a full week of F-U-N... mama, can you have time off like this more often?

That's right blog friends... two posts in less than ONE week! Wow! This week has been so much fun- you really cherish the time spent with your child when you go back to work full time, that is for sure! Miss Trish said I could bring Griffin by if I wanted to run errands or take a little time for myself- but 'No Ma'am, No Sir, this Mama takes full advantage of ALL the spare time she gets with her little boy'...We went by her house on Wednesday to drop off our payment and stayed for all of 5 minutes- Below are some highlights from our week together...

On Monday, Griffin and I met up with Jaclyn, Gannon and Merrily for a morning of children playing outside in the beautiful sun while the mommies painted pots... I only painted one- I thought for the 'first time pot painter' it turned out decent- only wish I hadn't have painted it red...
On Tuesday, we went to Southlake for some shopping, Barnes and Noble and then met up with our dear friends Shara and Maddox. Miss Shara is expecting Baby #2, Berkley, in February. We had lunch at Snuffer's and Maddox and Griffin had so much fun playing cars together, or they had a blast watching their Mommies pick up the cars from the floor over and over again. After lunch, we walked around the square- and LOOK who we saw!!!!

Griffin was a little 'clingy' at first, but after Mama stood to the side and assured Griffin that Santa was 'just like Papa' and that his sleigh was 'just like a car' he warmed up a little bit more... then I encouraged him to show Santa his new bus book- and it was a match from then on!

This picture says it all... Now, every time he sees a 'Santa', Griffin says "Santa Coss", it truly melts my heart!!!

On Wednesday, we went to Bass Pro Shop and watched the Fish Feeding... Griffin was in awe of the 'BIIIIG FIIIISHIES'. It was a lot of fun!

They started off just feeding the fish with fish 'food' and then the 'food' became other smaller fish

Mama and Griff at the Fish Feeding

Of course, one of Griffin's favorite parts was not so much watching the fish eat... but the old truck on the way out of Bass Pro Shop-

I love the innocent look on his face here!

That night, we put up Christmas lights, with the help of Papa- thank you Papa!

Thanksgiving Morning, Griffin and Mama had a blast at our first Turkey Trot! We met several of our friends there and had so much fun in the Family Fun Run together!

Here we GO!

Griffin and Avery all BUNDLED up!

Mama and G Man!

We had a wonderful dinner at Truluck's with Nana and Papa for Thanksgiving

And then came home and decorated our Christmas Tree together

Griffin helped pick out all of his favorite ornaments and hang them on the tree

One of his favorite ornaments is an apple ornament given to me by a student... guess it will not make it to the school Christmas tree this year, and that is okay :)

On Friday, we went to Main Street in Grapevine to get a preview of The Polar Express Train and take in all of the beautiful sights of Christmas before the big rush...

All Aboard!

The Polar Express!

Mama and G

Thinking it Over

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Merry Christmas!

Nothin' but L-O-V-E!