Christmas Morning

We had a wonderful Christmas this year. Zackary was really into all that goes with it. We left out cookies and milk for Santa and an apple and banana for the reindeer. In the morning we found our stockings filled with goodies and the BIG present Santa left for us...

A TRAMPOLINE!

Zackary jumped and jumped and jumped and jumped!

I can't believe how magical Christmas is. This is how I remember it as a child. Now that we have children, Christmas became magical again. Santa, stockings, surprises, decorations, presents wrapping paper... the list goes on and on about all the fun things about Christmas. I know that there is a lot more to it than that, but 'the little things' that is what children love. To see the smiles, the excitement, the thoughts, the surprised looks, its all priceless. If we could all just go back and appreciate the simple little things.

Merry Christmas!

Sledding

Here was the start of our attempted sledding trip with 2 apparently tuckered out boys. We might have been driving in the car about 5 minutes and I turned around to find this. We were cracking up because they reminded us of the little boy in The Christmas Story that couldn't move because he was so bundled up. They both look so stiff sleeping in the car seat. They surely weren't comfortable. Oh the beauty of being little with the ability to sleep anywhere.

And here we have Aaron, so PROUD of his Onsie. As you all might know, I'm not a fan of anyone wearing a onesie after the age of 1, with very few exceptions to this rule. And my 6'4" husband wearing his ONSIE...

not the exception. Really!

We had a good time sledding, however as you can see the snow was coming down pretty hard and horizontally right into our faces as we were headed down the slope. The sledding didn't last very long, but just perfect for the little ones.

Polar Express

We got to go on the Polar Express this year with Laura, Glen, and Lauren this year. We have never done anything like this. The kids had a blast! We took the 6:00pm train to the north pole to see Santa. We read the book, sang songs, drank hot chocolate, and ate cookies. What a great experience this was for the kids.

Only slightly manic by the end!

After seeing Santa the kids were thrilled. They had to so off their new bells from Santa.