Christmas Prep

December is flying by but I'm feeling good this year.  Christmas shopping is done, Christmas cards are mailed, and I am using prepackaged cookie dough for out cookies.  All that's left is the wrapping. I'm hoping to be able to relax, slow down, and enjoy the holiday since most of the leg work is done.

Eddie arrived the Sunday after Thanksgiving.  True to form, he had the kids' Christmas pjs and a chocolate advent calendar.  Nolan and Quinn are having fun waking up each morning to see where he is hiding.

Santa and Mrs. Claus.

I got smart and had the addresses printed on our Christmas cards.  Minted even offered a free design so I chose these branches to match the actual card.

Front.

Back.

We have had some mild weather just until the last day or two so we have made sure to get outside as much as possible.

Nolan has been fighting a cold and super tired.

Annual trip to the zoo lights.  Snuck it in while the weather was still warm.

Quinn caught Nolan's cold and passed out on the couch.  She was snoring so loud but didn't seem to bother Nolan.  He thought it was so funny.

We went to Santa brunch again this year at Wedgewood.  The food choices are endless and they always do such a nice job with the theme for the kids.  This year it was a Polar Express theme which was super cute.  Nolan enjoyed talking to Santa but Quinn wouldn't get near him this year.  She decided to relay what she would like for Christmas through her friend Reese.

Nolan wrote Santa a note almost daily.  He was so frustrated that Santa did not write him back until about three days before Christmas when he received a letter from Santa in the mail.  It was really cool.

Annual cookie decorating with the Inkrotts and Warrens.

Lots of hot chocolate after playing in the cold.

Castellanos family annual Christmas bunco party was a lot of fun.

Eddie and his Santa friends found theirselves in a predicament with Spider Man. 

The next night they had quickly made up and enjoyed a friendly game of Tic Tac Toe.

Quinn's Christmas sing-a-long.

Cookie decorators.

They might have eaten more icing and sprinkles than actually made it onto the cookies.