Gingerbread Houses

Brody loves opening his envelope every morning for our advent calendar.  Today's note said we get to decorate gingerbread houses.  At first Brody wasn't too excited, so I went on Google and showed him some images.  Most of them were a little beyond our abilities but it made him a little more excited.  He had to wait all day because it was so nice outside but we finally got to them at about 6 tonight.  Brody was still working on his an hour later - he was so focused.  It was so cute.  He loved it! Sophie on the other hand had mixed feelings - she didn't quite understand that you weren't supposed to eat every piece of candy, so she had some tears.  She'll probably enjoy it more next year.

Sophie, Sarah, Stephen, Brody

Stephen, Brody (notice not an inch of uncovered space!)

Sophie, Sarah

Visit with Santa

We went to see Santa at the Bass Pro Shop on Saturday.  It was great, they had tons of activities for kids.  Everyone had a good time, except for Sophie when it came time to see Santa.  I went to set her down on Santa's lap and she sent out a shriek louder than I have ever heard before! Everyone in the entire store heard it! There was absolutely no chance of me leaving her on his lap because she was holding on to me SO tight! 

Brody really wanted to stand next to Santa, but we convinced him to sit on his lap

She loved this!

Little unsure at first - still upset from the Santa thing

Brody giving Santa his list: Book (of Santa's choice he later told us), Jayhawk Blanket, Kitchen