Samuel Griswold

I know, it has been over a week. We have been unbelievably busy! On top of all of the appointments and family gatherings, I have been decorating the house for Christmas. It goes against everything I believe to decorate before Thanksgiving. However, our December is going to be so crazy I was worried the decorating would never get done. So it was now or never!

Part of decorating for Christmas includes watching Christmas movies. On Monday night we all settled in to decorate the tree as we watched a heartwarming classic - National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.

It is so fun to see Sam's demented sense of humor grow. When Clark was on the ladder stapling his sleeve to the house Sam couldn't stop laughing. Sam loved it when Clark slid off the roof, caught himself on the rain gutter, and eventually fell into the front bushes.

As it turns out, Sam is a fan of classic slapstick. When Clark pulled down the attic stairs and was knocked flat on his back when they hit him in the face, Sam started to get hysterical. Once in the attic, there is the scene where Clark does the old step-on-the-end-of-a-board-and-get-smacked-in-the-face routine. It happens three times in a row, and Sam was just beside himself. He was laughing so hard he could hardly open his eyes to watch.

I have a feeling the rest of our Christmas movies just aren't going to be able to stand up to Chevy Chase's shtick!