All I want for Christmas

Christmas Eve 2008

We went to the childrens mass tonight at Sacred Heart followed by a quick shopping trip and then dinner. 

We came home, snapped a few shots in front of the tree and let the kids open up their "elf present".  A brand new pair of pajamas.

"I'm a great artist"

Direct from the mouth of Tina.

Hunter is not too happy with the way she made his ears look so they had to be erased. haha

Even now, as I upload the picture he says to me " Mom, I dont like that picture."

Christmas Program Take Two

Part One Hunter.

The Not so Angry Elf

Need I say more?

They had a fundraiser at the squadron and this was one of the "reward". He was a great sport and had a good time. I think the best part was when I came home with the kids right after Adam got dressed. Tina saw a glance of red and heard the jingle of the hat and said "OHHHH I SEE SOMETHING!" and went on a mad dash to find the elf.

Surprise Santa visit

We stopped by our friends store yesterday and the kids were shocked to see Santa Clause. Our friend snuck over and told Santa what the kids names were so you can only imagine how shocked the kids were when they heard "HO HO HO>> Well HELLO TINA!! And you must be HUNTER!" It did not take Tina 2 seconds to jump up in good ole Santas lap. He was so sweet saying things like "Oh my Tina, you weigh more than you did last year".. Tina replied "I'm 5 now." haha
Hunter warmed up after he saw Tina being so brave.

I forgot to mention our ELF visitor at the house. He sits on a shelf in our house and keeps an eye on the kids during the day.. Each night he goes back to the north pole where he reports to Santa on the kids behavior. He comes back before they wake up but the trick is, he is in a new spot each day. He has only been in the house a few days but it has been a hilarious few days. Hunter thinks sucking up will help "oh Mr Elf.. I love your hat and I love your shoes." Tina tells him hello and goodbye every time we leave the house. This morning, Tina found him first and all we could hear was "OHHHHH there he is.. there he is."