A Visit with Santa

We had a visit with Santa while we were at the zoo on Friday night. I was pretty shocked when Eli sat on Santa's lap and told him (albeit very quietly) that he wanted a polar bear and a penguin for Christmas. Sadie, however, would have nothing to do with that fat jolly old elf!

Gingerbread House

I bought one of those Gingerbread House Kits and the kids and I decorated it the other night. At first they were both very gung-ho about adding the little candy decorations.Then, Sadie got kind of bored and ended up moving the candy from one dish to another with a few ending up on the floor and a lot ending up in her mouth.

Eli stayed pretty focused.In the end, the house ended up looking quite charming and the kids love sneaking candy off of their house.

PS Sorry a lot of these are blurry. We were doing this at night and there wasn't enough light. I tried using the flash, but that looked worse than blurry pictures!

Eli's Christmas Program

Eli's school had it's Christmas Program this morning. I think this short video shows exactly how Eli felt about performing in front of an audience! (Eli is on the top left, wearing a red sweater. He's the one with his hands in his pockets. Eli's really good friend Jackson is right in front of him.)

First Snowfall

I'm still going through our vacation pictures. Let's just say that I still need a lot of practice using all of the features of my new camera. But, here are a few to tide you over until I can get through them all.
We arrived home from our trip late last night and were welcomed by snow! We took the opportunity to go sledding.And do some shoveling:And take Dad for a ride: