Hooray for Christmas

A few days before Christmas Mia was very concerned that she hadn't talked to Santa yet (we'd been home sick for a few weeks as the fever and cough got passed around). So we headed to the local mall for Mia could tell Santa what she wanted. When we got there and got in line... I realized that everyone else in line was dressed in their Christmas best for the picture. The thought hadn't even crossed my mind about the picture....we were just concerned about Mia getting to see Santa. After an hour in line... she finally got to talk to him. And we got a picture

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Mia LOVES crafts. Without preschool for 2 weeks we were doing our own Christmas crafts everyday. This tree was a favorite of mine. She painted it and glued on the ornaments.

Christmas Eve John had the day off which was great. We doorbell ditched goodies on our neighbors doorsteps in the morning which Mia LOVED doing and has decided that its something we need to do more often. We had dinner at my Grandma Pimentel's which is what I did all growing up.

After dinner we had our usual program of reading the Christmas story from the scriptures and doing Christmas music with the chimes. Mia was following the music and doing the chimes all on her own by the end of the night. It was so fun to see!

Here we all are with my Grandma. We sure love having her close by!

All of us at Grandmas

What is it about daughters in matching dresses that can make a mom so happy?!?!? I had no idea that I'd like it so much!

Christmas morning Mia sure had a blast. And Santa was pleased to have found a princess scooter and furnished dollhouse on craigslist a few weeks earlier at REALLY good prices. Hooray for craigslist!

Norah learned quickly how to open presents and loved ripping any wrapping paper she could get her hands on. Christmas is so much better with kids! We had a blast!