Christmas Decorations

My mom came for the enitre month of November to help me while Philip was gone interviewing.

One of the many projects we got done was decorating for Christmas. Max LOVES Santa and Christmas lights. He is just loving watching Christmas videos and seeing all the decorated houses.

Since, The Philip Scherer family will be unable to travel this holiday season, my mom got us a tree so that we could have a fun Christmas, here in Gainesville, all by ourselves. This will be the first time we didn't spend Christmas with family. However, we are fully prepared to celebrate!

Drawing

Max loves to draw. Mostly circles and pirate ships, pirates and pirate swords. Unfortunately, he would rather draw on himself and the table, then the paper. Pencils, no way. Crayons, those are for babies. Max likes to draw with markers - no substitutions please.

Thank you Grandma Lake for buying me this table, it's the perfect canvas for all my art work. Luckily, it all wipes right off with lysol wipes!

This is some very intense drawing!

Florida vs. Florida State

Tim Tebow walking onto the field for the last time.

This was Tim Tebow's final football game in the Swamp. It was also College Game day here in Gainesville. Philip and my Dad went to the game. It was an easy victory!!!
That's how we like the games out here. Philip and my Dad waited in 30 degree weather for 3 hours to upgrade the student ticket for my Dad for the game. They only upgrade 500, so you have to get there early.
It was a big game since it was Tebow's farewell game. We're glad my Dad could come and see the game!

Unfortunately, they got a major whooping at the SEC championship, so they will no longer be playing in the national championship. It's a harsh realty in Gainesville.

Pirate bath

This is Max's "pirate hat". That's what he called it, sometimes I have to resort to bribery to get Max to cooperate. Max has an imagination that's out of this world. The catch is - everything is imagined in pirate terms . Pasta pinwheels -no way - those are pirate wheels. All kitchen utensils are "pirate hooks' or 'pirate swords'. Anything long and flat will be used as a 'pirate plank' usually when placed on the edge of my coffee table. The list goes on and on and on...