The Veldmans: It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

We had such a productive and fun filled weekend. As I mentioned in the last blog post, Daddy took Friday off and we went downtown to Macy's with Mema for the "A day in the life of an elf" exhibit. Neither Daddy nor I had been before...it was amazing! Ava loved it. Everything is animated and there was so much stuff to look at. You'll notice that Ava is not looking at the camera in any of the pictures. There was far to much fun stuff to look at. She was so well behaved and just amazed at everything. Well, I shouldn't say everything...was wasn't too impressed with Santa. You'll see those pictures below. After we were done we went up to the skyroom for lunch. Uncle Wes came towards the end of lunch and met up with us for a short bit.

On the way home from Macy's we stopped and picked up a Christmas tree. There was a big debate this year about whether we were going to get a real or artificial tree. We had decided upon an artificial. Well, we pulled into the driveway Friday afternoon with a fresh, short, fat Christmas tree strapped to the top of the Traverse. Perhaps we'll do artificial next year. The house smelled amazing the rest of the day.

We had a very busy Saturday. We started out at the gym and running errands. After lunch we headed over to the community center for "Cookies with Santa". Once again, Ava was not fond of Santa. She stated that she did not want to sit on his lap, but opted for a "high five" instead. I can't blame her. Santa was a bit scrawny looking, and Mrs. Clause...well she looked kind of slutty. She was far from plump, had dyed black hair, and wore a lovely "snug fitting" jumpsuit. Ava looked her up and down. I couldn't blame her, I had a hard time not staring. Ava spent some time running around in the gym, and Daddy helped her with her basketball skills. Back home we went and I did some baking while Ava took her nap. That evening we finally decorated the house. Ava loves the Christmas lights, and on our way up the stairs to bed she said, "good night Christmas tree". Oh I love that girl!

We finished our weekend at church this morning and then going over to Mema's. We did a bit of cookie decorating and eating. Then it was home to play for a bit and then off to bed. It's back to work tomorrow and I'm sure that another week will fly by before we know it.

We hope that you were able to enjoy this weekend, relax, and spend some time with your friends and/or family. Thanks for checking in with us!

Having a great time at Macy's on Friday

This would be when Ava was yelling "no, no, no"

Once she realized that Santa had something (a button) for her she was a little better. However, there was no way that we were going to get a smile out of her.