White Christmas

Merry Christmas from our house to yours!

First of all, yes I am backdating blogs... I am so far behind and to keep it all straight, I'll backdate. Next on to Christmas... the picture above... funny story.

Dec 23...
David and I didn't intend to be in the picture. We waited for Santa for 2 hours. We were first in line...only because we thought he arrived an hour earlier than he did and you can't leave a line in which you're first... So all was well with the kids while we were waiting in line. Jackson was happy. Samuel was happy. Then Santa comes. And Santa pretends to sleep because, he says, toddlers do better with that. And it's cute. And Jackson is supposed to sit on this little stool in front of Santa. Ready Set Drop...and Jackson is terrified of this strange white bearded man we call Ho Ho (Jackson really does love Ho Ho... as long as he is in a picture or made of wood, cotton or plastic). He wouldn't sit for the picture unless BOTH David and I were there. Thus the family Christmas picture with Santa. And then in true toddler fashion, as soon as we have to leave, Jackson doesn't want to and here comes the tantrum. And then Samuel gets hungry and we are darting out of the mall in our fabulous double stroller with two crying children in tow. David isn't too impressed. I am happy I got the picture. We'll see you next year, Santa!

Onto Christmas Eve...
We spent Christmas Eve with my mother's side of the family. It was great seeing relatives that I only really get to see once or twice a year. Then we headed off to Community Baptist Church in Henderson so I could sing, play the organ and conduct my fabulous choir. We were meant to head straight to Mt Carmel to celebrate with my Dad's side of the family right after, but when we left the church it had snowed so much that the roads were covered and slick and it was still going strong. So David, totally amazed by the falling snow, safety got us home.

Jackson and Samuel looked so handsome.

The hit of the night was Talking Percy. Good job Grandmommy!

I felt so fortunate to have my husband with us on Christmas Eve and Christmas to experience Christmas as I know it. And to have a White Christmas on top of it... way to go Mother Nature for helping complete the experience!

Holly, Noel and Myles spent the night and we were all up really early (thanks, Dad...he woke everyone up...too excited) to see if Santa came. And of course, he did!

Jackson and Myles raked in the goodies. Jackson LOVED all his toy Thomas Trains and Elmo Remote. He wanted to carry them all at once.

Luckily, Santa also brought a toy shopping cart to carry around all his treasures.

Another bit hit from Santa was the Little People Farm Set.

Jackson likes to make animal sounds and if you show him the farmer, which we call Old MacDonald, Jackson says "EIEIO".

I don't think Jackson quite understood why he was getting a bunch of presents and it took him FOREVER to open them all because he wanted to play with each one. But he was enthusiastic about opening them asking to "open, open".

Samuel pretty much slept through his first Christmas. Little did he know, he was our best Christmas gift!

All in all we had a wonderful and relaxing white Christmas spent in our PJs. And what made it more special? We had two wonderful Outside Babies with whom to share it!