Meanwhile....

....back in Canada - Munchie and his family were getting ready for Christmas.  Little Smiley carefully swept the dining room floor....

...then Mommy washed the kitchen floor, but she forgot to ask Daddy and the boys to go to another room first.....

...and they all had to perch on the kitchen counter while it dried!  Then Daddy had a serious conversation with the little boys.  He told them if they were really good, then.....

..they could help him decorate the tree.  They had a wonderful time doing that and....

...they did an excellent job.  Later that week Little Smiley got his own booster seat....

...and Munchie showed him how to sit at the big table and have a snack.  He caught on quickly and on the weekend before Christmas, Gramma and her gang....

....arrived to have Christmas dinner with Mommy and her boys.  The report I got, said that the dinner was a success.  It was Mommy's first time cooking a turkey without any help from - well - her mother and she was a tad apprehensive, but the turkey and the stuffing were both declared a success!  These two....

appear to be enjoying breakfast together at the little table - they look so cute in their jammies!  Little Smiley (and the other two little boys) had a great time....

....opening presents and discovering what amazing....

...things were hiding in the packages. They wore themselves out....

...and even though Munchie and Reese are sleeping peacefully and looking sooooo angelic, I heard that they chatted until almost 10:30 that night before they finally gave up for the night!