Christmas

We had such a great Christmas! We were only expecting to have our little family together, and at the last minute, my husband had my parents come out here. They were only here about 3 days, but it was well worth it.

All Teeny Bug wanted from Santa this year was a pirate ship. No dolls, no girly stuff. Just a pirate ship from her favorite show, Jake and the Neverland Pirates. Her only stipulation was that it had a crocodile. Monkey wanted a rocketship from Little Einsteins (Did you know that those toys were discontinued?? Santa sure found a miracle when it came to that toy!).

We saw the Christmas lights in the park while drinking hot chocolate, went and got our ornaments, saw Santa at the mall, and a few other of our favorite traditions.

(Pardon the cell phone pics)

Teeny Bug was so excited about the trip to see Santa. She could not stop smiling.

Monkey was really excited while we were standing in line....

 And then when he got there, he ran out of excitement.

 The two in their Christmas church outfits. I make Teeny's dress, which was SO easy this time around. Monkey's, however, I bought.

 They made a gingerbread house with Grandma on Christmas Eve. Followed by a reading of Christ's birth.

 In the end, they were both really good this year. Santa had gold coins leading down the stairs for Teeny leading to her pirate ship (and yes, it had a crocodile), new Jake, a map, spyglass, and her stocking.

 And Monkey got his beloved rocketship, (with a little help from Santa's sister-in-law, it got to Santa on Christmas Eve!), a dump truck, a new Cars race track, and his stocking.

Allinol (Cars moms will appreciate that one!), it was a great Christmas. We had a great time with family and LOTS of yummy food. Which is now why I spend more time than ever at the gym. But I have no regrets ;)