December 20

We finally made it to the mall to see Santa Claus today. After waiting nearly an hour, Will ran to Santa the minute we said it was his turn. When he was done, I asked Will if he had told Santa what he wanted for Christmas. Will replied, "No. Santa had a smelly beard." Poor Santa must have had bad breath and poor Will for having to endure that torture!

December 19

Will was still feeling under the weather today, but he did manage to read his guys a story. He lines them up at school (always on the floor in the living room) and usually I'm the one who has to do the reading. He must have sensed I was on vacation from being a teacher right now!

December 18

Today was the last day of school, but I stayed home with our sick little guy. He threw up in the middle of the night and had a fever of nearly 103 for most of the day. At one point I asked Will if he wanted to finish watching his show or take a nap. He chose a nap - he must be sick!

December 17

Will insisted on taking a picture with my camera tonight. He had a hard time holding in up and kept pointing it at the floor, but he did manage to get a very unflattering photo of my face. Go figure!

December 16

Father and son dancing in the kitchen by the glow of Christmas lights. Their laughter makes me smile.

December 15

Tonight as I was sitting on the couch, I heard the cat start to growl. I looked over and we had a little visitor on our back porch. This little guy sat on our step (much to the chagrin of Chewie) for nearly 5 minutes, just checking the two of us out.

December 14

Tonight as Marc was getting the recycling bin ready to take to the curb, Will insisted on joining him outside, despite the cold and rainy weather. It was fun to watch him stomp on all the cardboard, so proud to be helping Dad out.