Santa Came!

Santa showed up in the middle of the night!

 Reagan got a desk chair, office supplies, wireless headphones and a 4 square ball

 Cooper got a soccer goal & cones, a Star Wars Lego Republic Gunship, and wireless headphones.

Santa's Surprises

After the kids went to bed, Santa began assembling the gifts and had them all around the living room before Greg & I went to bed!

Cooper asked for his own art box

 He also wanted a Fortress

 and a garbage truck (this now makes 3 large garbage trucks and 5 small ones ~ I think he wants a fleet to start his own company!)

 Reagan requested Lego Friends' ~ Olivia's House & Motorhome

 A Bracelet Maker

 and a big girl watch

 We're ready for Christmas morning!

The Polar Express

On the way home this afternoon, we took a detour to surprise the kids with a ride on the Polar Express.  They wore their pjs, sang Christmas carols, sipped on hot chocolate, ate cookies, and visited with Santa.  They also got their tickets punched by the conductor.  They were really surprised and had a wonderful time!

the train

 they've got a ticket to ride the Polar Express

 Cooper spent most of the train ride like this

 Daddy and Reagan

 Mommy & Cooper

 Mom and her girl

 clapping along to the Polar Express Song

 Cheers for hot chocolate

 yummy!

Having a great time 

 you couldn't get him away from the window

 except to eat a cookie!

 Mr Conductor punching tickets

 tickets, tickets please 

 finally getting around to eating her cookie

 Dad and Cooper

 he hasn't been in the mood to smile for my camera lately!

 some of the lights we saw on the train ride

 Santa Clause is here!

 Making sure he had Reagan's wish list correct!

 Asking Cooper if he's been a good boy this year

 Santa's elf

 Santa gave the kids bells to ring as we sang "Jingle Bells"

 Singing with all the kids in the middle aisle

 We sang "12 Days of Christmas" and our family was the "3 French Hens"

Cooper missed his nap all week!

 more French Hens

 then we sang "Rudolph"

 all the kids gathered in the center aisle to sing "Frosty the Snowman"

 then, we pulled back into the train station

 this is the "official photo" from our Polar Express Ride

Message From Santa

Santa sent Reagan and Cooper a special message before Christmas!

Reagan's message
http://www.portablenorthpole.tv/watch/gxIZVbUrefoxP92jxzsQWXg

Cooper's message
http://www.portablenorthpole.tv/watch/g2nZGVQ3Q5yd5DUQqA0RMGw

Merry Christmas 2010

Merry Christmas from our house to yours!!

Coming down the stairs to see what Santa brought

Cooper was admiring Reagan's toys

A mermaid ~ her most favorite gift.

Watching Thomas go around the track

A new pillow for her bed

Santa cleaned his plate

The reindeer ate all of their food too!

running the remote control car

She had so much fun playing with the zoo

A couple of books were in Reagan's stocking

Cooper got a book in his stocking too

and a movie

He watched his train for hours today

Go Thomas Go!

She named the mermaid "Lucy"

So sweet!

Opening her gift from Cooper

a new leotard for gymnastics

Reagan's school had a "Santa Shop" where the students could buy gifts for their family members. Reagan bought Cooper a basketball set

She bought Greg a "greatest Dad" cap

and, she bought me a pair of earrings

Precious girl

still watching the trains

It started to snow around 9:30am

Ms Deb stopped by yesterday and brought gifts for Reagan and Cooper. A puzzle of the United States for Reagan

and a Memory Game for Cooper

still snowing at 1pm

a little video of the snow. Wasn't sure how much snow we would get, so I wanted to capture our 1st snow of the year on video.

"The Savior - yes the Messiah, the Lord - has been born to you today in Bethlehem" Luke 2:11 NLT