Going To See Santa

On Christmas Eve morning, we went to the Texarkana mall to see Santa! I would say it was a lot of fun...but seriously, Clayton HATES Santa! We talked it up...we even told her that we would both go with her and that I would hold her...she "SEEMED" to be ok with it...that is, until we were going to be "next." Then she FREAKED out! (This is, of course, after two little boys in front of us plowed over her and hit her with a toy car...nothing like making the two year old upset and crying before Santa has the chance to do that!!!)

Anyway, Ca-Ca was taking picture with my camera on the side...there was a really sweet girl who was trying to make her laugh and NOT concentrate on Santa...but it really didn't help! Nevertheless, we made it!!!! No, she didn't tell Santa what she wanted...and Santa even apologized to me because she was crying. He was awesome!!! (Just like last year when she was crying...but this year was actually worse, I think!)

There were bribes going on in the line on the way up there as Clayton was freaking out...she coerced us into a cookie on the way out of the mall! Boy, I can't wait to see how next year goes!!!

Christmas at the Little Gym

Pumpkin Patches

The Hauted Castle and More...

Clayton and I made a rice crispie treat haunted castle for Halloween...Clayton had fun doing it...it didn't taste good, but it was fun to make...and then throw away!!! She is growing up SOO fast!!! She can actually REALLY help do stuff now!!! It is fun to do projects with her! And have REAL conversations with her!!!

Boo at the Zoo

We took our annual trip to "Boo at the Zoo" again this year...This time the dads got to go with us! It was so much fun! Clayton and Keldan had a blast! There are tons of pics here...again, sorry for NOT putting LOTS of dialogue in here, but I am determined to get everything caught up to Christmas BEFORE Christmas actually gets here!!!