The weekend before Christmas we has three family Christmas get-togethers. The weather was super crappy and traffic was even worse. But it was nice to get all the travelling out of the way so we could stay local and relax a bit more over the next week. Henry and Violet were, of course, super spoiled and got like a bazillion presents from everyone.
Henry checks out a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles kit he was given from Uncle Sam. It included a mask, sword and throwing stars. Note: My thick and luxurious beard.
I spent the past month cultivating a beard which was converted to a moustache immediately after Christmas. It was an amazing odyssey but I have since shaved. I am open to comments and what have you regarding the different facial hair scenarios.
Question: What is the only thing better than getting a pair of Hulk Smash Hands for Christmas?
Answer: Getting two pair.
In the true spirit of Christmas, we all took turns beating the crap out of each other with our new Hulk Smash Hands.
Below, my wicked left jab renders Henry temporarily dazed as his neck snaps back from the sheer force of the blow.
We posed for a family photo at Jesse and Brandi's.
Note to parents: I have learned that you can't trust a three-year-old alone with a fresh roll of tape or a new tube of toothpaste. Henry looks like a mutant cross between Ted Kennedy and the older brother from E.T. with his crazy tape face.
This is my son.
Violet loves Dora.
Violet and I practice our high kicks as we enjoy a snack of croutons.
Violet also got a keyboard from Santa. She can already play Home Sweet Home by Motley Crue.
Violet was given a little cottage playhouse with an oven and a bunch of kitchen stuff. She is also now the proud parent to THREE Cabbage Patch Kids. She tucks two of them in at night in a box and sleeps with one of them. Here is Violet flashing some gang signs. 
Violet and Papa...
Me and Henry also managed to get out with Uncle Jesse and do a little darkhouse spearing... We even got one after a couple hours on Sunday afternoon. I learned Henry has an insatiable appetite for chocolate milk. He was relatively well behaved but almost fell in the spear hole once.
Note to parents: I have learned that you can't trust a three-year-old alone with a fresh roll of tape or a new tube of toothpaste. Henry looks like a mutant cross between Ted Kennedy and the older brother from E.T. with his crazy tape face.
This is my son.
Over the past month we had convinced Henry that we maintain direct contact with Santa. Whenever Henry started acting turdy, I would pick up the phone and say, "I'm sorry Henry, but I am gonna have to call Santa and tell him about your extreme behavior". I even called a couple of times using a Redd Foxx-type voice and pretended to be Santa. We had Henry walking a pretty straight for most of December using deception and skullduggery.
But we did let them have Reese's Pieces for breakfast Christmas morning that were left in their stockings from Santa. Violet is still pretty jazzed about her new Dora slippers. Footie Jammies!
Violet and I practice our high kicks as we enjoy a snack of croutons.
Violet also got a keyboard from Santa. She can already play Home Sweet Home by Motley Crue.
Violet was given a little cottage playhouse with an oven and a bunch of kitchen stuff. She is also now the proud parent to THREE Cabbage Patch Kids. She tucks two of them in at night in a box and sleeps with one of them. Here is Violet flashing some gang signs.Violet and Papa...Me and Henry also managed to get out with Uncle Jesse and do a little darkhouse spearing... We even got one after a couple hours on Sunday afternoon. I learned Henry has an insatiable appetite for chocolate milk. He was relatively well behaved but almost fell in the spear hole once. He passed out about 30 seconds after I got him in the truck...
5 comments:
Henry has some serious skills with the tape!!
The mister was pretty upset about having to shave off his Christmas beard upon returning to work today.
I'm glad we're not the only ones that find croutons to be an acceptible snack.
Kirk's into the Judas Priest these days. Perhaps he and Vi should start a metal band?
Those Hulk gloves are a riot. You could do some serious fist shaking in rush hour traffic with those babies.
It's too bad the beard is gone. I just saw a photo of Dave and his is going STRONG. I think you're gonna be out two cases of Bud Select, that's for sure.
Belsum - Beards, croutons, Priest = All good. I wish my beard would "fill in" better though.
Engie -The Hulk hands are sweet and I agree, Dave is a champion beard cultivator so I'm already saving up for the 48 Selects as we speak - at least they are only 99 calories each!!
Oh wow....the tape on the nose...it's too much!
Those Texas Toast croutons are pretty deelish.
I love it that Henry was SO tired that he didn't even do justice to that sucker.
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