Visiting Santa

Ok- this is my last blog of the night- this one is not so traumatic stress related:) This season is my favorite. I am loving getting to brain wash my children into the same thinking. haha. They are so little they will get excited about anything wtih me and it is great. The cool thing about being a mom I think- is that these two precious little ones have to do the ideas i have because I said so... it sounds bad, but they really think anything I say we should do is great. So, I have been having them sing carols and dance around to house like wild animals to "Jingle Bells", spraying the windows wtih snow (Brock's personal favorite), and decorating and redecorating the tree. What a fun stage to have kids. Everything is such a new and exciting experience. Brock is really loving the whole Santa thing this year. WE went and visited him lastnight. He happened to be visiting our local Enid mall, lucky hu... and Brock and I practiced all day sitting on his lap .. telling our name, and what we wanted for christmas. Emma would laugh everytime we would say "ho, ho, ho" in our deep voices. She would even belly laugh she thought it was so funny. Brock jumped right up on Santas lap, with no hesitation. Emma looked at that crazy man in the red suit, clung to my neck as if he was going to eat her, and would look at him over her shoulder with a "don't you even begin to think i am going to even wave at you " look. I sat with her, but she was having none of that. SO--- we were all 4 in the santa picture. It is a real beauty. I had done minimal work on my hair or looks due to knowing I would stand "behind the scenes" to get them to smile--- yea a really great fmaily pic wiht santa:) Mental pic- Brock smiling largely with Santa behind him, Mommy sitting on side of santa, Dennom on the other side fo Santa in his precious skull baseball stocking cap, and Emma the farthest she can hang off Daddy to be away from Santa on the end. It will be a memory for a long time. Fun times. We then got to take cousins Sarah and Nick and the kids to look at Christmas lights. Lots of singing, laughing, and Ohhing went on. Fun times--- and it is only just beginning:) My poor kids:)