Santa 2011

They've come a long way since this picture,

to this picture!

Santa 2011

Where did my babies go?

Santa 2009

Abigail said she was going to sit on Santa's lap all day before we actually went to see the big guy. It wasn't the same story when we actually got there, as evident in the picture above!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

We've had a great Christmas so far and we hope you do too!

Thank you to everyone who sent a gift for the kids. We really appreciate it and they loved everything! We can't wait until Grandpa & Grandma Richards get here tomorrow!

Preparing for Santa

We started the evening preparing for Santa by baking him cookies.

After a burnt plate incident in the microwave (by Abigail), Austin was afraid Santa wasn't going to come to his house. After a chat with the big guy himself (aka Grandpa Ringman) and being told it was just an accident, Austin was ready for Santa to come.

We continued our preparations by making food for Santa's reindeer.

We spread it on the lawn in hopes that Santa's reindeer would be guided to our house.

Abigail wasn't too happy that she couldn't spread any more reindeer food!

When our cookies cooled off, the kids placed them on the plate for Santa.

Santa sure wouldn't walk away from our house hungry.

It took Austin awhile to go to sleep. He was still a little shaken up by the burnt plate. I had to lay with him to get him to fall asleep. I think I heard Santa just as Austin was drifting off to sleep...

FRG Christmas Party

After Austin's daycare Christmas party, we left post to pick up Abigail. We dropped Daddy's car off at home and headed to our FRG Christmas party. We ate again, socialized and waited for Santa to make an appearance. Abigail happened to be sitting in Santa's chair when he arrived at the party. As he headed to his seat to sit down, Abigail screamed bloody murder and wouldn't go near the guy after that. Austin was all about sitting on Santa's lap so he could get a candy cane and a present from under the tree.

We're not sure what he was telling Santa, but he was telling him something!

Santa 2007

We took the kids to see Santa tonight at the mall. Austin did great. Abigail did good for about 5 pictures then puckered her lower lip and started to cry!

Austin is so into Christmas this year, I love it. He carried on a conversation with Santa the entire time I picked which picture we wanted and paid for it. It was so cute! Their conversation went a little like this:

Santa ~ "So what do you want for Christmas?"

Austin ~ "A tractor."

Santa ~ "What you mean, what kind of tractor do you want? A John Deere tractor?"

Austin ~ "Yeah, a John Deere tractor so I can go out in the yard and mow the grass. I need a tractor with a wheel." (We're not sure what a tractor with a wheel means???)

Santa ~ "OK. Dad, did you hear that?"

Austin kept talking and Santa kept listening. He was so cute! I can't wait until they're both into Christmas like Austin is this year.