And finally....CHRISTMAS!!!

Our family was spoiled on Christmas. We got a Wii game system and some games. The girls have been playing it every day since it was hooked up. It's been nice, because it's kept them downstairs while I've been working, LOL!

This is B'Elana's stack of presents. She got a lot of Hannah Montana stuff from Santa. We also got her a makeup bag, and lots of books! She's read almost all the Junie B. Jones books that she got for Christmas. I guess her next task will be to tackle the Magic Tree House books.

This is Deanna with her stack of stuff. She also got a makeup bag, a pair of fuzzy slippers (that's what she's opening in the picture), and Santa gave her some music and the Twilight series of books. She had checked the first one out at school and finished it just before Christmas. As of today, she's about 50 pages from finishing the 3rd one!

And last but not least, Rudolph left a surprise for Roxie. It's a tug toy that looks like a Christmas Candy and she loves it...she's loved it to death almost! The cats also had a surprise under the tree. They got a bag filled with catnip toys and it also had a kitty tunnel in it. I haven't seen them playing with it yet, but the girls assure me that they love it.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Wilcox Family Breakfast 12-15-07

Christmas Eve

Our new family tradition: the children playing the bells! I won a set of bells from my work. Deanna and Grandma Sue taught the little ones a couple of songs. They did pretty well, for never having done it before. Then Grandpa Guy read the story of how Santa met Jesus.When we got home we opened a couple of presents: new ornaments for the tree and Christmas pajamas. Then the girls went to bed and waited for Santa to arrive!

Shelly's Christmas Party 12-23-07

Decorating the Christmas Tree

In the better late than never category, we have "decorating our Christmas tree"! We got the tree out and the girls worked on decorating it when I was on break from work on December 23. (One of the beautiful things about working from home.) The only thing they couldn't do was the angel, so that didn't get put on until Christmas Eve. They did a great job getting the tree decorated. Since it wasn't up very long before Christmas, we probably won't take it down until January 1st.

Pictures with Santa

I'll stop posting about Christmas stuff soon...either it will be January (and I really hate posting about Christmas in January) or I'll run out of stuff to post. I'm guessing January will get here before I run out of stuff to post though!

We went to see Santa in the Fashion Place Mall on December 21st. The girls didn't have school because it was the official start to Winter break, aka Christmas Vacation, so I thought it would be the perfect day to go see Santa. I think everyone else did too! They had a new system for seeing the big guy this year. First you go to the lady at the table and get a pager, like the ones you get at a restaurant. We got there when Santa was on his lunch break, so we didn't have to stand in line for that, but people after us did. Then, when they are ready for you, they page you. Except that the pagers didn't work that well. And if you went out of range, you were basically out of luck. So we stuck around where the Santa setup was and did a little shopping, but didn't go far.

Finally we were paged, although ours was one that didn't go off, and then we got to stand in line again! Some people got really upset about that and just left. We spent probably another 15-20 minutes in line after we turned our pager in. To top it off, the picture prices seemed to go up significantly this year, so we didn't purchase any pictures, just did the ones with my camera. And since we didn't buy any pictures, apparently we had to be rushed out. I was planning on letting B'Elana get a picture by herself, a picture with both girls and then a picture with Deanna by herself. Deanna felt like Santa was kind of pushing her off his lap after the one with both girls, so we didn't get the one with just her.

Anyway, both girls got to talk to the big guy for a minute. Deanna couldn't think of anything to ask for, so Santa surprised her and B'Elana asked for Barbies. Come back later to find out if the girls wishes came true!

Orchestra Christmas Concert

Deanna's orchestra Christmas Concert was on December 17, 2007. Deanna does an awesome job playing the cello. She played Marry had a Little Lamb, happy and sad, Ode to Joy, Jingle Bells, Twinkle, Twinlke, Little Star, Silent Night, Do You Hear What I hear, and Over the Hills and Through the Woods.