Visit with Santa

Tonight we took Corbin to see Santa. We had to stand in line for a while and Scooter watched intently as all the other kids sat on his lap. It was a whole different story, however, when it came to be his turn. He didn't cry....but he certainly wasn't going to stick around for any kind of picture taking. Santa had given him a candy cane, which he initially accepted, but when Santa wouldn't let him down he gave it back to him...I think in trade for letting him go. So this is the picture that we got in the split second that he was with Santa. Oh well....we tried!

Granny's Annual Family Christmas Party

Tonight we went to Grandma B's for our annual family Christmas Party. We had our traditional soup bar that grandma works so hard to prepare for us. We are so grateful for all her efforts.

After dinner we all opened our gifts from Grandma. Traditionally Santa has been kind enough to drop in to deliver the gifts, but since most of the kids have gotten older he hasn't come the last few years....a big sigh from the adults!

Corb's got a Thomas the Train that he enjoyed, but he was more interested in Cierra's princess phone. Good thing Cierra is so patient with him!
The kids also enjooyed pounding on Grandma's piano. I think we have a couple of Liberace's on our hands!































We had lots of fun....THANKS GRANDMA!

Scooter's First Experience Walking in Snow

I decided today that Scooter and I needed to get some outside time so I put on his snow boots (...that he HATED at first) and took him outside to play in the snow. It was so much fun. I put him down on the ground and at first he really didn't know what to do so he started out taking tiny tiny steps to try and feel it out. This went on for several minutes until he decided that this boot/snow thing really wasn't all that bad. Once he was confident that everything was going to be okay he couldn't get enough of it. As you can see....I could hardly keep up with him. I tried hard to get some video of it cuz it was so stinking adorable, but as luck would have it my videocamera battery was low and I couldn't get it to focus. Oh well...I've still got these adorable pics. I love to see him learn and explore. My baby is definately growing up fast. I swear it doesn't get better than this!