Christmas Celebrations

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Visiting Santa

The other day, Caleb came to me very concerned. He asked, "Mom, when are we going to go wait in a long line to see Santa? I haven't even told him what I want for Christmas yet!" So, we headed to the mall the very next day to let him know what was number one on Caleb's list. Lucy was trying to talk herself up, saying that "this year I will be so brave." We got as close as we could. Santa was trying to coax out of her what she would like for Christmas, and all Lucy could muster was a slight nod of her head. I felt like we were in the movie "Christmas Story" where Santa's trying to give an idea to Ralphie who has sudden stage fright. "A football, yeah. What's a football?" Anyway, I guess you'd have to see the movie to know what I'm talking about. Oh, and as for James, he fell asleep on the way to the mall and we couldn't get him to wake up until we got home. There's always next year, I guess.

 

Dancing Elves

So, we told our kids there's only 5 more days till Christmas. They were so excited that they began dancing around! Check this out!

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Packages!!!

We all LOVE getting packages in the mail! Today we received two big boxes that the kids made into Robots! It kept them occupied for quite some time! Oh, the simple pleasures in life.

 

 

 

Gingerbread Houses

I don't know what part is more fun about decorating gingerbread houses: making the house, sampling all the varieties of Christmas candies, or watching the kids try to hold themselves back from devouring all that lies in front of them! What a fun time!

 

Bryce's house, of course!

 

 

Bye Bye Beachy Keen

Overall, our trip was great! The waves were fun, the company was entertaining, and the drive home was car sick free!