December For Us

I still haven't been able to figure out my scanner for the professional Santa picture, but thought I would post some of the other things we have been doing this month. We finally got a tree last weekend (it felt late, since i'm used to getting one the first week of December), but we love it and how it smells!! Hayden also loved helping to decorate. I couldn't put the lights on fast enough, as he was ready for ornaments!! Here he is after helping mark put on the star.

Decorating. He LOVES the nutcrackers this year. He was scared of them last year. We have agreed to letting him play with ONE per day (and 2 on his birthday). That way, he isn't constantly taking on/off ornaments. I caught him playing with a nutcracker and 2 of the soccer player ornaments that we didn't put on the tree this year, laying on his stomach and playing with them like action figures.! He just reminded me how BOY he really is!!
We had 1 good day of snow, but then it warmed up and rained it all away. The kids "helped" me shovel though and LOVED being in the snow, although Lilly had a hard time moving! She learned quickly to be careful, since she wasn't able to get back up without help.....kind of like Randy in "A Christmas Story".

Making snow angels

This week we got to go down town to meet up with Amy and the kids and Momo and Papa for lunch and Santa's lap. Here are Hayden and Robin cheesing....and of course Hayden is looking to Robin to see how she is smiling. He loves his cousin!

The group

Lilly loved going and sitting on Papa's lap. Even his grin doesn't scare her anymore!

Lilly saying hi to baby Jake

The 2 kids working on using their chop sticks

Safe and sound after seeing Santa