"Mommy, I heard Santa's reindeers last night."

I woke up to Sami at my door saying, "Mommy I heard Santa's reindeer last night." I then asked her what she heard and she told me, " I heard their bells." Those sentences pretty much summarize the spirit of Christmas. I guess there really is a Santa Claus.

Chris had to work on Christmas so we celebrated on Christmas Eve.
I had to keep the kids upstairs all morning till Chris got home. Talk about "Mission Impossible" but I did it. It was all worth it to see the look on the kids faces when they saw their presents.




Can you guess which was Sami's favorite? She refused to get
out of her truck and the only way we could get her to open her other presents was to let her do it while sitting in it.








Daddy feeling like the luckiest Daddy in the whole wide world.









Mommy feeling pretty lucky too.







Her second favorite gift: a Dora Bouncy Ball. Look at those
pigtails, need I say more.

My family. The best Christmas present of all.

Yummy Christmas Cookies

We're baking cookies again, but this time they're for Santa.

Sami taking a moment to pose for the camera. I told you she was a ham.

I love this picture. No matter how many times you tell Sami "no" she definitely has her own agenda. This is her "drinking" the holiday sprinkles directly out of the container.

So much for not contaminating the food. I don't think Santa will mind, at least I hope not.

The final product: Yummy cookies for Santa. Don't worry we didn't forget Santa's reindeer. Sami & Justin sprinkled oatmeal on the front lawn for them.