HO HO HOOOORIBLE!

We dressed up the kiddies in their Christmas best and trucked on down the highway to Phipps Plaza in the big city for our eagerly awaited, hardest ticket to get in the ATL, coveted appointment with Santa! William looked stunning with product in hair and a cute little train number from Janie & Jack Mommy snagged on ebay for a bargain - Madi - recently sprouted enough hairs to hold a festive bow and looked equally adorable in her Hanna Anderssen plaid and velvet dress - a consignment sale find - along with her matching patent leather mary janes. The tot-some were soon surrounded by the finest frocked tots in all the land - falling all over the floor, licking the rails and pulling at their festive finery. Sippy cups all over the ground, bows yanked out of hairs, parents looking more and more frantic as the pressure increased for the ultimate test of holiday cheer - will your kid flash a 5 star smile - or FAIL SANTA 101? Soon enough it was our moment of truth - time to march up to the Jolly Ol Elf. William let out a barely detectable whimper and was quickly reminded NO PRESENTS! He was then ushered into North Pole South and plopped on Santa's lap by the jolliest elf. Looking like we were marching him off the plank, he gave us a look glance then drudged over to Santa - the thought of getting no presents successfully brainwashed into his 3 year old head. Madi on the other hand burst into the worst tantrum a tot has ever thrown as soon as she got a glimpse of the red suit. After biting her nails in a fearful fret, pelting Santa with her kicking patent leather clad feet and getting red lolly pop all over his perfectly pressed shirt, Santa motioned to his jolliest elf and the tot was removed at once and promptly put on the Naughty List. Out of the corner of my eye I could see the sad stares of waiting parents and hear their whispers - uh oh, another melt-down in merry-town! Yep - my kid FAILED Santa 101 - who will be next? William on the other hand decided to seize the moment and took in a little one and one time with old Kris. Then with a squeeze from Santa and thoughts of a Thomas the Train Gordan Number 4 Engine dancing in his head - William said goodbye - candycane in hand and did a little jig he was so happy to be done. While William didn't flash a 5 star smile or give us his quite the Kodak Moment - he surely passed! Looking back on Christmas past - we started off on our Santa Adventures in 2007 with a sleeping William in Santa's arms, then a 14 month old William looking stunned on Santa's lap, last year we added a mellow Madi to the picture with a screaming, escaping big brother - and now we have screaming sister and a Santa-tized big brother! As our mantle fills up with pictures from the years - it's just a memory captured in time - reminding us of how it was - and how fast it all goes by.

Reindeer Games

Santa and his Reindeer took a long flight from the North Pole to visit the kiddies of Alpharetta today and William and Madi were there! The threat of getting no presents from Santa if he cried was real to William and he was a perfect gentleman for Santa with no tears. He gave Santa his "list" which included only one item - a Thomas the Train - Engine #4 - Gordon - that's all he said he wanted. Madi on the other hand was perfectly content until we sat on her Santa's lap - then she burst into tears. The "Elves" made me jump into the sleigh with Santa to try to keep her calm - I guess this is her "crying year!"

It's Fall in Georgia!

The leaves have officially changed, it got chilly so I guess you can say it's FALL IN GEORGIA - accept it's now in the 70's all week! William goes to school with his jacket on and we end up changing into short sleeves for afternoon play on our new swing-set then change back into jackets in the evening! Here's some new pictures of our family in the backyard - I wish we could just keep it like this with the leaves so pretty - but winter will here soon enough :(

Halloween 2010

Halloween 2010 - it was a SPOOK-TAC-ULAR day for the kiddies in Georgia! We started the night off at a neighborhood Halloween Party - then our little Ladybug retired for the evening and Mommy took our little firefighter around the hood for his 1st Trick or Treating Adventure! We made it to all 19 homes and got so much candy - the jack-0-latern BROKE! Interesting - William has not asked for a single piece of candy - I am planning to donate it all so we can all have nice tootsies here!