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Der Santu Cos

Aidan and Brinn wrote their letters to Santa this year and we left them for Zoodole (our elf) to hand deliver to Santa... (which he did:) )
Without further adue:
(Please see Aidan's interpretation below.)


Der Santu Cos
I am Aidan. I want to be a elf. I am good this year. I want for Christmas is:
-DS -Spiderman Shooter -Ninjagoice Dragon Attack -Ninjago Blacksmith Shop
Here are a couple of things I want.(Refering to inclosed pictures) I have cookies on Christmas. Bye Santu.
Sincerely Aidan Larson




Some of my favorite parts of Brinn's letter are:
- I want to see your other elves too
- I want a bigger pony... I want a real pony
- We will have a snow fight one day when you are ready
- Send me some pictures of you and the reindeer and the elves all together
- I want a mermaid tail that's real
- I'm not afraid of ice skating and I might fall

Gotta Love Santa letters :)

Promise me...

Promise me Brinn that when you are 15 you will LOVE helping me with the dishes as much as you do now...

I'll consider that grin on your cute little face a yes!

Love Sunday Mornings...

On Sundays church does not start until 1:30... not the most convenient time in the middle of the day but it has ended up being a really fun morning at our house. Because I want Sunday to be a different kind of day than the rest of the week, I don't let my kids watch TV(except Veggie Tales and church movies.) Most Sundays my kids end up playing all morning and it's so fun to watch them having fun together. This particular Sunday they were playing Zoo... which included zoo hats made by them...

At the Zoo entrance (which by the way, the first time I went to the zoo I got in free, the second time... not so much)


Aidan and Brinn in the petting zoo area...

One of these things...

... is not like the other.

These are most of the kids on our street that are Aidan and Brinn's age... It's a good thing Aidan loves girls ;)

The Tooth Fairy

The Tooth Fairy finally made her first visit to our house...




... and this boy could not be happier!

Hawaii!!!

David had vacation and we went back and forth about what we wanted to do. We wanted to go camping... but camping in Texas... no thanks. We started thinking about places where we could go and finally decided on Hawaii... This trip was so much fun! We were there for 4 days, 3 nights, and actually camped in our tent on the beach for 2 of those nights. Definitely an adventure!!!
(You will notice are pictures are missing one certain little guy... who stayed home with Grandma so that Mom could actually relax a little bit... but he was missed... A LOT!!!)

Desperate

My poor children are desperate for cold weather... So desperate in fact, that they insisted on wearing their "winter gear" despite the fact that it was 84 degrees outside when this picture was taken...

And just because he is so cute!