December FUN!

Here I am writing about December and it's already the 9th of January! December really flew by with lots of fun festivities. At the beginning of the month, we went to have breakfast with Santa hosted by the Arcola Fire Dept. The event is held at our church and this is the 2nd year we've gone. Allie and Hunter got their picture taken with Santa and Allie did crafts. Hunter did his usual, which was to catch some zzzz's! So, Santa held him, but he was actually asleep.

Now, this wasn't the 1st time Allie had an encounter with Santa. I guess around Thanksgiving Santa was at the mall. There was no one in line, so we asked if we could walk in and say HI to Santa. Allie in the past has wanted NOTHING to do with Santa, so I wasn't sure what she was going to do. She went up to him, and when asked "what do you want for Xmas?," Allie said one of the reindeer's bells. (we had been reading the Polar Express!).....she even gave Santa a HUG! We didn't have our pictures made that day, but sometimes it's just the memory that matters, not the picture.

So, back to December. The following day after we had breakfast with Santa, he was in our neighborhood for another craft and picture taking day! So, of course we went :) Allie did more crafts, I got a good picture with Hunter and Santa, but by this point Allie wasn't into talking to the big guy anymore, so she got her face painted instead!

Okay....guess that's enough to start you out on December FUN. Enjoy the cute pictures! More to come later this week.