Merry Christmas!

We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. This year we decided to celebrate at home rather than travelling to see family. It was great to be able to have Catrina's parents out here. We weren't sure if they would be able to make it considering the weather in Washington. Jeremiah was really excited to have them here. On Christmas eve we made cookies for Santa and Jeremiah made sure the plate was set with cookies and milk for Santa and of course carrots for the reindeer.

Here is Jeremiah sitting next to the plate he set our for Santa.

On Christmas morning he noticed that Santa did not finish all the cookies so can you guess what Jeremiah asked??? He looked up and said, "Santa didn't eat all the cookies, can I eat it?" Priceless! Of course we encourage eating a healthy breakfast and even though it is Santa, we do not eat food other people have eaten.

Annalise was really interested in this bag. She played with it for a good 15 minutes until a few more toys came out.

She still has the bag and is giving the "dont even try to take the bag from me" look.

We almost forgot to look in the stockings. Once Jeremiah realized there was stuff for him in there, he did not want to take the picture. You can see the look of anticipation to get the picture over with so he can put his hands in the stocking.

Jeremiah wanted a scooter for a really long time. I think since August he has said maybe Santa will bring me a scooter. Well he was not disappointed. Thanks Grammy and Papoo. Here he is testing out his new wheels!

Winter Wonderland

Our neighborhood does a great job of entertaining the kids. This year our neighborhood playground was turned into a winter wonderland complete with lights, a full size gingerbread house, Santa's sleigh and Frosty the snowman. Jeremiah had a great time doing the cake walk although at first he did not understand the point of the game but luckily enough he did win a cake. I am pretty sure all the kids won a cake. He also got to play a lot of carnival games and won more than his share of candy canes. Here are some pics of the family having fun with the cut out cardboard characters.



Two cute snowkids! I think Jeremiah is eyeing the candy cane tree!




The wonderland was a great way to kick off the holiday.