Santa Clause not a huge hit!

Sophie has been so excited about Christmas lights, the advent calendar, her fisher price nativity set, and Santa. So, on Saturday I took her to sit on Santa's lap....and well....she wasn't too thrilled about the idea of sitting on his lap. On the way there I would say, "Do you want to sit on Santa's lap?" her reply "yah!" Then I told her to tell him she wanted a Elmo doll. She would say "Santa Elmo". So, being the first time I have taken a child to see Santa I was super excited to capture that cute smiling kid sitting on this lap! However, we never got that picture....she wouldn't let me put her down! So here we are together with Santa! She did tell him "ELMO"!

On Thursday evening our Relief Society went downtown to the Riverwalk. We all took a boat ride to see all the lights! Super fun!

December Already????

Traditional picture of us standing in front of The Alamo!

I still can't believe it is December already. It seems like just yesterday was summer. (Well it always seems like Summer here in San Antonio). We have been having so much fun this month. Sophie loves Christmas time. She LOVES lights. She is going to have a tough time when I take down the Christmas tree that is in her room. On Monday for family home evening we went downtown to The Riverwalk. It was the perfect time to go. The weather was pretty good and it was not crowded at all. We were able to walk right up to the first restaurant we went to and was immediatly seated on the river. Sophie loved watching the boats go by and watching the ducks. She especially enjoyed looking at all the LIGHTS!!!!! It is very beautiful at Christmas time downtown!Also on monday was playschool at our house. Sophie had a hard time sharing her toys, but overall it was a lot of fun. The shape for the day was Circle so I incorporated Snowmen with it. We sang some snowman songs, read snowman stories, and made a snowman craft. Then for the circles we had circle cheese, circle crackers, and circle cookies. Sophie now knows circle and snowman pretty well. On Saturday night we swapped with the Jessops babysitting and were able to go on a date to Travis' group party from school. It was soooo goood. I think it was so good because we didn't have Sophie to handle in the restaurant.

This is a random picture however it has much meaning behind it! Our little Sophster is a very picky eater. So lately I try about anything to get her to eat. So, on this day it was the glasses that did the trick! Once I put her glasses on she cleared her tray!

GUESS WHAT?????? IT SNOWED IN SAN ANTONIO LAST NIGHT! I HAVE PROOF ON OUR VIDEO CAMERA. WE TOOK SOME STILL PICTURES, BUT I WAS SPORTING MY FLANNEL PJ'S AND WAS LOOKING PRETTY SCARY! I LOOKED OUTSIDE AROUND 12:30 AT NIGHT AND MIXED IN WITH THE RAIN WAS LITTLE SNOWFLAKES FLURRYING AROUND. I KNOW SOME MAY THINK IT WAS SLEET BUT HONEST IT WAS SNOW...I EVEN CAUGHT SOME AND ATE IT! IT WAS FUN TO SEE THE SNOWFLAKES DROP MUCH SLOWER THAN THE RAIN. FUN NIGHT!