Twas the Night Before Christmas

Twas the Night Before Christmas...
when all through the house
EVERY creature is stirring,
even the mouse!
(we found Zhu Zhu pets; and they're kind of fun).

The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
in hopes that St. Nicolas would soon be there.

Children should be snuggled all nestled in bed.
Instead they are wrestling, laughing, and shrieking,
all to my dread.

And there is no kerchief, there is no cap.
Just loads and loads of those twisty things
that need untwisting before I nap.

Waiting for clatter...to see what is the matter.

Lawn loaded with 4 bags of reindeer food from all of our brood.

Hoping Santa isn't too heavy to fit down the pipe...
the treadmill has dusts of every type.

Pray for some sleep before midnight
as our little ones are likely to rise
with boundless energy way before light.

Off to the basement to take a last peek
to see if I can find all the stuff from last week!

Merry Christmas to all and to all parents....a good hour's sleep!!!

Seeing Santa

We have been trying to figure out when to take the kids to see Santa this year. With all of our sickness the time has flown by, so we decided to make tonight the night. It's so nice to be able to be pretty spontaneous these days. Santa was awesome. Tyler who is usually afraid of anything in a costume got nervous just before we got up there, but look who ended up on his lap.

Santa was so sweet. This video shows why Tyler took to him so well.

Christmas Photo '08 - Take 2

We finally have it!

Santa's List

If you have little ones you should create a video at Disney to see if they are on the naughy or nice list.

You should have seen the look on Austin's face when he saw it the first time.

These are the videos for our four:
Austin
John
Lauren
Tyler