Only a month late! Not bad for my updating. I must admit, I'm almost proud of myself!! Christmas this year was my favorite Christmas to date as a mommy. This year was such a magical experience for Evan, the first year that he really got into the spirit and was just as excited as we were. I always look forward to the holidays. David and I usually take off quite a bit, and it is one of those rare times where we get to spend two straight weeks with our little munchkins. I'm warning you ahead of time that this post is going to be lengthy, but at this point I might as well lump it all into one!!
We started out by paying a visit to Santa Claus. David's work had a family holiday party and it was the perfect opportunity to visit with Santa. I wasn't so sure how Evan would do, and I was certain Zoe would cry; but we were going to give it a shot anyway. After watching a few other kids go first, Evan climbed right up and told Santa EXACTLY what he wanted: Batman, Batman cave, and a Batman car. He was very specific. Zoe cried...but we got a cute picture!! They had lots of activities, and the kids had a lot of fun. Evan made special reindeer food for us to sprinkle on the lawn on Christmas Eve.
Before we left for Dallas, Evan and Zoe both had Christmas parties at school and Evan participated in a Christmas program at school. He sang the whole time and did such a great job. Much to my surprise he even volunteered to be part of the Christmas Eve Children's pageant at Ascension. He was the cutest goat up there!!
We headed to Dallas for a fast and furious trip to visit everyone. We made our many stops and even fit a trip to the museum in. We had a great time visiting with everyone, playing with Elijah and Clark, and Zoe even managed to chip her front tooth!!
Evan had an elf on the shelf that he named "Alvin" that he enjoyed the whole month of December. He looked forward to each morning to see what Alvin was up to. Zoe even got into it and would point at him and yell "Alvin" when she saw him! It was so much fun watching him ask questions and get so excited about his "elf" and Santa.
We headed home for Christmas Eve and had a great evening waiting for Santa Claus. Marty and Sarah even came to visit. Evan and Zoe both were so cute on Christmas morning. Evan of course ran to his Batman cave and Zoe went for her baby doll stroller first.
On Christmas Day, we went to Hungerford to have Christmas there. DeDe and PawPaw had lots of goodies waiting for us, and we got to spend Jack's 1st Christmas with him as well! It's always a fun time!
We completed our Christmas craziness with our final Christmas with the Patterson's. It is always a fun time mixed with a lot of chaos. We are so blessed to still have my 90 year old grandmother with us (doesn't she look wonderful), and it is amazing to me that we are able to find a time to get all of us together year after year!
Crazy long post, but I got it all in!!
