Christmas Happenings

We are so ready for Christmas. We actually put our Christmas tree up the week of Thanksgiving and Karlee has been asking every day if it's Christmas ever since. Santa is everywhere and Karlee is getting so confused as to who the real Santa is. She's knows the one at Yankee Candle (who is there year round) is the "real" one but she isn't quite sure why he keeps showing up different places beside Yankee Candle when usually we can only see him when we go there (the rest of the year)....like the book store, or in the Thanksgiving Day Parade, or at the mall, or on TV. So very confusing for a 4 year old. She is very concerned that when we move we won't ever get to see Santa again because we won't live by Yankee Candle.
Here are some of our Christmas activities that we've done thus far:

Story time with Santa

He was good, he even knew Karlee hasn't been eating her dinner.

We had to make a Christmas countdown chain so Karlee would stop asking us if it was Christmas.

In Colonial Williamsburg they have what is call "Grand Illuminations". Which is fireworks to kick off the Christmas season. We weren't going to go because our kids had colds but it's our last Christmas here so we had to go. We were glad we did. 

We had a picnic dinner and watch a Christmas show. Colton was NOT ok with sitting in his high chair while we were on the ground so we moved him to the ground and he actually did really well.

We saw the "real" Santa at Yankee Candle. Karlee asked for a Jasmine barbie. Hopefully Santa can pull through. Colton was a little scared of Santa until they gave him a candy cane then he was fine sitting there.

The only thing left is for Matt to get done with finals so we can party!! Only one more week...we can get through this...I hope. This is how Colton feels about it:

me too buddy, me too.