Santa Clause x2

Carson needed all his fruits (and I guess some veggies) to get through a big week.


There were multiple meetings with Santa, including this housecall from the LAPD's Santa.


Carson wasn't above travelling to see the man in red. Here we ride Travel Town's train to the North Pole.


The North Pole in LA County apparently has one of the localized snowstorms, covering roughly 15 square feet. It was enough snow to make Laura's smile appear blindingly white.


While this looks like a common Christmas tree lot, it was actually just Carson and I hiding behind the North Pole display while waiting in the Santa line.


Eventually we did get our second visit of the week with Santa. Carson was tight lipped on what he wanted, though he did reintroduce him to his most famous reindeer of all.


We ended the weekend with a family breakfast of blueberry pancakes.

More Christmas Prep

While we don't have many pictures it was an activity filled week.


St. Nick arrived last weekend, bringing with him a new soccer ball. Don't worry, that's just the replica world cup ball, not the real thing.


As if he need more reasons to like fruit: Laura gave Carson his first smoothie this week.


With the first real rain of the year coming to LA, Carson made the most of his hand-me-down rain gear.


Fortunately everything had dried out in time for the Manhattan Beach Holiday Festival. Carson was impressed that the big guy actually made an appearance.


We finished the weekend watching the MB holiday fireworks.

More Fun with Grandma and Grampa

Grandma and Grampa slid back into town for some more fun with Carson



There was time to read books


And time to sing songs


And don't forget the time necessary for general silliness


But by the end of the week it was chilly and we needed to bundle Carson up


So that we could load up in the family truckster and get the tree. If you want to see how big Carson has gotten in a year, have a look at last year's shot here


We're all pretty excited for Christmas!