A WHITE CHRISTMAS

Christmas was wonderfully snowy this year. Happily there was nowhere we needed to be so we could just play and enjoy the snow. Syd started winter break a whole week early (We will pay for that this summer.) As expected Sara spent her time in the snow eating and eating and eating....

Syd takes a ride down our front yard hill.

She really likes the now. I think she may be my new snowboarding partner. Not that Pat has been fired or anything.

Pat built snowzilla in our yard.

It was very impressive!

We spent our inside time doing Gingerbread houses. They were lots of fun.

The same amount of candy that ended up on the houses ended up in two small tummies.

We didn't have dinner that night. Hmmmm? Maybe that is my answer to my dinner problems....just serve bowls of candy in the afternoon. Vola! No arguments about dinner.

XMAS EVE:

This was the scene outside our window Christmas eve. It snowed nonstop through Christmas Day.

Gram, Grandpa Jim, Chris, Kriszta and Sam came over to celebrate with us.

Syd decided Grandpa would make a good bed.

Pat bought Chris a nerf gun for Christmas.

What he didn't mention is that he also bought himself one and hid it in the Christmas tree for a suprise attack.

Sam chose this smashing ensemble playing dress up. Chris wasn't too sure about it.

CHRISTMAS MORNING:
Santa came and left all his goodies for the girls. This year I decided to stay in bed and let them discover his presents all on their own. It was so precious listening to Sydney talk to herself in disbelief and then go and wake up Sara. The pure belief and excitement was awesome.

I loved that back of Sara's head looking at her stocking loot.

Here are the sleepy parents. We decided we looked younger if we stuck our chins out. Not sure we fooled anyone.

Syd with her WallE action figure.

The big winners this year were our old digital camera for Syd. She loved it and has snapped about 1000 pictures already. Another winner was the Cinderella laptop for Sara. Both kids share the toys back and forth.

Also, Santa took a big gulp and gave the girls the princess dolls they asked for.