So after spending the morning playing with the Santa loot, we packed up and headed down 95 to Bladen County for more Christmas celebrations. We always do Christmas lunch at my Grandma’s house. It’s not quite the same anymore b/c she isn’t able to do the country-cookin’, but I still appreciate the tradition. I love that she adores Jackson and Kate. Even though her memory and mind aren’t what they used to be, she still lights up when they are around. I think that’s when I see her smile the most. I love that I captured this picture of her with them!
This one of her and Jackson is so sweet, too!
Jackson always has fun w/ Uncle John. The Go Heels bribery continues, but this time they had much for fun with the bird puppets!
In this picture Jackson is playing with a sweet remote control truck he’d just gotten. I loved his face while he was watching it go! Seeing that joy makes my heart smile. And seeing that sweet little face next to it, just makes it smile even bigger!
After a big lunch and a long nap, it was time for some Christmas fun w/ Nana and Pa-Jack. Jackson had been asking all day where his present was, so it was especially exciting for him when Nana told him he had to close his eyes and couldn’t open til she said it was time. He loved that surprise!
But I think he loved the ‘big boy bike’ even more! Um, it has a revving handlebar. How sweet is that for a kid who wanted Santa to bring him a motorcycle!?!
Kate thought she was hot stuff on her new Mossy Oak ride! She still hasn’t quite mastered the button to make it go, but she does pretty good. Right before this picture she had just shot across the driveway all by herself. Proud girl and rightly so!
It didn’t take Jackson any time at all to get the hang of the bike! I was really surprised since he’d never really rode one – only his tricycle and the bike he test drove in Wal-Mart.
I love that he doesn’t mind the helmet! As a matter of fact, he loves it! For several days after Christmas he would wear it around the house. And now, if he’s been riding his bike outside and goes on to something else – sandbox, gator, etc. – he doesn’t bother taking it off. So it’s pretty funny watching him swing with a helmet on. Hey, safety first! I’m not complaining.
Since Jackson was so excited about the bike (and we adults were, too) we just decided to wait til they were in bed before we opened the boring-to-a-kid adult presents. So once they were sleeping we had another little Christmas party!
Coincidentally, my Daddy brought the same friend to the party that Stevie brought to the Christmas Eve party the day before, so the night was filled with lots more laughing!
As for Jackson, I went into check on him after he’d been quiet for a while and this is how I found him… I’d say he had a big day!
And then… Sunday morning, we woke up to this:
Those little baby pine trees you see there – those are Jackson and Kate’s trees. Planted the same year Jackson was born – 2007.
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