Tis the Season to be Jolly and Joyous

We went to see Santa this weekend and to sum up the experience in one word it would be "Traumatized." She did great watching the other kids see Santa and not cry but as soon as it was her turn she immediately stopped walking towards Santa and said "I don't want to, NOOOOO!" Santa was really nice he bribed Lilly with candy and a reindeer duck but she wasn't having it. So we did what most parents do we forced her to sit on Santa's lap and took a picture of her balling her eyes out and screaming. Why do we do this to our kids again...oh yeah, it's FUN!

After pictures we enjoyed a nice lunch with the grandparents. Lilly and Papa were having a good time.

To keep it a Christmas themed weekend on Sunday night we decorated our Christmas tree and watched two Christmas movies, Polar Express and Muppet Christmas Carol. Lilly was a my little helper when it came to hanging up the ornaments. After a while though she got frustrated when they fell off so she ended up handing them to me for me to hang. I love making these sweet memories with her.

Daddy's favorite ornament a Saint Snowman

All Done..."Cheese"

Tonight we took Lilly to the Gaylord Texas Ice exhibit. Despite being COLD (as expected) it was amazing. The sculptures were beautiful!

Lilly even went down the ice slide. It was quite a workout though. I had to get video of it. It reminded me of the way she used to "crawl" or scoot on her bottom.

Robert's reenactment of The Christmas Story. Don't worry his tongue is ok. :)

We found it hilarious that there was a fire extinguisher in the ice exhibit. I'm sure the carpet could catch on fire but still funny.

 At the end were my FAVORITE sculptures, the Nativity Scene. What a beautiful display and so detailed. The only crazy thing is over the speaker they announced "The birth of Jesus two centuries ago." Robert and I looked at each other and he asked "Did they just say two centuries?" Umm we are pretty sure Jesus' birth was more than two centuries ago. :)

We look so small in this BIG present!