Merry Christmas!

I may be too busy to blog over the next few days, but I wanted to wish all of you a Merry Christmas! I hope all of your last minute preparations go well. I feel completely unprepared for Christmas this year, but I'm going to have the opportunity to see a lot of families members which I'm really looking forward to. At least I know I will be free of grading for two weeks and that brings me a lot of cheer.

Some adventures from Monday night- my mom and I took the boys shopping. Without using a stroller. Uff-da! Aiden leaping for joy at Old Navy:

Climbing under the clothing racks. I recall spending a lot of time in the middle of those circular clothing racks when I was little. My brother made me do it:

First try at candy canes. They both told me they were too sweet and sticky:

Sharing mac and cheese at Panera:

Trying to figure out how to steal the Christmas lights from the mannequin at Nordstroms:

Watching people on the escalators:

Waiting for Grandma:

Riding the escalators (aka alligators) was by far the highlight of the entire outing. The boys and I went up and down more than a couple of times. They now talk about taking the "alligator" when the walk up and down the stairs at home:

Poor Reid. He's a good brudder for sharing his bed with Aiden: