hooking up with Santa

Eloise and Owen got to sit with Santa in his sleigh the other day. Owen was up for the visit from the start, but Eloise didn't really warm up to Santa until he gave her a candy cane. A few days after this nice visit, Eloise wrote a letter to Santa with Angelica's help. Santa replied with a video email to Eloise! Who knew Santa had gone so high tech?

Big Day!

Yesterday was a big day for everyone in the family. Eloise went to her first day of preschool! Here you see her getting ready to go in the morning. She had a really fun time. It was very sweet to have her come home so happy and excited to tell us all about her day at school. Yay Eloise!

It was a big day for Matt too - he turned 40! Happy Birthday Papa! We all really love you soooooo much!

 It was kind of a big day for Owen too. He sat up on the couch all by himself. Yay Owen!

And for me... well, first Owen took a long nap while Eloise was at school. Then after Eloise came home they both took a long nap at the same time. This means that I had almost 4 hours to myself during the day! I spent this precious time paying bills and filing the important papers that have been piling up since September. Yay Mama!

No! I'm Santa!

Matt and Eloise went out and got a Christmas tree today. The whole house smells soooo nice and treeish! We all had fun putting on the lights and decorations after dinner. By the way - if you call Eloise "Eloise" while she's wearing the santa hat she'll say (you guessed it) "No! I'm Santa!" Repeat that about a hundred times and pretty soon calling her Santa is second nature.