Santa and his "Sleigh"

Every year, Santa makes an appearance in our neighborhood on his "sleigh" (that would be a firetruck, complete with horns, sirens, and lights). I'm not sure why this always happens mid-afternoon while a lot of children are napping. I do think Pierce would have liked it (from a distance), but he was napping. Maybe next year he can stay awake!
This month he has also been bringing home lots of ornaments he made at school and gets really excited about hanging them on the tree!

Christmas Fun with Friends

We had a Christmas playdate with friends this week. We played, did a lot of crafts and ate. Some of the kids decorated foam gingerbread men, painted ornaments and made reindeer cookies. Pierce liked painting the table the most and eating the ingredients for the cookies!


I didn't get many pictures, but we had lots of fun!

First Trip to the Dentist

Thursday was Pierce's first visit to the dentist. I was anticipating a bad visit, but much to my surprise it went pretty well. The were lots of fun toys to play with, fun movies to watch and a fantastic office staff. Below are pics with the dental assistant that we saw. She was showing Pierce his bag of goodies, he was pretty excited about it! Patients get to put their handprint on a ceiling tile too!

Zoolight Safari

M took Pierce last week to meet friends at Zoolight Safari. I heard that all the kids had fun. It was a cold night so everyone was bundled up tight! The night was complete with lots of lights and a train ride.Pierce with friends (Henry, Maury and Carter).

Cookie Ornaments

Over the weekend we made cookie ornaments! Pierce loves "helping" in the kitchen and making shapes out of playdoh so this was perfect. We had fun making a mess!
So far, the only shot I've been able to get standing in front of the tree. You like how there are very few ornaments behind him?! So far, he's been good about not pulling them off but we tried not to tempt him and put most of them out of his reach!

Breakfast with Santa!

Yesterday morning, we went to Breakfast with Santa. It is an event sponsored by HIH for their students and clients. They offered breakfast, carousel rides, pictures with Santa and a special treat. We opted out on pics with Santa after we met him a few days ago! :) However, he was walking around and talking to all the kids during breakfast, Pierce liked him as long as he kept a safe distance!

We also headed out to get our Christmas tree last night...finally. Burrrr, it was cold!!

HO HO HO - Uh Oh!

Pierce and I met some friends to see Santa today. I had already prepared myself that it would not go over well and I was correct! These pictures pretty much sum it up. Pierce wanted NO PART of sitting with Santa! Sorry Santa, we still love you though!

As you can see, Santa and I both found it pretty funny!Clinging to me for dear life!

"Mommy, please get me away from this man!" (I'm sure this is what he was thinking.)

All the kiddos plus me...why am I the only mommy?! Oh yes, all of the other kids were not mortified about the whole situation like my child was. Look at the expression on his face!
On a positive note, Pierce got his 2nd haircut this morning and it went MUCH better than last time. He got a pretty short "trim" so I think we are good for the next 6 months!