gearing up for the big event

The kids were soooo very excited for Christmas to come. Christmas is a very big deal in our family. Lily sings Christmas songs all year long and begs us to watch the Grinch, along with our 10 other Christmas movies in October. I'm pretty strict on the no Christmas anything until after Halloween though.



We took the kids to see Santa at the mall. Lily was soooooooo excited. After waiting in line for an hour, she asked him for some baby animals, a leapster and some makeup. Bo was a little nervous to see Santa in person but he did it anyways. He asked him for an iPod touch. Stella thought she was excited to see Santa but decided that sitting on his lap was not something she was prepared to do once the time came. Lily told Santa that Stella wanted a baby doll for Christmas. Mason decided he was too big to sit on Santa's lap this year. So so sad.



The kids had a ton of fun making gingerbread houses at Aunt Annie's house. There was a ton of candy to choose from all they had all their cousins there. They also got to make their very own ornament. So much fun!