Advent 2012

If you received Christmas Cookies from us this year, you were among the lucky few.

The cookies had to make it through three stages.

1. Nathan

2. Nathan

3.Nathan

Yes, his mouth is full of cookie dough.

Don't lecture me.

I know.

In all seriousness, the cookies really did have to make it through three stages.

1. Baked into some form of recognizable Christmas pattern

2. Frosted without being licked

3. Delivered without being eaten or stepped on in the car

 

The five cookies that made it out of the house went to our next-door neighbors.

Watching the train go around the tree

Learning how to throw airplanes in the house with Daddy.

Esther is still not amused.

 Filling out job applications/ Bonding time.

 



 I showed this picture to Matt. He says, "That's A LOT of babies!"

 

 

Santa Claus came on Christmas Eve, before the children went to bed.

He rang the doorbell and when we answered the door, there was a package waiting on the front step.

Thomas was so excited that a present could ring the doorbell!

 Then we showed him the packaging and tag. He was even more excited...and then got nervous that Santa wouldn't be coming back.

 How in the world did Santa know their affinity for trains, especially the PRR and GG1?!?!

 Super-psyched about Santa and Mrs. Claus visiting on Christmas Eve, before bed!

 Nathan took two hours to fall asleep. He couldn't stop singing about his trains and Santa being at his house.

 We had to settle the children down to read The Night Before Christmas. At the end of the book Joseph said, "And that's NOT the true meaning of Christmas! Jesus is! But I really like presents!"