A Visit with Santa

For the second year in a row, the boys got to visit Santa at a coffee shop/wine bar in Burnsville that my aunt owns.  I  really prefer it over waiting in line at the malls, and the boys enjoyed getting a little treat, drinking hot chocolate, and singing Christmas carols afterwards.

I was a little nervous about taking the boys to see Santa this year. They are both at ages where I thought that Santa would probably scare them a bit. Owen seemed excited to see Santa.  He was very insistent in wanting to bring him the entire ToysR'Us catalog so that he could show him the things he was asking for.  After much discussion, he settled for cutting out some of his favorites, and gluing them onto a letter for Santa.

As soon as we walked into the coffee shop, Owen made a bee line to Santa (luckily no kids were in line), and handed him his letter. He didn't even give me a chance to take off his coat, or get my camera ready.

Owen was more than happy to sit next to Santa, though Adam didn't really want anything to do with him. He wouldn't even look at Santa until Santa gave him a little candy cane.  Santa even tried to tickle Adam's feet,  normally a sure-fire way to get a smile, but still nothin'.  



I love Owen's face in this picture, as Santa is about to tickle his feet also.  Adam on the other hand looks to be planning his escape.

A Month in Pictures

It is time to come terms with the fact that I am not going to be able to catch up with my blogging for the month of November (and a good portion of October...oops!)  Anyway, I figured I would just wrap up the month of November with some pictures of the highlights for the month.

Playing in the leaves

Our little helper

Our big milestone for the month....we have a potty trained little boy!!

Go Pack Go!!!  Rob will not let a game go by where the boys aren't wearing their jerseys :)

A walk in the park with Grandma and Grandpa Stevens

Janelle (my sister-in-law) and I finally got to break into this bottle of wine after a couple years of being pregnant..Cheers!

Owen with Grandma Kieffer on Thanksgiving

Grandma and Grandpa Kieffer with all the grandkids

We picked out the perfect tree this year...and it's still standing.

 

Decorating the Christmas tree





The boys are ready for Christmas!

Well there's a wrap up of November.  Hopefully December doesn't get away from quite as quickly (though it already is flying by).  One of my many New Year's Resolutions is going to be to keep up with my blogging and pictures...we'll see how that goes :)