Remember when you were a kid, and it seemed like Christmas would never get here.  I can remember having that nervous Christmas energy.  Everything would be dark in the house, except the Christmas tree and the glow of the lights made shadows on the wall, and I would get a magical feeling.  Lila is at that age.  She has to have all lights on at all times, and she just giggles every time we plug them in.  She has not been sleeping well for about a week now...here was the conversation last night we had last night, after about an hour of trying to get her to go to sleep.

Me:  Lila, you need to go to sleep.  I know it is hard, but Santa is not coming tonight, so go to sleep.

Lila:  I just so sited (excited).  I just sited for the reindeers to come flying by.

Me: Oh

Lila:  They come flying by, up in the air, and I hear the jingling of their jingle bells.  They fly Santa all around to deliver the toys.

Little conversations like that make all the hustle and bustle worthwhile.  I can't wait to see her face on Christmas morning (I just hope we get some sleep before then)

Christmas with my Cousin

Last weekend, we went to Ft. Worth to celebrate an early Christmas with Aunt Jana, Jai and Aiden.  

We did so much cool stuff.  As soon as we got there, we opened presents

 Then, we got dressed and went to this big, fancy hotel where they had so many beautiful Christmas lights and decorations

The hotel had neat exhibit  you could walk through.  It was the Charlie Brown Christmas made out of ice.  That's right ICE.  It was freezing cold in there, and we had to wear these special coats.

 Of course, we had time for a little mischief

On Saturday, we went to the Rainforest Cafe for lunch.  We really liked watching the crocodile open his mouth.

 After lunch, we went to this really fun place called Build-a-Bear.  You make your own stuffed animal, and you give them a bath and buy them clothes.   I made a reindeer and named her Callie, and Aiden made a monster and named him Gorky.

I had a great time, and so did my Mom and Dad.  

Thanks Aunt Jana and Jai for having us over.