Santa Claus Came to Town!

For grandparents, out-of-town family & anyone else who's interested, here's a peek into our Christmas morning. My favorite part is the fact that Jake cleaned up Santa's leftovers.

Very Merry

I already have many, many pictures to post, but for now, these two cuties just wanted to say Merry Christmas!

Waiting at the top of the stairs this morning to come down & see what Santa had brought for them.

My Fish is Your Fish

J caught some cute play time on his phone camera last week when Mommy was out for the evening. Enjoy the giggles!

Our Newest Niece

Two weeks ago, the kids & I headed to Paris for a quick day trip. As always, Jake & Mal had a blast finding all sorts of trouble to get into at Nana & Papa's house.

They each needed lots of turns in the little rocking chair...

they emptied the toy chest of its contents...
worked on some puzzles with Nana...
& got to play with their cousin, Brody!
But the main point & highlight of our trip was meeting this little bundle!
Aubrey Elizabeth was born the day before Thanksgiving & is just as sweet as can be. Check out that hair!
Cousin picture! I didn't want the twins touching Aubrey, so I had to hold her near the rest of the group. They're rather rowdy!

Check!

The crazy holiday season is upon us, & while I haven't done everything I would have liked to by this point, I think I'm doing okay.

• Procure warm coats for the kids (before our first cold weather showed up) - check!

Not sure why, but sometimes Mal likes to leave her hood on & just walk around the house like this. Silly girl!

• Make lots of fun messes - check!

This particular one was due to some strawberries enjoyed at snack

• Host some holiday festivities - check!

These pics are from our small group Christmas party, & I'm hosting my bunko group tomorrow.

• Dress the kids in all sorts of holiday fun - check!

Much to their Daddy's chagrin.

• Send Christmas cards - check!
  
• Make yummy Christmas treats - in progress. I made sugared cranberries yesterday & am working on gingerbread today. The food may be my favorite part of Christmas!