Happy Birthday, PaPa. 

I started the day watching Fireman Sam on the iPad while I snuggled under the covers.  It sure seems to me that Barbara has to charge that iPad more often than she should.  I want to watching it longer than I get to. 

Barbara said she needed my help with chores.  Barbara and I carried most of my remaining toys upstairs. The only toys left are my books, blocks, and my Play Dough table.  You can see my little Christmas tree.  We did not decorate for Christmas this year because of Project Upstairs.  We swept and mopped the downstairs.  I took a bath while Barbara cleaned the upstairs bathroom.  Mommy only worked half a day today, so I helped her work around the house during the afternoon while Barbara went to the grocery store. 

 Here I am playing solider...

...having a hard time seeing with my helmet over my eyes.

Here I am resting with Monk Monk, sippie, and iPad.

 The last pictures I took sitting on this rock were good, so we thought we would try again...

 I sometimes like to pose...

.... just being an old cow poke.

 ProLawn came to clean up the flower beds.  I stayed inside while they were using their clippers, but when they were just raking and blowing, I was out there helping my using my new blower.

Actually Mommy made me stay away from the workers so they could do there job without watching out for the little kid.

PaPa and Grandma brought GGM and GGF back here so they could be with us for Christmas.  They left Bella Vista, Arkansas, around 6am and arrived here around 4pm.  I was so glad to see them and especially liked helping bring their things from the car into the house.  I like being helpful.   PaPa and Grandma carried my bed upstairs and looked at the new staircase, then they hurried home to the lake so Grandma could start doing her ProLawn job.  She was off work for three days and no one does the work when she is not there.  Grandma was also fighting off a cold.

Barbara had dinner ready for us and while we ate I told GGM Avis and GGF John all about Charlie, my Elf on the Shelf.  They thought that was a fun idea.  They said they would help me look for him in the morning.

We took three of my balls outside and played soccer.

 GGM Avis accidentally kicked the blue ball over the fence....

... so I had to climb through the deadend street fence and retreave it. 

I started playing in my old toy room today.  I found this Jokers hat in my toy box.
GGM Avis read a couple of books to me while Barbara put sheets on my bed.  GGM, Mommy, and I were very tired and were in bed by 8pm.  Tonight we are sleeping upstairs for the first time in a couple of months.