our neighborhood cookie party

was on saturday night and we had so much fun! the girls especially. they got to play with a lot of the kids from our neighborhood. the food was great! the desserts were fabulous! but the best thing of all was a surprise visit from 'ole saint nick himself - santa claus. the kids were so excited! most of them were upstairs playing when he arrived, so a flurry of little feet came scampering down the stairs to see what the excitement was. the first thing lacey did was run over to him and ask him if she was on the nice list. that child...she doesn't miss a beat! she then proceeded to turn around and tell us she was on the nice list. awe great! if i'd known she was gonna ask santa that question i would have paid him to tell her she was on the naughty list that way i had at least a few more weeks of a little less mischief from her (if that's possible.)oh well...

here are some pictures from the evening:

santa and the pink pig

happens to be one of my all time favorite christmas traditions we do. ever since lela was a baby, we some how seem to get to lenox to get our pictures made with santa and ride the ever famous pink pig. this year would be no different other than the fact we went before thanksgiving instead of after.

i thought i had a brilliant idea by taking the girls (as well as the boys) to ride the pink pig before thanksgiving...wrong! it seems everyone else had that same idea. waiting in line for santa was no problem; riding the pink pig, well that was an entirely different story all together. oh well...everyone had fun. now that's behind us and we can focus on other things.