- [Duncan] Aww.
- [Chris] Did you get clay?
(laughing)
♪ It's fun this Vlogmas ♪
♪ and it's time to celebrate. ♪
♪ Vlogmas! ♪
(gentle music)
- Good morning everyone.
Parker's friends came over
to visit him this morning
and they're all cuddled around the computer watching a show.
- In the twin-sized bed!
- [Jessica] Is it good having your friends over buddy?
You enjoying it Duncan?
- Yeah!
- So, I'm really glad they came over to visit,
Parker loves having his friends over right now
and he's really missed being out and about.
His first trip out of the house
was to see the baby yesterday.
So this is a big deal, having friend time.
Alright have fun you guys.
Bailey what are you guys doing right now?
- Me and Duncan are singing Christmas carols.
Yeah?
Okay, do you wanna sing Jingle Bells?
♪ Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way ♪
♪ Oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh ♪
♪ Hey ♪
- (giggling) Good.
♪ Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way ♪
♪ Oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh. ♪
♪ Hey. ♪
- (giggles) Good!
Good, good, good.
You like that song?
(cooing)
Duncan can you sing jingle bells?
- (cooing and vocalizing)
- You have a beautiful voice.
- [Jessica] Good job buddy.
♪ Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way ♪
♪ Oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh ♪
♪ Hey. ♪
- (giggles) Good.
♪ Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way ♪
♪ Oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh ♪
- (cooing)
- What? You want jingle bells?
Okay I'll find jingle bells.
I found jingle bells!
- (cooing)
♪ Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way ♪
♪ Oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh ♪
- (baby laughing)
♪ Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way ♪
♪ Oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh. ♪
Say hey?
No.
(laughing)
- We're playing a little bit of Settlers of Catan.
I think it's just called Catan now.
Do people call it Settlers of Catan anymore?
- I think it's called Catan, everybody calls it Catan
when I talk about it.
But look, for our box, which is old,
it's like mostly Settlers.
- [Chris] Yeah.
Catan's almost an after-thought.
- [Parker] Yo. It's Cat-an.
- [Jacob] Cat-an.
- [Chris] It's Cat-an?
- Mhmm.
- [Chris] Settlers of Cat-an dog?
- [Jacob] Cat-an by...
- Klaus Teuber.
Anyway, we love playing board games in this house
which is good on days like now when we're just
kind of, trying to stay chill.
And not like, run around outside.
So we're playing some board games,
and I love getting and giving board games for Christmas.
I'm wondering if you guys play board games,
and which board games you would recommend
that maybe we don't have yet.
'Cause I'm always looking for
a good board game recommendation.
So is Jacob.
What's your go-to board game right now?
- I like this Settlers of Catan and Mansions of Madness.
- [Chris] What about Small World?
- Small World I like too and
Harry Potter and the Magical Beast.
- [Chris] How about you Jess?
What are your go-to games?
- Trying to think what to do at the moment.
- [Jacob] And also Yahtzee.
- That's what I'm up to.
- I'm really just vlogging to distract Jessica
so she'll make a bad move.
- [Jessica] Yeah I know you are, sneaky, sneaky.
- So that I can make a good move and win the game.
- Okay so my go-to games right now,
absolutely Settlers and then also Pandemic.
Especially Pandemic Legacy with friends.
- And mine are, I'm actually really liking Small World.
I play it with Jacob.
Settlers of Catan and Memoir 44.
I'm also partial to Ticket to Ride and
what's that other one?
- [Parker] You mean Ticket to Ride Junior?
- [Chris] Ticket to Ride Junior? That one's pretty good.
Settlers of Catan Junior is pretty good too.
- That's a good junior.
- [Chris] Catan Junior? That's a really solid junior.
- [Jacob] Yeah.
- The one I was thinking of was Stone Age.
That's another really good one.
Classic.
- Classic.
- [Chris] Classic, classic game.
Wouldn't you say?
- I'm trying to think of another one.
- We have to play Dominion with Jacob.
We've never done that, and it's time.
- [Chris] What, Jake you've never played Dominion?
- No.
- [Chris] You'll love Dominion.
It's totally your...
Oh, Splendor, that's a good one.
- Splendor's a good game.
- Yea, that one's good.
Gubs.
- [Chris] Gubs, you like Gubs?
That's a card game that's really fun.
- Alright, let's play.
- [Chris] Okay, sorry, enough chit chat we gotta focus.
