Santa Meeting Take 3

This was the last Santa meeting and it was one of those wait in a long line for Santa. Grandmom hadn't seen the kids with Santa so off we went to the local garden store. This was also a great Santa. He was an old Grandpa type of Santa.

Santa Meeting Take 2

The second meeting with Santa was in this meeting house in my Grandmother's community. When I was their age my parents would bring me here for parties. It still looks and smells the same. This Santa was by far the best. He has to bend over to get into the door and that is a real beard. He reads The Night Before Christmas and then spends a lot of time with each kid. Needless to say they were awe struck.

Santa Meeting Take 1

The first meeting with Santa took place at the Festival of Trees and was to be followed by many more. The kids never asked why Santa seemed to be everywhere.

The Eve of Craziness

Christmas always reminds me of just how blessed we are. We take a trip out in the morning on Christmas Eve and this year we went to Union Station. Usually we do the national tree and the Arboretum, but we were feeling a bit more low key. Not that fighting for parking and accidentally letting your baby roll into M street in the middle of Georgetown isn't fun - Ugh!

We had our annual Christmas Eve beer for lunch.....

Our son has a new fascination with the flag after joining the Cub Scouts.

Bella did a little window shopping and some dancing in the middle of the music store. She just might be Daddy's little musician.

More window shopping. Daddy better get used to this, but he already looks like a pro. One day he will be holding her purse rather than her scarf.

The kids are just so excited this year - Bella has been joyfully pronouncing "It's the Christmas Season!!!" since the turkey came off the table in November! The Boy has been keeping a very detailed Santa list now that we can read and write. He also writes us hate mail when he is in time out, but that's another post.

We had our family over for a yummy Christmas Eve feast. Homemade Potatoes Au' Gratin or Heart Attack on a Plate... it was so good.

Hubby's Brother spent the night with our soon to be Sister-In-Law. He put the ring in the tree the week before and asked for her hand in marriage. She's a doll and the kids LOVE her.She's also a school teacher and The Boy thinks that is soooo cool. She has lots of fun with them and teaches them all sorts of cool stuff. Now I can call her when I don't understand the homework that is sent home. Yes I have already had to Google terms used in first grade homework, I guess a Master's degree only goes so far these days.

Cookies and Milk were set out for Santa.
We even remembered food for the tired reindeer. The kids threw open the blinds in the morning to check on the food. Boy reindeer are messy eaters!
Of course we stayed up late and helped out Santa.

Ho Ho Ho

The kids went to have Breakfast with Santa and they had lots of fun. They are just too silly for words.

Hottest Christmas Toy

I am so excited - I scored 2 Zhu Zhu pets today, what has my life come to that this is the highlight of my week! The site below is so awesome. You just type in the hard to find item and if you set the sound it will roar like a lion. The items sell out in 1 minute or less after the roar so make sure you are logged into Walmart, Target and Toys-R-Us ahead of time. If you take time to enter in credit card information and all that you will loose out because you have to hit complete order or they may sell out while you are in the process of buying.

Zh Zhu Pets