It's Santa!

Since in my last post I stated that I really do love my kids more then my dogs I decided I better post pictures of my real babies with Santa. Santa happened to be visiting RC Willeys on the same Saturday as FREE hot dogs. Oh how I love free hot dogs!

I was so proud of Liza. We went to see Santa a couple weeks ago at a different store and Liza wouldn't even touch him. But for some reason on this day she was first in line and practically ran and jumped on his lap.

Allie asked Santa for TEN packages of makeup. That's right ten!

Morgan was very excited as well. But being the bad mom that I am, I cannot remember for the life of me what she asked for. It changes every time you ask.

This is the first Santa we have seen this year that Cam didn't say "he's not the real Santa, he must be a helper".

Doggie Christmas

OK. Before we go on I have to say that I am not one of those people who are completely crazy about their dogs. Now, don't get me wrong I do love my puppies, but I love my kids and hubby much more. BUT, some friends of mine own a grooming shop and held a grand opening this last weekend and had pictures with Santa (for dogs only, no kids - that cracked me up). Since I will probably never do this again I just had to share.

Eva

Chloe

decorating the tree

My favorite thing to kick off the Christmas season is decorating the Christmas tree. The kids always have a ball. Every year they get their own new ornament so when they move out they will already have a collection. They love finding and hanging their own ornaments. We always listen to Christmas music while decorating and then finish off with a cup of hot chocolate. My favorite part of Christmas is the traditions. Even though some seem silly or small, they are things I look most forward too.

Advent Boxes

Every year for Christmas we have some kind advent calander so we can count down to Christmas. It has usually been the cheap ones at the store that have the doors and behind it is a nasty chocolate. This year I decided to make advent boxes and then we could choose the candy that we put in them plus we could use them year after year. The kdis had a blast decorating their own boxes however they wanted. After they finished they got to eat their first piece of candy. (We started on Nov 30 so the last piece would be on Christmas Eve)

Morgan and Liza gluing and sparkling it up!

Cam and Allie doing their thing

All the boxes