Bob the Builder

What a fun day. We started it out at the neighbors (aka Nathan, Kathy, Graham, Abigail, Joy, Esther-Noel, and Elijah's house) with a breakfast of French toast and ice cream! Ice cream for breakfast is a birthday tradition at their house and today we were celebrating Goosey's (aka Woody) birthday. A birthday we were very happy to be celebrating...because as Woody said..."I wasn't sure last year at my birthday, if I'd be here to celebrate this one!" He related the story about coming home from the hospital as a newborn...no baby bed...so they put him in a dresser drawer to sleep!

Now, to explain tonight's blog title. As I mentioned in yesterday's blog, Woody wrapped presents much of the day yesterday. So this got the interest of the grandchildren...wanting to check out what had been put under the tree and for whom. They have found some strange name tags...one is to Bob the Builder. When Graham found that tag yesterday, he didn't know exactly what to make of it. I told him that I guessed that Bob was going to be here to celebrate Christmas with us. And, Graham told me that he was sure that Bob the Builder was just on TV. So we had to figure out who Bob might be. Finally, Goosey reminded Graham that sometimes he calls Graham "Bob the Builder" because Graham loves to build with K'nex so much. So Graham was finally convinced that probably the "Bob the Builder" gift was for him.

This morning the children presented Goosey with cards that they had made from him...and one of them was to Goosey from Bob!!! Graham finally told Goosey they he had started to write Graham on the card, but that there wasn't enough room so he crossed it out and wrote "Bob!" Good for several chuckles!

Just before we headed back to our house after breakfast, Woody told the children that they needed to come over sometime today and check out the presents under the tree. They had to go practice this morning for their juggling performance at First Baptist, Tullahoma's Night in Bethlehem so couldn't come over then. About 11:30am, we got a call, they were home, and Joy had her boots on (it was raining) and wanted to come over to find her presents and shake them. She is in the picture on the left. She got a call to head home when their lunch was ready. We got a call from Abigail, when she finished her lunch, asking if she could come over like Joy had to find her presents. She is on the right...checking out a tall stack of packages that are tied together. She finally discovered that those were hers! She had fun trying to figure out what might be in them. She has decided that the red package has an umbrella in it and she is going to open that one in the stack first. After Abigail had been over for a while, the phone rang again and this time it was Nathan wondering if Graham could come over with Esther-Noel. So Abigail traded places with her big brother and littlest sister. They are pictured in the middle. The only one who didn't come over was Elijah...and he isn't too much into shaking presents at 5 1/2 months!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WOODY!