The Magic is Gone...for Danny

Danny started questioning Santa and the whole "magic" behind Christmas. So my sister Leann sent me an example letter she gave to her son when he began to question Santa too.

So, I wrote this heartfelt letter to Danny explaining the truth about Santa and that the true meaning is not Santa, but Christ.

After school today, he came home to read his letter. He wasn't happy to find out Santa and the Elf's aren't real. He tore up my letter and refused to talk to me. I called Dan and he was able to talk to Danny. He still wasn't happy with me. But after a few hours, he came around and asked me a few questions. Danny has even agreed to help me with Christmas this year.

The Elf's Arrive

Our Christmas Elf's arrived today. They are brother and sister, and usually trade off years in which they come. But this morning we woke up to find both Christopher and Christina along with 2 reindeer. They brought a gift to the kids. Glisten for Sydney and Comet for Danny.

The kids love it when the Elf's arrive,

Black Friday

Our Black Friday Tradition is to stay home and make cookies, put up the Christmas Tree, decorate it, eat cookies, drink hot chocolate, and listen to Christmas music. It's my favorite way to spend the day after Thanksgiving. I'm not a fan of going out shopping and dealing with all the crazies and the crowds.

Thanksgiving

The kids and I spent a quiet Thanksgiving at home by ourselves.

We even got to Skype with Dan for a little bit.

Christmas Ornaments

Each year, the kids get to pick out a new Christmas Ornament. When the kids saw all the Christmas stuff at the store, they really, REALLY wanted to pick them out now instead of waiting till after Thanksgiving. LOL!

Sydney picked out an Elsa ornament from the movie Frozen.

Danny STILL loves Batman, so that's the one he picked.

Black Hawk Ride

Dan sent us this AWESOME picture of him taking a ride in a Black Hawk.

We sure do miss seeing his face around here.

Uno

I caught the kids cheating at Uno last night.

My Papa would be proud that his game cheating lives on in his great grandchildren.

LOL!!

Sydney trying to play it off that they weren't passing cards under the table.