Christmas 2008

I thought I'd write a little something about the girls' Christmas. In future years, they can read this and hopefully it will bring back some sweet memories. I guess it can serve the same purpose for me too as my memory is currently full and new memories tend to just fall out of my head.

Lets see...Ava is still scared to death of Santa Claus. This is the second year that I didn't get a picture of her on his lap. For some reason, I kind of respect her fear. If this was Audrey (my first born) I would have forced her on his lap for the picture-screaming, tears, and all. What does this say about me? Could 2009 possibly see Ava on the Easter Bunny's and Santa's lap? Oh please!

Audrey DID sit on Santa's lap. We did something new this year and avoided the mall Santa in favor of the Bass Pro Santa. I think we'll continue with this next year-new traditions, how I love them! It was a lot of fun. Even though the Bass Pro Santa didn't have a real beard and wore leather boot flaps over his other shoes, he seemed like the real deal. He seemed like a very authentic and sweet man. He may not have had looked like Santa, but he was the essence of him in spirit. My girl liked him a lot. I asked her what they talked about as he did engage her in quite a bit of conversation and she said that she asked him for a ride in his sleigh. What an exciting request.