Deck the Halls

Thanks for inviting me to the blog, honey!  The holidays have been fun and adventurous so far, especially since the little man finally remembers what they are all about and some of the traditions that make this time special.  Yay!  We were a little worried about how Thanksgiving would go since we've started him on the GFCF diet but, lucky for us, he doesn't eat much in social settings so it wasn't much of a problem.  Dessert was the only tricky part, so we were glad we brought GFCF brownies as a sweet distraction.

The only hitch that Thanksgiving presented was the fact that great-grandma had her gorgeous Christmas tree up at her house.  I was happy to see that the little guy remembered the fun of Christmas trees and lights but he was a bit jealous--he just wanted to "take it home"!  We were not allowed to have the lights plugged in as he tried to find a way to lift the tree to take to the car!  Funny and sad all at the same time.  Needless to say, we put our tree up the next day and, although half the ornaments ended up on the same five branches within 4-year-old reach, it made my heart sing that he wanted to help decorate!

I can't believe that the Christmas season is in full force already!  We thought we'd get our neighbor gifts out early this year, so we set out as a family to share treats with loved ones (and get the load of non-GFCF invaders that were the result of a massive sister-in-law baking day out of our house!).  The kids were in their jammies, all ready to fall asleep peacefully during the drive, Dad was at the wheel, and I was running goodies up to the doors of unsuspecting friends.  Instead of drifting off to sleep, however, little Mr. Scrooge was broken-hearted that our supply of treats was shrinking with each stop.  So I thought it might help to let him help spread some holiday cheer by coming up to the door with me.  Instead of cherishing the smiles on friends' faces, however, he freaked out even more and tried to grab each plate back screaming "want the treats"!  We must have been quite the sight with him trying to wrestle the plate back from the recipient of our love, them a little baffled at what to do, and me trying not to laugh and wishing them a "Merry Christmas!" as I dragged him away!  Looks like we'll be working on sharing/giving kinds of things this month!