Kirkland Christmas

OK, so I'm just a tad behind...  oh, alright, REALLY behind.

I've had my Christmas pictures, along with other posts, just sitting... waiting... for words.  Let's just say that I've been a little busy (crazy) lately, so here's to catching up!

We celebrated with my parents the weekend before Christmas.  Tatum was SO excited.  It was just awesome to see her excitement and know that she was actually understanding what Christmas was all about for the first time.  Decorating, eating, presents, family...

She helped Gramma make Christmas breakfest.  She's our little sous chef.

Then it was on to presents.

New obsession: Fancy Nancy...

... and princesses...

... and Minnie...

... and maybe some lizard puppets. :)

She must have opened every gift under the tree... all hers and all of ours.

Her big present was last and waiting in the garage.  She finally got her very own kitchen!

This little handsome man was all smiles, all day.  LOVE him!

I almost forgot her other favorite... a princess tea set.  I never liked tea until I was served some with Snow White's face on my saucer.

The hit for us "big kids" was my parent's new Wii.  We played for hours... bowling was fun!

Tatum relaxed watching Max and Ruby after her long, exciting day.  It wasn't until after all our celebrating that I realized we probably hyped Christmas too much for too long.  Poor

Cleo decided to chill with Baby Jesus while we had our fun...

Breakfast With Santa

Wimberley had its first annual Breakfast with Santa recently.  It was a little bit of a surprise to just see Tatum's friends Eve and Paxton and NO ONE ELSE.  

It makes me sad for the organizers, but we enjoyed our private party with Santa!  Hopefully next year they'll get a better crowd.  You can't beat NO LINES and lots of one on one Santa time.

Bug was a little nervous at first... but she told him she wanted a kitchen, snow globe, and her own camera.  Those wishes were a tad bit planted by yours truly. She's gonna get lucky this Christmas!

Next up was cookie decorating.

 Raleigh's first Santa picture!

As time passed, Tatum warmed up to Santa and loved getting to color the cookies with him and talk more about her wish list.  She was so sweet...

At one point Tatum even dragged her chair to the other table where Santa was sitting so she could sit with him some more.  :)

Eve and Tatum have been friends for over a year now and they continue to look so much alike.  Eve is 6 months younger, to the day, but looks like she could be Tatum's fraternal twin.

Emily Ann

A family tradition here in Wimberley is to visit the Trail of Lights at the Emily Ann.  We headed down on a mild night before it got too cold and had some fun. 

Tatum was really taken with the lights this year and she loved writing several letters to Santa.  She also got to meet Mrs. Claus!  (Santa was apparently bust at the North Pole on the night we went!)

We roasted marshmallows, rode the "train", played instruments, spun under the tree, and Tatum even got up on stage to sing "Jingle Bells".  :)

Raleigh was unimpressed and slept all bundled up with Zach.