Santa Claus Came to Town

Since we stayed up late Christmas Eve, I had to wake Caroline up to tell her that Santa had come. Once her eyes popped open, she immediately ran to the window and asked, "Where is Santa Claus's car?" After explaining everything to her, she and Will ran into the living room to find their suprises.


Thankfully Santa kept it pretty simple this year because the biggest hits under the tree were the ring pops. However, all good things come to an end, and Will was not a happy camper when his ring pop was gone. Lucky for us, his face was temporarily stained for all of the morning Christmas pictures.

After the kids played a while with their new toys, we were off to my Dad's to have the Deweese family Christmas. To entice the two little ones into leaving their new treasures, we told them that Hunter and Helen would be there. The quickly dropped everything and headed to the car. The Deweese family is known for their great breakfast meals....especially homemade biscuits, so we made sure to arrive on empty stomachs.

Caroline was thrilled to get a chance to hold Baby Lane. She just adores the precious little girl. Caroline and Helen received matching baby dolls and ponies, so Caroline said, "we can be twins now". When Will opened a package filled with little cars and trucks, he instantly squealed and started saying, "vroom...vroom". It was hilarious. After all the extended family left, we opened a few more presents with Pop, Mimi and Uncle A and spent the rest of the afternoon playing. Of course before we left, we had to take the traditional Christmas family picture in front of Mimi's Christmas tree.