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The best time of the year

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By Sarah
 For the first time, our family went to Flatiron Crossing for a huge party to greet Santa, who came in a fire truck, eat free food from Eggland's Best, make crafts, and be entertained by Radio Disney Live.  It was super crowded, but fun.  We needed to head down there anyway, so it was a great day to go.
 We were blessed to inherit the L. family's artificial Christmas tree when they moved away this summer.    It is a great way to remember them even though we do not get to see them on a regular basis anymore.  Also was easier to store and set up than I thought and artificial tree would be.  I miss having an evergreen smell in my home, but don't miss having to water the tree or clean up the needles.  The children have loved rearranging the ornaments over and over.  Between the 3 of them we have 15 new handmade ornaments this year to boot.  They've loved crafting this season.

 Kaelah took lots of pictures of our Christmas decorations.  It took all day that Saturday to put them up, but was totally worth it.  Notice the purple hair clip on Michelle's?  There is a pink one on Kaelah's teal stocking as well.  Kaelah put them there so Santa would know their favorite colors.  (:  My children have really grabbed onto the entire Santa thing this year.  It's super cute, but I'm terrified they will accuse me of lying to them someday, so I try to let them understand lots of people are like Santa, etc. without killing the magic. Only time will tell.
Michelle got lots of smiles at the church Christmas party by loving the blue frosting she used when she decorated a cookie with Daddy.
 We love it when Grandpa drops by to say hi and play (or get beat up) for a little bit.
 The children have been taking gym classes (and Kaelah a dance/gym class) all summer and fall.  We've decided to take a break for spring semester, so we let Kaelah play hooky from preschool to watch and take pictures of Danny & Michelle's last class.  We will probably begin again next summer.  Why take a break?  Well, Kaelah didn't want to go anymore (there will be a new teacher next semester) and Danny was getting rowdy.  Sorry, Michelle!

 My mom has been an angel to accompany me to class every Monday morning for months.  Although Danny and Michelle took a class together, every child requires an adult, so she made all this fun possible.  Thanks, Mom!  Well, and Dan footed the bill.  Thanks, Dan!

Our living room is the most popular play spot now that the Christmas decorations are up.  These sisters sure do love each other.  Hooray for the Christmas season!

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