Christmas hats

Lovely hat from sis-in-law, Season

side view

"Finn, Finn McMissile"

O Christmas Tree

I'm here to share a little bit of Christmas from our house:

A few Christmas shots

Christmas things

Sitting with Santa. Last year Charlie was not fooled by who was dressed as Santa, but this year he was very excited to meet Santa. I failed to help him be prepared for sitting on Santa's lap, though. Santa always asks what you want for Christmas. Charlie hadn't thought of anything to ask for.
So Santa suggested, "Do you want a ball?"
Charlie said very enthusiastically, "Yea!"
Santa said, "What kind of ball? A football?"
Charlie, "Yea!!"

The Cat-in-the-hat hat has many uses, Grandma!

A little dark (okay, really dark but the occasional flash gives you glimpses) but you get the idea. And if you listen reeeally hard, you can hear Charlie singing.

Bear Hugs

This Christmas gift from Grandma has a long story. UPS failed to deliver it to our new address so it was returned to the sender and when Grandma tried to have them resend it they told her they didn't have any more to send! By some miracle, however, this showed up at our door just the other day. Here are the pictures I promised:

Lights at the Temple

We made it up to see the Festival of Lights at the D.C. Temple this year. Luckily, it was a night when Jenny Oaks Baker was performing at the Visitor's Center so we got to see that too. It was pretty chilly, and we're bundled up!

Can't fool me!

At our ward Christmas party, Santa made an appearance. Charlie was the first to sit on his lap. He wasn't too happy or unhappy about it all. Just went through the motions, I guess. Got his candy cane and came back to our table. A few seconds later, he points to Santa and says, "Rob". Yes, our friend Rob was dressed up as Santa and there was no fooling Charlie.