Christmas Activities

I love Christmas time! My kids are really excited for it too and that just makes it 10 times more enjoyable. Here are some pics of things we have been doing to get excited for the upcoming season.
Sarah and Preston came Christmas light looking with us. The kids got to stand in the van while we drove the neighborhood - OOHH! They got glow bracelets and we had fresh baked cookies when we got home - YUMMY!! Then we put the kids to bed and had a girls night and watch The Holiday movie.

We went to the mall to go see Santa. Before we went, we all rode the train in the mall. They loved it and it was Harper's first time on it. He kept saying "Choo Choo!" Then it was time for Santa and the girls made sure that I knew that they would not go and sit with him. I decided not to torture them this year and grant their wish. Reilly and Reagan came too and they had no problems, well Reagan was fine as long as Nichole was near her. Harper went straight to Santa and posed for his pics. He even did the classic tug on Santa's beard.


Reilly, Reagan, and Nichole with the big man!

Harper looking calm and collected!
Carly and Chloe making sure they were FAR away and had their entourage of body guards: Oma, Grandma, and Aunt NiNi.

We got them to stand with us for a family photo - we had to force them to put their backs to this man!!

Look! Chloe is with Santa! That distance was almost not enough for them!

Carly finally getting brave and posing for her pic.

Carly and Chloe are very into reenactments! So the next day, Matt had to pretend to be Santa and I had to take pictures of them. They are so skittish!! They kept pretending to be Santa and were making their voices deep and scary saying, "Come here little girl and sit with me. I'll give you a treat." So, if that is what they got out of the whole sitting with Santa thing, I'm glad they didn't go - stay away from scary men telling you he will give you treats!!!