On the seventh day of Christmas

. . . the Chandler family had two leftover roast beef sandwiches . . .

and seven letters back from big man Claus.

Lexington has a special box. Letters dropped here go straight to the North Pole.





Each of the kids got a letter like this from Santa.


Santa was very personable. Here's how he responded to everyone:

Carson asked for Dove chocolates, a jump rope, or a fun book series. Santa told him to remember to say please and thank you. LOL.

Dad asked for Santa to pay his tuition. Santa wrote back, "Good luck with dental school!"

Eldon asked for Richard Scarry books. Santa said, "Rudolph is looking forward to visiting your house."

To Zachary, who only shared his love with Santa, the reply said, "Hello from the elves!"

Rebecca asked for some fun books. Santa was excited that she likes books.

Haylee asked for the Little House book series (Ingalls-Wilder) and Santa replied with... (we can't remember. We'll ask Haylee and update y'all tomorrow).

For Lydea, who requested some fun books, Santa said, "Thanks for the fun pictures you drew for me."

On the sixth day of Christmas

The Chandler family took our six kids to see Cincinnati!

The Duke Energy co. train display. The kids loved it.

All my kids walkng the streets in down town Cincinnati.

Town Square

Eden Gardens Nativity

We sure appreciate Sam and his family taking the time to show us around the city. It was a fun night.

On the fifth day of Christmas

The Chandler family had

On the fourth day of Chritmas

The Chandler family had four little helpers with the outside lights!

On the third day of Christmas

The Chandler family had three beautiful girls

and three very handsome boys.

On the second day of Christmas

The Chandler family had Lydea lose her two front teeth...

On the first day of Christmas

The Chandler family had ... One lovely Christmas tree.

The Pooh Magnet

Yesterday Haylee went to go to the bathroom and she came and got me and said, "Mom, there's a magnet in the toilet, it's the pooh one."

How ironic that the pooh bear magnet was in the the toilet.

Thanksgiving

Karl wanted a break for Thanksgiving -- not a day slaving away in the kitchen. We took a picnic and went to Natural Bridge KY, State Park. We had a great time and then came home to watch a movie and eat a small "Thanksgiving"ish dinner. We were very thankful for a break.

Zach Happy to be out and going somewhere new.
Karl SO THANKFUL for some time off. He didn't even bring any books home! How do you like the no shave November look?

Smile Rebecca -- she tried even though she had a cracker in her mouth.

Loving the picnic and fresh air.

Some fun family photos...

We hiked just over two miles, but we climbed lots of stairs! The kids did great. Rebecca was the only one that needed help and even she did most of it by herself. When we were nearly to the top she turned to me and said, "My knee is tired." So I picked her up and carried her a little way. I put her back down. She walked a few minutes more, then turned to Karl and said,"Now my whole self is tired." He walked really slowly with her to the top and carried her all the way down.

Carson was very funny on the hike. He kept saying, "Here's the bridge! Is this the bridge? Hey, this looks like the natural bridge. Dad, is this the natural bridge? Guys, I think it's around the corner now. We're almost there. Is this it?" After 10 minutes of the same, I took his talking privileges away.

It was a pretty cool site. We walked on top and then went down under it.

The hole in the background is the bridge.

What a long day!