Charles has so much fun the Christmas. He loved looking for our elves, Marzipan and Gingerbread. As soon as he would spot them, he would reach out and point, saying, "Ook!" It really made William made the one day when Charles found them before he could! Charles also loved the Christmas tree. He was mostly very good just looking at the ornaments on the tree, although my s'mores ornament had to be glued back together, and my Donald Duck jumping jack had to be reassembled, but the real breakables were left alone. He loved his own keepsake ornament this year--and it was chosen for him for that exact purpose. It was Mickey playing the piano for Minnie, and it actually played music. Charles would point it out to any visitors and would dance away to the musci.
When we had our family Christmas, Charles was given a light saber by our cat Lang Se. It was the first gift he opened, and it turned out to be the only one he was interested in the rest of the night. He thought it was the best thing ever! The light saber came with us in the car, and Charles dug it out of our bag and played with it in the hotel room. After a day in the car, Charles had a blast running around the hotel room, pit-stopping at Mommy for a bite of mac and cheese before running some more with his light saber.
In SC, he joined right in the the bigger boys in their play, but he also had fun with the younger girls. He and Emma Kate were often together holding hands--such sweet babies! He also liked playing with babies with Aly and Mary Elizabeth.
Charles also had fun at the candle light church service, but his fun was a bit distracting for Mommy. He shoved the battery powered candle in his mouth and he wanted to jump back and forth over the pew to Bee Bee or Uncle Yates sitting behind us.
Christmas morning, Charles was thrilled with the cars in his stocking, and when we opened the door to the living room, he ran right over to the little people zoo Santa gave him and started playing. The zoo jeep immediately started making trips down the hallway with him pushing it.
Charles and William were also introduced to Lawrence Welk by Granddaddy and loved dancing to the music. He also got some good cuddle time with Granddaddy, but not wanting to interrupt the moment, I did not get a picture. I thought I would enjoy the moment and keep it in my memory.
On our trip back home, we stopped at Thad and Wendy's house. They have a little two step drop to their den from their kitchen. Charles paid no attention to it and tumbled down it twice. There were no tears. He just got up and continued his exploration. When we got home, he had decided he could now walk down our stairs. After tumbling twice down our flight, he has decided he once again needs to sit and bounce his was down.
What a fun Christmas with our always happy, smiling Charles.
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