It is almost Christmas.....

Christmas is only three days away and we are very much so looking forward to it. Sadly, in Florida it is not feeling like Christmas. It is raining, not snowing and the temperature is not cold, but warm averaging mid 70s in the day and a low in the mid 60s at night. Such is life in the Florida. We are keeping ourselves busy and hoping to hear from everyone. We hope you, your families and friends all of you have a very Merry Christmas.

 

A surprise gift basket from a family in our ward. They made one for each family that had a family member deployed overseas during the Holidays.

Lots of goodies to eat and exercise off in the new year!

Christmas Art to send Mommy.

Lots of dough for holiday gifts.

 

Bread is a traditional gift.

 

Signing a poster for the troops at the Niceville Christmas lights. Notice I am wearing a jacket. One of the last cool nights before the Christmas heat wave.

That is an Army train passing by... tanks and all.

 

They have lots of trains on display of the Christmas place.

The bigger trains are really cool.

It is for sure a Merry Christmas here....

Look I am one of the nuts.

Me taking another picture.... I am so thrilled.

 

Keeping Santa's chair warm during his break.

Hey look, Santa came back.

 

Again we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We are looking forward to the New Year and all the surprises it will bring. Lots of changes coming in the New Year!

 

Late Thanksgiving Pictures from Chimge

Chimge shared a few pictures of here living area and the Thanksgiving display they had for the troops during the Holiday. I do remember they make a real effort during the Holidays. Of course nothing can substitute for family and friend, except your family and friends who are sharing the same deployment!

 

Chimge humble bunk with her bear. The bear is also on his second tour....

That is Chimge's Christmas tree!

A great dessert!

 

Now that is a cake....

 

Food art....

Someone had some extra free time.

Is it a Florida Gator?

Chimge does mention she eats a lot of fruit....

Watermelon art...

Watermelon art with bread art/

The Christmas Spirit alive and well...

That is very creative and festive.

Chef Irvin visiting the troops with the USO. (Left to Right) Some guy, Chimge and the people she works with.

 

Anyway, I can only post the pictures she sends.... So e-mail her and tell her to get into some of the shots.

 

More of what is going on

December is progressing and Christmas is almost here. Which as you can imagine, like most 5 year olds I am trying to be really good. Which works sometimes, other times, guess I have to try harder. Since my last post, here is what has been going on.

 

Got my class picture back! How cool is that?

As you can imagine, I baked some bread.

Now that is a lot of dough.

We all know this in not really Santa, but I just played along. I do not want to hurt the guys feelings. And I got a Candy Cane.

Got to sit in a fire truck and make a donation to help other kids.

I would of donated either way, but the fire truck was way cool.

Daddy put me to work.

 

Daddy and his projects...

He even extended the thing to connect with the other side.

The set up before I showed Daddy How to make a house out of candy and gram crackers.

Me and Daddy!

Me and Daddy with the finished product.

 

The three ginger marsh mellow people are Mommy (Middle), Daddy (Right) and Me (Left). We are celebrating Mommy's return from Afghanistan. It was a practice... we will get it right when she comes home.

My classmate Amir, he came over and we play Army.

Then we made a large mess, before settling on Legos.

 

Anyway, I am waiting on Christmas morning to see what Santa brings. That said, try to remember what Christmas is really about and share with other and visit friends and family. Merry almost Christmas and Happy New Year!

Today we put up our Christmas Tree!

I guess our Christmas Season has begun. Today we put up our Christmas Tree.... It went smooth, I supervised Daddy in Mommy absence. Between the two of us, we only broke a few decorations and Daddy only yelled a half dozen times. We all know, if Mommy was here it would have went a lot smoother, but Mommy is busy. And I am sure she will make sure ISAF has a nice well laid out and organized Christmas Tree.

 

It looks like it did when we put it in the box last year.

 

Hmmmm, I remember it being bigger last year.

This is the first ornament! I made it last year somewhere.

This one is the same age as me. Aunt Arleen sent it to me.

I was responsible for the lower half of the tree.

We are making progress.

This is a can shot, I would have put this one on the other side.

Three very important ornaments. Left to Right: "Support Our Troops", "The 101st Airborne" and "Mommy and Daddy's First Christmas ornament".

The final product!

And another final product with me further away.

 

Anyway, our tree is up. No one got hurt and now Santa Claus knows where I want my presents delivered. You have to mark the drop zone. Besides that, the return address on my letter to Santa had the home address.

 

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone. I hope you get your trees up and I hope you have a very Merry Christmas.