After running like greyhounds for a while, I cornered the kids for a round of "Balloon Santa". Pip was forced to be my guinea pig since all the other kids were not exactly signing up for this crazy lady's wacky plan.
He has to don a large red footie-PJ outfit and all the kids stuffed little balloons inside to make him nice and fat. Then we zipped him up, attached the wide, black belt, and put on his beard and hat. Ho, Ho, Ho!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRgdfYB2kdI
Later we convinced our three Dads in attendance (two other Dads wisely sidled in late) to be decorated for our Christmas Tree. I thought the triad worked nicely to create a fully three-dimensional effect. Note this tree drinks beer ...
and rotates!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttgiv9wYGnQ
After the games it was time for Secret Santa. Pip got a semi-automatic Nerf shooter gun. This was a hit. That last sentence is an understatement.
Pip corralled all the kids to eat dinner behind the sofa in their secret place!
Finally, we loaded the kids into the theater where they watched Classic Tom & Jerry. It was really cute to hear them laughing from across the hall!
Vivie, though, was too transfixed with this toy to be bothered with the movie. She did every frame quietly without stopping to look up once. Thankfully, she was fully recovered from a rather serious burn she suffered when she touched the gas fireplace. All things considered, she is fine now and hopefully won't ever touch the fireplace in the new house!!
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