Santa's on vacation!

Whew! We survived. It was a long weekend for many reasons, but one that was still full of fun and joy. Cole keeps asking about Santa and we have told him that he is on vacation, sipping margaritas, until next November. I've slowly been trying to put away the Christmas books, Elmo Christmas DVD, Santa cups, etc. to make Santa not be the first thing on Cole's mind when he wakes up. So far, not doing so good...he's still asking!

Festivities started at 3pm on Thursday heading to the "Children's" service at church. Hmm...nothing really "children-y" about it, other than they handed out cute necklaces and goodie bags to the kids. It was still over an hour long, half of which I spent in the cry room. Cole figured out if he said "I do potty" he could leave the sanctuary and Daddy would take him to the bathroom where he would flush the toilets over and over, which he enjoyed. So...he said, "I do potty" several time, very loud throughout the service. Joy to the World!

Kenleigh all dressed up in her little velour dress for church. At least one of us looks happy it's Christmas Eve?

Before Cole went to bed he put out his cookies for Santa, quite a few cookies! He was so stinkin' happy on Christmas morning to see that Santa ate nearly ALL the cookies and drank half the milk.

We don't have a chimney, but he still left a haul at our house!

Elmo was the present of the year. If it comes in Elmo we now have it...a talking Elmo, stuffed Elmo, a rolling Elmo backpack, Elmo sheets, Elmo Potty Books, etc. Cole will tell anyone that will listen that Santa came, brought presents and the presents were Elmo. Don't worry Auntie, he liked the Cars stuff, too. :)

Here is Sis hanging out in her holiday best. She had just finished rolling over...SURPRISE!

Trust me, she's celebrating on the inside...

As much as I love the holidays, now that they are over we are moving on. Up next...Valentine's Day!