all shots taken by john, processed on mac by me.

happy holidays to you and yours.

i played twister with my sisters and WON, making me an official twisted sister. ;-D

i'm not a santa fan.  this is no surprise to anyone is it?  i think the whole thing is rather creepy. however, this year, all my kids have decided that they believe. 

THEY BELIEVE IN SANTA!!!  

so rather than fight it with logic and statistics, we're embracing it.

before we got the tree out E was jones'in to decorate something, anything.  so a vacuum cleaner sufficed.  then she dressed up as mrs. claus and took gift requests for santa.

surprisingly, and to my chagrin, it was a trip to visit santa that actually got me in the christmas spirit.  he was such a sweet guy and made it so fun for them. when it was time for the next child to greet him he opened up his arms widely and they RAN to him.  it was... adorable.  then we ate scones with honeybutter, and it suddenly felt like christmas.