This Christmas

Christmas hit us like a ton of bricks and was over in a flash of crumpled paper and cries of joy.

Because we always video the Christmas morning festivities, Mom completely forgot to take any still photos, so the only ones we have from the big day were from MeMom and Grandpop's house. Check out all of those gifts! We must have really been good this year...

By the way, that is our beautiful Aunt Mia in the picture with Matthew. Isn't she something?

You Can Find Him in Da' Club....

Okay, that title isn't as nearly as funny on the screen as it was in my head, but....

We had brunch with Santa at "The Country Club" on Sunday, the 9th, courtesy of MeMom and Grandpop. Matthew was the most excited of all of the impeccably dressed tykes...running at Santa, arms outstretched to throw around his legs. Caleb was not quite so impressed with the Man in Red, but was thrilled with the delicious spread instead. He ate more smoked salmon than could possibly be healthy.

Seeing Santa definitely brought it home that Christmas is just around the corner!

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

We had our first snowfall of the year on December the 4th. Imagine that...after such a scorching Summer and sweltering Fall, we had real, honest to goodness, ground-covering SNOW!! Our outdoor time was pretty limited, since Daddy doesn't get home until after it's dark out and Mommy is a big baby, but we had some serious snowball fighting just the same.

Sadly, there wasn't nearly enough for school to be canceled.