Winter Wonderland

I was really looking forward this year to taking Kayla to our annual holiday celebration for all St. Clair County employees and their families, so Missy, Mitchell, Addison and Kayla and I decided to go - there's lots of good food (and plenty of candy too), gingerbread house making, Christmas trees and of course, Santa.

Kayla couldn't wait to see Santa and let me know by talking about it all evening. Once Santa arrived everyone knew it because they heard Kayla's exuberant exclamations announcing his presence in the building. She was so excited to see him and couldn't wait to tell him that she wants "two movies and two books" for Christmas. In line she kept saying "Its almost my turn!" ..... its just that she didn't realize that 'sitting on Santa's lap' meant that you actually had to sit on Santa's lap. So, in the end, Kayla sat on my lap and I sat next to Santa and she talked to him with her face buried in my neck.

The gingerbread house-making went much more smooth. What fun is making a gingerbread house if you can't eat as you go? Eating the frosting and decorations is much more fun!

Decorating a gingerbread house takes serious concentration

Ymmmm, frosting!

There was definately more eating going on than there was decorating

The finished masterpiece