Popcorn!

I don't believe Lucas has ever seen popcorn, and he definately hasn't seen it being made. He had a chair pulled up to the counter for some Christmas Eve popping fun. He was my little caramel popcorn helper!
We may not have had Mamie around this Christmas to share her special popcorn, but we weren't going to let the tradition fall to the wayside!
(And the best part, Lucas had no idea it was food. And I'm happy about that. I'm not ready for him to eat popcorn, let alone caramel popcorn!)

Boooy did he think it was funny when it started popping out!

Hungry Bunny

I guess Lucas thought 'Bunny' might be hungry. He even looked for a bib for him!

My Little 'French' Baker

Giant snowflakes have been falling on and off this morning (yay, it's not sticking though!), what a perfect day for some slow-cooker pulled-pork sandwiches.
The pork is cooking away, the homemade BBQ sauce is ready...and the french bread rolls are in the oven as I type! I am very ambitious just a few days before Christmas (if I do say so myself!)
Lucas decided he'd had enough of playing on his own while I was making the sauce, so he came to 'help' me finish up the rolls.

A little flour in a bowl should keep him busy for a few minutes!

Voila!
Ready for the final rise!

Temptation

Oops, I just remembered that I promised pictures of our Christmas tree! Better late than never!

We're sure happy we decided to put the tree behind closed doors this year!
(For those that have never seen our house, behind those doors is our family room, where Lucas spends most of his time. This way he can still see the tree, he just can't touch it!) He is not allowed at the front of the house without one of us around, but when he is allowed there, he just loooves to pull off the ornaments...two, by two :)

"I wonder if she's watching me?"
More temptation, the tree skirt!

Stockings and Cheerios

I told Lucas that this stocking "is a big sock". He took it literally.

Lucas likes to eat his Cheerios with milk now :)
Rounding up the fallen ones.

He's getting so good with a spoon!

Biiiig bite!

Crawlspace

Pat was in the crawlspace yesterday getting the Christmas decorations out~Lucas was verrry interested in this magical "hole" that just appeared in the closet! Why not start him to work down there at a young age...right Dad? (Haha, only you guys will know the meaning of that joke!)

Kids of Coastland Christmas Party!

Watching the clowns!

Tickles the clown...and...hmm, I'm not sure what her sidekicks name is!

"Can I please play under the tablecloth?"

Loving his balloon "sword" that Tickles made him!

Paige and her Daddy!

"There is NO way I'm sitting on this guy!"

"Phew, glad that's over!"

"Hmm, I wonder what's inside?"

He was pretty impressed with his present! He really wanted to open it, but we thought blocks might be better off opened at home!

Paige's turn to tell Santa what she wants!

Look at aaaaall those presents! And she was called at the halfway mark I bet!

What's it going to be?

A baby and stroller!