Thanksgiving's Over??

You have got to be kidding me?
Christmas is 30 days from TODAY.
I don't know how the time gets away from me, but it sure does.

We has a lovely Thanksgiving and long holiday weekend.
Nana came in to celebrate with us and help decorate for Christmas.
Admittedly, I don't care for decorating...especially Christmas.
I'm a Scrooge.

What?!

Billy fried the turkey this year and it was amazing.

AMAZING.
Way to go B!
I totally forgot to make the gravy...no one even noticed.

Our Little Turkey.
Don't worry, we didn't fry him

Wants to be just like Daddy

 In all seriousness...not sure if it's one of the medications or he inherited my silver back gorilla genes, but this child is suddenly sporting a uni-brow and back fuzz!!

Yes, this precious baby is a hairy beast!

 Speaking of hairy beasts...
This is Loki, aka Baby Bunny:

 We are Bunny-Sitting while his family is out of town.
EMILY. LOVES. BABY. BUNNY.

 I was a little surprised because I always thought, up to this point, Bubby was the animal lover.
She has declared herself Baby Bunny's mother, including stationing herself outside his cage to hover. Just in case. ;-p

Feeding Loki ranch dressing carrots and showing him some toys

 Don't be fooled by his pagan name, Loki has recently been introduced to Baby Jesus via the Nativity Scene.

Loki seems to love The Daddy the most. He's the only one he sat in their lap for.
I don't think The Daddy minded.

 Emily has enjoyed loving on, feeding tator tots to and sharing The Good News with Baby Bunny.
She realized that Baby Bunny is going home tomorrow to his family and we hit DEFCON Level 1 tonight.

Me: "Emily...BB already has a family and a little girl that loves him. How do you think she'd feel if he didn't come home to her?"

Emily(sobbing): "Sad."

Me: "You don't want her to be sad, too."

Emily: "SHE CAN GET ANOTHER PET!!"

o-O

Changing gears...

Me: "If you were BB's Mommy, you'd have to change his litter box everyday."
Emily: "You can do it."
Me: "No. If you're his Mommy, you've got to take care of him. Clean his litter box everyday. He needs food and water everyday. It is a lot of work being some one's Mommy." (thinking the responsibilities would be unsavory)
Emily: "I WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR HIM!!!"

Good grief.
Santa may have an unexpected request this year.

Speaking of Santa!

The tree is up, thanks to my mom.
Along with a new chic ruffled burlap tree skirt, also compliments of mom's craftiness.

 And with the end of Thanksgiving comes perhaps the best time of the year for parents...
ELF ON THE SHELF!!
YES!
Take that defiant behavior!!
Sparky made his grand entrance Friday and I guess his trip was more taxing than he expected as his first order of business was to sink into a nice marshmallow bath.

 Day 2, Sparky decided to show off his newly acquired ranch hand skills.
Who knew dinosaurs migrated up to the North Pole.
You'd think it'd be too cold...