Santa Train Ride

Took Cian and Rhi on the Santa Express train ride in New Hope. The boys got to ride on a train, we had hot cocoa and cookies, Santa and Mrs Claus stopped by and we sang Christmas carols. If this didn't put you in the Christmas spirit, you are a grinch!

The boys hanging out together watching Nemo...

You would never know they are on the floor of a bar, right? Great parenting!

Santa Visit

So Cian is just not a fan of Santa. This was last year's Santa visit:

We were hoping this year would go a little better. Cian knows who Santa is now and talks about Santa bringing toys. But we were wrong. One look at Santa and he wanted nothing to do with sitting on his lap, which is how I ended up in the picture. 

 

I felt horrible making this poor screaming child pose for a picture. Mom of the year. The look on my face "am I really doing this to my poor child?" and "Don't judge me". Sigh. 

So Cian isn't alone in his fear of Santa, Josie and Wilbur also took a crying picture with Santa. 

Our Christmas Card

Here is our 2014 Christmas card. Shocking that we got such a great picture of Cian.... this little toddler boy was in a mood for poor Beth. Maybe gave 3 smiles and 150 snarky looks. Ah, life with a soon to be 3 year old. Wouldn't change a thing, we love this little boy to the moon and back. Even when being a little "spicy"!

Christmas Photo Shoot

The day after Thanksgiving we were able to get all the cousins together (in matching pjs!) for a little Christmas photo shoot... Four kids under the age of 3 all sat still long enough for pictures  - it was a Christmas miracle! Although one little boy was not into having his picture taken...

Nice scary smile Cian. Even Jackson is like "dude, what is the matter with you?"

getting closer to a smile...

OK, no smiles but this is adorable! Our tough guys...

look at this cutie! such the ham