Seeing Santa

We had another really nice week-end. We so love the holidays!! We're enjoying our Christmas decorations, countdown calendar, Elf on a Shelf watching our behavior, and lots of other holiday traditions. The kids are so excited and have stepped up their behavior a notch - if only it could be Christmas all year round. We had a fun movie/popcorn night on Friday night and family photos on Saturday. Hopefully I can post some good ones soon. As usual, it's so hard to get good shots of a family of five - particularly at the kid's ages. Lauren was a little grumpy, Jacob was a little crazy and Taylor had her poker face on - David and I were constantly looking down/blinking at the wrong time as we tried to get the kids to cooperate. So, our expectations aren't super high, but we're hopeful:) Saturday night David and I went to the auction at Lauren's school and had a fun night out. We were up and at em Sunday morning, as Susan came to the house for a 7:30am therapy session. No rest for the weary, or for those that had a glass or two of wine the night before.....Taylor is an amazingly good sport and although she still doesn't like the stretching, she's hanging in there.

Sunday night was the highlight! We saw Santa again at a special party at Brad and Shannon's golf club. They throw a really nice Christmas party with a great Santa and decorations. We always go with Brad and Shannon and their kids (Rory, Griffin, and Graham) and Brad's sister, Kim and her family (Kylie is the other kid in the picture). They actually all took a great Santa picture together, but here is a snapshot from the night! Taylor still doesn't blink at Santa, but we place her on his lap backwards, so I'm not sure she realizes she's sitting on him. Jacob asked for a rope, 2 hooks, and a mask - we're not sure what he has cooked up. He also asked for a bike without training wheels and a skateboard. A little challening list this year....Lauren asked for a reindeer (thankfully a toy) and a bouncy ball (similar to what she plays with at recess). We decided Taylor wants a ball that lights up. We hope Santa will deliver!