twas a few days before christmas...

and all through the house...


we waited for santa to stop by...


our very own house...


he brought candy canes for all of the kids...


and took last minute letters...










we found santa again at good old, old navy...




and memms used her craftiness to make gifts for our neighbors...


our elves did some fishing...


and i did some baking...


happy & elfie did some snacking too.


later that week, we made magical carrot wreaths for the reindeer...










cookies were baked too...














santa & the mrs. appeared one more time...


we were celebrating my birthday...with a canceled babysitter.


oh well :)  i was so grateful to have my two turkeys with my on my special day...


they are so much fun.


we finished up our little celebration with some horse riding...




and plenty of excitement for what was to come :)

::recap:: week two of christmas fun

saturday night, we promised a visit with santa...










so off we went.


it was a success, and we came home with the photo for proof :)


i think the kids enjoyed the candy canes the most...






our elves rode reindeer & dressed as reindeer themselves...


bro had his christmas party...


and was the only kid in the whole class who managed to turn his white frosting...


green.


oh well.  wipes came to the rescue.  and i love him to pieces.


even when he's a mess.


a. green. mess.


there were mornings spent with cars and trucks...


we load and unload. and repeat.


and emma had her christmas party...






carson thought he was cool enough to be the teacher...


and emma is always so happy to have her brother join in on the fun.












rob surprised us all and made it to emma's party!  it's always so nice when daddy's around :)