Alright, who won the game?
- I did, obviously.
- Obviously.
(laughing)
I wasn't vlogging enough to distract you, that was my fault.
I think it's starting to get late.
We need to do advent.
We're two days behind,
because yesterday was busy going to see the baby
and it was wonderful,
but we didn't do advent yesterday.
And I don't know if you noticed that or not.
But we're gonna do it today, and we're gonna do two days.
So let's see what's in our advent calendar.
♪ Du-du-du-Duncan ♪
Uh, 13?
- [Duncan] Yeah.
- [Chris] Have you done, you haven't done 13 yet?
- [Bailey] He hasn't done a whole bunch,
he's been in nap.
- [Chris] Aw man, okay there you go, 13 let's see it.
What did you get?
Oh clay.
You got clay to make a reindeer.
Look Duncan, do you wanna make this reindeer?
14's over here Duncan.
Oh boy, let's get it started for ya.
(Duncan laughing)
Oh you got it?
Oh what is it?
- [Jacob] It's a Crayola crayon.
- [Chris] A crayon?
Take it out.
Oh boy.
Oh that's cool.
That's a really pretty color.
- [Jacob] Last but not least.
- [Chris] Okay, you got too much stuff in your hands?
(laughing)
Open it up, what's in there?
Is it another crayon?
Oh what color did you get?
- [Jessica] Jacob I think he's got it on his own.
- [Chris] Get it.
Can you get it out?
Oh yeah.
- [Bailey] Guys, guys, before we move on to the next person
listen to this.
Duncan, can we sing Jingle Bells?
♪ Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way. ♪
♪ Oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh. ♪
♪ Hey! ♪
(Laughing)
- [Chris] Oh man, all that rehearsing paid off.
You guys nailed it.
- [Jessica] Ready to go on tour.
- [Chris] Ready to go on tour.
- Ready for our Ballinger tour.
♪ Parker-pa-Parker ♪
♪ Parker-pa-Parker Parker-pa-Parker Parker-pa-Park. ♪
Okay, 14 and then 15.
Let's see it.
Oh, did that actually crack?
I don't even think I can make that noise
doing it that way.
I thought that was...
Can you do it?
No, I thought that was just cartoons that could do that.
- [Jacob] I can do it.
- Whoa! That's a good one.
- [Chris] Which one is it?
Is it the one you've been waiting for?
Oh my goodness!
- [Jessica] He looks just like you.
That looks like you when you go to gymnastics or something,
except you wear more shirt.
- [Chris] This, Parker has been mentioning this version
of the Grinch, like, every single day.
I'm so happy you got this.
- I think this one's Cindy Lou Who.
- [Chris] Okay let's find out.
The guess is Cindy Lou Who.
- [Duncan] Ohh.
- [Chris] Did you get clay?
(laughing)
- What did you get?
Is it Cindy Lou Who?
It's not Cindy Lou Who?
Wow!
- [Bailey] It's another ornament.
- [Chris] Wow oh, an ornament.
That is cool, I like that.
Do you like that?
That is super cool.
We'll save Cindy Lou Who for another day.
- [Jessica] Hopefully, if she's in there.
- Jacob somehow has decided that this was too crowded
and he migrated over to this couch
'cause it's about the right size for his advent calendar.
Alright, what are we looking at here?
Do you know which numbers are which?
Whoa, those are like the only two numbers on here,
14 and 15.
Alright, cool.
Alright, let's see it 14.
Oh lots of pieces in there.
Lots of pieces.
Okay let's see 15 too, though real quick.
Okay 15, let's see it.
- One piece?
(laughing)
- [Chris] I got you with that one.
You weren't expecting the one piece.
Nobody expects the one piece.
Are you still drawing over here?
You still doing stuff?
- Yeah.
- Yeah?
(Jacob laughing)
Jacob's still laughing about the one piece.
(laughing)
One piece.
- [Duncan] Daddy, Daddy.
- [Chris] Yes, yes sir?
Oh wow.
- [Jacob] I think you won first place with the best joke.
- [Chris] Oh.
- [Jessica] This is the face he was making.
- [Chris] Oh wow, that looks like hard work.
Is that hard work?
(laughing)
What are you doing?
- Whoa.
Bailey's turn.
Where's your advent calendar?
Alright, I found it.
Look at, we know it's Bailey's because it says
Merry Christams.
