Between the White Lines: Decking the Halls and Santa Claus

Saturday, December 14th was a busy day for us. My older brother, Sam, graduated from Winthrop and we spent the weekend in Columbia to celebrate and decorate the White's Christmas tree. Because Connor is so mobile, and puts just about everything in his mouth, we decided not to put up a Christmas tree in our place this year. The combination of pine needles in his mouth and ornaments and lights being pulled off the tree would make for one stressed out mama. We did help, or attempt to help, Cameron's parents decorate their tree. Below are some pictures of Connor's attempt at decorating.

Deciding which ornaments to hang

He really liked this Santa ornament

Choosing some that don't have any hooks on them

Chipper was helping too

His pile of ornaments to hang

But really he chews them

Helping dada with an ornament ;)

He put the star on the tree this year

Tuesday, December 17th, my mom, sister, Connor, and I spent the whole day shopping at Haywood Mall. While we were there, we decided that it would be a great time to take Connor to see Santa. Connor truly meets no stranger these days, so I was curious to see what he thought of Santa. The three children in front of us all screamed when they sat on his lap, so I was sure that would mean Connor would too. However, Connor got a kick out of Santa's long beard; in fact, all he wanted to do was tug on it. We did get a picture of him with this look on his face like "why are you telling me not to tug on his beard?" The Santa was very nice and didn't seem to mind. My guess is that Connor wasn't the first and probably won't be the last.

We also took Connor to Build-A-Bear. Even though he's only 9 months old, I wanted to take him to see what he would do. He actually seemed to really enjoy himself. His bear's name is "Homer" and of course is wearing a Braves uniform!