First, I must admit, I have been slacking and have never taken my kids to go and sit on Santa's lap at the mall. OK, so the lines are always long, the mall is always crowded, and you always have to pay an arm and a leg to get one photo that never turns out as you had hoped. Now, that being said, yes they have seen Santa at church parties and we are very lucky to have our own Santa in the family, Matt's step dad, Ron (we love you Ron and will always think you are the best Santa). However, this year our neighbors let us in on a secret and told us to go with them to Bass Pro Shop and see Santa. #1, there is no long line. #2, he looks real and #3 Its free! So off we went. The kids loved it, and so did we!
They even had "real Reindeer" (at least on the outside ;) )
We also got to celebrate by going to Katelynn's preschool party. She sang all the Christmas songs and even made us sing them with her all the way home.
My mom convinced me to make an advent calendar. It has been one of the most favorite things for the kids. Every morning when they wake up, it is the first thing they ask for. Thanks Grandma!
Our ward had such a fun Christmas party this year. We all dressed up like people from Christ's time. Even Katelynn wanted to be the donkey (imagine that). (we only wished we had Dad's purple robe ;) ha, ha)
We also make Christmas cookies and decorated them. Even Brennon got into it!
We put up a fake tree this year, but still had a blast decorating it. Katelynn really got into it and was so proud of her work. It is now in between two couches to be blocked off from Brennon...
6 comments:
Hi guys!! How are you??? Keeping busy I am sure!! I love your fun traditions!!! I love the fun costumes for your ward party. What a great idea!! Hope you have a beautiful Christmas!!
I will have to find a purple robe to bring for us. Maybe Dad will even let you borrow it. It sounds like you have had a busy season already. We look forward to being there on Tuesday.
So fun! It looks like the holidays are keeping you plenty busy. Have a merry Christmas!
Looks like you guys have been having a lot of fun. Merry Christmas!
Oh wow...you have been busy! We love traditions too and have been busy coming up with some of our own. A new fave was Santa bringing nerf guns for everyone...we had a full-out war...it was great! Oh, Neal made ribs for Christmas dinner...I think we are sticking to that too. We love ya, will have to get together soon. Merry Christmas!
Thatnks for the Christmas post and e-card. It's a miracle that both of your kids enjoyed Santa. Good tip on the pro shop.
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