Merry Christams, Bailey.
- Merry Christams.
Aw, I like this one.
- [Chris] Oh, do you like that one Duncan?
- [Duncan] Yeah.
- Doggie paw prints?
You like it?
Is it pretty?
- Dog.
- [Chris] A dog, yeah.
- [Duncan] Dog.
- [Chris] Dog, yeah, good talking.
Alright Bailey, and you get to do 15 today, as well.
- [Duncan] Ohh.
- [Jessica] The suspense Duncan.
- [Duncan] Ohh.
- [Chris] Ohh, what is that?
- [Bailey] I don't know.
- Looks like a jellyfish.
- [Chris] May I?
- Or a hand?
- [Chris] Help us out, comment section.
We're not sure what this is,
but maybe somebody out there does.
And we'll learn something new.
- [Jessica] Duncan seems to know.
- [Chris] Do you know what it is?
What is it?
(Vocalizing)
- [Chris] What is it?
- Angel.
- [Chris] An angel?
Oh that's a good guess.
(laughing)
Maybe it's an angel.
Wow, you got this side on here now?
- Yeah.
- [Chris] I remember when you were just talking about
putting that side on.
And was the one piece pretty important?
- Yes.
- [Chris] Very important piece wasn't it?
- But I could've not seen it so...
- [Chris] Hey, don't complain about the one piece.
- Parker is going to count how many days we have left.
- One, two, three, four,
five, six, seven, eight, nine.
- [Chris] (gasping) Nine days 'til Christmas Eve?
- [Duncan] Mommy.
- [Chris] What?
Whoa, are you okay?
- Yeah.
- [Chris] Okay.
(laughing)
You just fell.
What happened?
No, he just fell down.
He slipped.
You alright?
- What do you guys say we have a Christmas Eve party?
- That sounds awesome.
- Yeah.
- Can I cook?
- Yes, absolutely.
- I'll cook, too.
- I'll teach you guys some of my famous dishes
that I make during Christmastime.
- I found an amazing one in my cookbook, hold on.
- Okay.
- Look at this.
- [Chris] Oh wow. That looks pretty epic.
- I think I should still make my regular Pavlova.
- [Chris] You're making a Pavlova?
- Yes.
- [Chris] A cringle?
- No.
- [Chris] A cheesecake?
- [Bailey] Cheesecake, cheesecake!
- I'll make it if people want it.
- [Chris] Oh, I want all of the things.
- Okay.
- [Chris] So, you're not a fan of cheesecake?
- [Jessica] Have you had the cheesecake that mommy makes?
- I don't like cheesecake.
- [Bailey] Yeah, it's so good.
- Let's see what he says on Christmas.
- I do not like cheesecake.
- [Chris] Well...
- More for daddy then.
- [Chris] Yeah, I'll eat your slice of cheesecake.
- Yes, eat it all.
- Parker we need to talk about surgery recovery.
- We had a little setback today.
- Oh yeah, I had a bloody nose.
- So, Parker got his tonsils taken out,
he got his adenoids taken out,
and he also has a history of really heavy nose-bleeds.
So they actually cauterized blood vessels
in each of his nostrils.
That usually has a scab that forms and is big and obnoxious.
And Parker hadn't been complaining about it at all,
he hadn't said it bothered him, didn't say he felt it.
So we were like okay we're fine it's not a thing.
The doctor told us after his surgery,
make sure he doesn't pick that out.
And we were like okay, we'll do our best, he's five.
And then he didn't complain about it at all
so we thought we were like okay this isn't a problem
and then today what happened?
- I had a bloody nose.
- It got picked out.
Right?
Yeah, it got picked out.
- Do we have to go back to the surgery center?
- I hope not, I don't think so.
- We put ice on it, and we closed it up,
and made sure that it wasn't bleeding,
and I think it got better.
- I called the on-call doctor because it's a Saturday
so his doctor isn't currently available.
And they haven't called back right away,
so I think it's fine.
I just think, I don't know how well the surgery,
like maybe it won't work as well now that it's been picked?
Like if that blood vessel is more likely
to form back quicker or something?
Or if it's not a problem at all.
Like, it might be no big deal.
It was a lot of blood for a little bit.
(laughing)
But other than that, at least the blood stopped.
That's the important thing,
and you handled it really well,
and it is what it is.
I bet if it was daddy, he would've picked it out too.
(laughing)
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