Merry Christmas

May your Christmas sparkle with moments of Love & Laughter, and the year ahead be full of Happiness & Bliss!

(a picture of our card this year)

From our family to yours, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Santa Visit

With being sick for the first three weeks of the Christmas season, we finally had a chance to visit Santa on Monday, the 21st.  The kids had been begging to see him, but someone was always sick.  We all have been well (enough...both kids have runny noses and I have a sore throat today) to make the visit 4 days before the big day.  I called Mrs. Claus on Saturday to schedule our appointment with the best Santa in Omaha. Each family gets 15 minutes with Santa, so that was pretty awesome.  He's a sensory Santa so perfect for lots of little kiddos.  While we waited, the kids colored and played with the stuffed animals that were there.  When it was our turn, Sterling quickly jumped on his lap,where Xander was a bit more shy.  Again, stranger danger.  Which is good, but come on and smile already.  After a few pictures, he finally started smiling.  Santa is pretty magical.

Even I got in the picture with the kids.  Although I didn't want to, but they insisted.

Santa did the same poses with both kids, so I'll share a pose from each kid.

Xander asked Santa for a fire station.  We're good to go to make that happen.

He whispered that he likes chocolate chip cookies.  My kind of Santa!  I HATE making sugar cookies and now that this awesome Santa said he like chocolate chip, I get to make our favorite too. Win win!

He loved hugging Sterling and insisted on taking three pictures of them.

Sterling asked Santa for a doll.  Not a baby doll, but a doll with long hair.  I'm so relieved that she asked for a doll because I'd been begging her for the past two weeks to ask for one because her aunt bought a peppa pig house (her originial Santa wish).  I'm just glad it worked out and I don't have to unwrap any gifts.  She'll be getting the American Girl doll I bought back in March for an awesome deal.

Looks like Christmas morning will be a magical one for both kids.

TWO more days.  Are you ready?!

Christmas Programs

The kids' preschool classes held their own programs this year so both kids had a special night to shine.  They've looked forward to this night for two weeks!  It didn't come fast enough and then the next day when both programs were done, Sterling asks "who's going to go on stage tonight?"  Nobody, girl.  Nobody.  We're going to bed, ha!

Last Wednesday, the 16th, it was all about Xander.  This boy is SO shy and serious when other people are around.  He didn't smile an ounce once we arrived in the church.  Loosen up boy.  Loosen up.

We took some obligatory pictures before leaving and he was hamming it up.  Really just showing his true self. The funny Xander.

Opa bought him his handsome little outfit last year and we were so happy it fit him this year. Although I almost washed an outfit his Grandma sent this year for Christmas instead of wrapping it, but hubs said I should wrap it.  So I did.  She bought some super handsome outfits this year!

He actually sang too, just didn't put a smile on his face to make it look like he enjoyed himself.  He says he did though.

The next night it was Sterling's time to shine.  And did she ever!  She calls herself a "little lady" lately and she's right.  She is.

Her Opa bought her this dress last year (a size 7!) and she loves it. She's always wanting to wear it so she was beyond excited to put it on.

Grandma sent some ADORABLE dresses this year, and I really really wanted her to wear one of them, but they looked too big so again hubs said to wrap them.  So I did.

Having fun taking silly pictures

Sterling's class was histarical!  The whole church was laughing.  Sweet group of kids who can't remember lyrics is the most precious thing ever.  Then when you have two kids (on the upper row, at left) who were playing and laughing the whole time.  It was a great night!  Sterling side eyed those two because when they were playing around, they touched her while she was trying to sing.  And she didn't like that!  She's a hoot!

The Jingle Bell song was the cutest!

The kids had so much fun!  What some awesome memories being made this year!