After Santa Parks His Sleigh

You thought Santa parked his sleigh and hung out at the North Pole after Christmas?

Nah. He hits the streets in a red car (check out the white bearded guy on the grill!) with antlers (a bit hard to spot... subtle, yet effective) and tracks down the best after-Christmas sales!

What do you like to do after Christmas? 

When Nature Calls, even Elves Gotta Go!

I didn't know what an Elf on the Shelf was until I visited my son's house and accidentally touched the leg of a red-suited elf hanging from a wire strung across the ceiling.

"NO!" my grandchildren screamed. "If you touch him, he'll go away!" 

Well, apparently there is a second-chance clause for uneducated Grammys. After spending a day with a bandage on his leg, Freddy was back to moving around the house at night.

(Can I lock my door?)

Here he is on the back of the toilet, poised over a cup with a bit of yellow liquid in the bottom, with the illuminating words, "Let it go, let it go, don't hold it back anymore! Hehehe. Freddy" written on the toilet lid.

(I don't know that Freddy is going to be getting any presents. Does his mama know he's writing on toilets, I wonder?)

Do you have an Elf on the Shelf? 

Do you have a similar Christmas tradition?

Festival of Trees!

My friend Karen gave me a ticket to The Festival of Trees! Besides the amazing array of creatively decorated trees, there was a gorgeous castle entry that made me feel like a pink-coated princess!

It was so helpful to get me into the Christmas spirit!

I'm so glad for friends, and castles, and pink, warm coats!

What are you glad for?

Even the Chips are in a Christmas Mood!

Even the chips are in a Christmas mood!

(Perhaps we should help them celebrate... salsa is red and green, too, heh?)

Tall Hot Blondes

When Rebecca and I met up with our equally tall, hot, blonde cousin, Jolene Rallison Garcia, at a store that had a sign that read, "Everyone wants a tall, hot blonde for Christmas," well, we had to take advantage of a photo op!

The only two problems are:

1. None of us stood up to show how tall we are.

2. I don't know how to crop this photo!

Argh!

(I want an electronically savvy brain for Christmas...)

What is your favorite beverage to warm up your insides in the winter?

Do I Look Like a Turkey?

I am thankful for FACE PAINT!

Or maybe I'm just thankful to spend time with people I love, like one of my granddaughters and her friend. The red and green snake girl could go on a Christmas tree! The apple/banana cheeked princess could go to a royal grocery store! And I could be... um... I could be a lizard lipped splashy cheeked jungle baby!

Or a turkey.

I painted two faces, my pictured granddaughter (better known as Banana Face) painted one.

(Guess who painted what!?)

Big, Mean, Pink Machine!

What did I see while riding down the road? A Hummer!
Big, tough, alligator stuff, Hummers are designed to be serious, hardcore, off-road-ready military vehicles designed to do battle in camel-infested nations.
Unless they're pink.

Then they are for Christmas shopping, to run over all the other cars parked near the front entrance of the store. The capacity inside won't have to hold the troops, but all the equipment needed for an over-abundant Christmas.
I think this Hummer is headed for some serious Black Friday shopping. It could certainly fit a camel in it.
Do you like the Black Friday shopping tradition?