A modern T'was the Night Before Christmas

Jingle Bell(e)

I didn't want you to think I didn't know the song for my Christmas recital. It's just that I get shy in front of crowds.

Visit with Santa

What an exciting morning we had. We had breakfast with Santa Claus at my school today. It was sure fun. After a quick breakfast, we waited patiently in line (well as patiently as we could) for our turn to tell Santa what we want for Christmas. Since Lilly only knows a few words, I was more than happy to share with Santa that we would like a Thomas the Train for Christmas. He said he would bring me one if I was good girl and listend to Mommy and Daddy and went to bed on time. Darn! I sure have a hard time following those instructions.

We're still both feeling under the weather. Lilly now has my cold. Poor Lilly. So we're resting today and hoping that we'll recover before Christmas.

We are going to enjoy more Christmas excitement today. Mommy is going to help us make Christmas cookies. I can't wait.

Holiday lights & fun

Belle and I are becoming the best of friends, as you can see from the photo. We like to dance together, eat together, laugh together and even wrestle! Despite some illnesses (colds) running in the family, we're having a great time enjoying the holiday season. Yesterday, Mommy & Daddy took us to a tree lighting at the Capitol. We listened to some bands play and even saw Santa at the Governor's Mansion before we left. Each week, we've enjoyed watching the holiday specials, like the Grinch Whole Stole Christmas or Charlie Brown's Christmas on ABC. Daddy & Mommy even let us stay up late to watch them. We've had a great time looking at Christmas lights and now that the tree is up in our house we can get a close-up look. Belle has broken a few bulbs, though, so Daddy moved all the ornaments to the top of the tree.

Today I had my first look at snow. Belle was more taken with it than I. She gazed at the snow falling on the back deck this morning. Daddy took her outside to play in it some, but she wasn't too keen on that, Daddy said. This weekend we're looking forward to a visit with Santa and breakfast at Belle's school.