one of his friends family as he wanted to stay longer. On the way home he stopped off at Target and brought home some chocolate covered cherries for the family.

As usual, Santa was there and as is the tradition James showed him how he was doing in school, they only one who brought paperwork to his visit.

Thanks to VIP camp for setting this up as it was alot of fun.
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Thanksgiving weekend was an introduction to winter as the beginning was fine fall weather but Saturday came winter, unfortunately the bad weather did not help the Wolverines on Saturday, nor did the dome help the Lions on Thanksgiving as both had disappointing losses.

We did get the Christmas decoration up before the bad weather hit and were nice and cozy all weekend. Great meal by Mom and deviled eggs of course.

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One of Mom’s gifts this year is a Video Bird Feeder which is tied into her phone via an app. The bird feeder sends a text message when it takes a motion activated pic, but it has to be close enough to the house for the wifi to work so we hung it on the garage. It has a solar panel so it should keep the camera charged outside assuming we get a little sunshine this winter. The first day we had it up we only picked up our neighbor walking to the garage but then we got this little fellow stopping by for a snack.

This was a great Christmas for the whole family as we celebrated the birth of Jesus together and had lots of fun doing it. Mom did a great job with the Christmas meal which included a selection of prime rib, turkey, and (of course) devil eggs.

The gift giving was fun as usual. Dad got more Halloween stuff, Mom got bathroom bombs and kitchen stuff, and James got some items to help him with his youtube channel and also his school work. Mom and Dad also got got surprise gifts from James.

A great Christmas and a fun time for the whole family.
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The kitties are very familiar with Christmas day and we believe they now anticipate it when the decorations go up. Christmas is the day they get new toys plus catnip on paper plates. In addition to the new toys (which come in stockings from the pet store), the kitties also got 4 new Christmas based scratch pad houses which James put together in the back room as a sort of city of kitty houses.

The kitties also got special food which they enjoyed and we even shared a little ice cream with them, which of course they enjoyed. It was a wonderful time for the kitties this Dec 25th and at the end of the day the kitties repaid us by snuggling up to us and helping to keep us warm this December day.
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We met up with our VIP camp friends at Fantasyland and had a very fun time. We have gone here the last several years and it never fails to amaze or entertain. The most popular exhibit is (as you may have guessed) is the Santa photo where kids and adults get their picture taken with Santa. James showed Santa his report card and asked for a scholarship to college and gift cards to Bubba’s and Texas Roadhouse, his favorite restaurant.

We also visited the train display upstairs which was founded by Dad’s old baseball coach, Mr Nick. They have a few pics of Mr. Nick that I took a picture of. Anyone who went to St Alberts would know who Mr Nick is.
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