Our White Christmas

What a Christmas!!

Christmas 2006 was at Grandma and Papa's house in the mountains in Colorado. Days before we arrived they had just experienced a monster snow storm that covered the ground in wonderful powdery snow. The boys were so excited that they didn't waste a second after getting out of the car to go and jump into it.

Please watch the video clip. We took so many pictures that it's impossible to pick our favorites to post. The last pictures were taken at Denver Zoo Lights. The zoo was so beautifully lit up. At first we didn't see many animals but towards the end we saw all kinds of them. Dominic's favorite was the rain forest area. There we saw a cobra eating it's dinner (a rat) and the boys had a front row view of the whole thing. Yuck.

We had to leave a little early because the second monster storm was fast approaching. We were sad to leave Grandma, Papa, and Aunt Dawn and all the wonderful snow. Next time we wont wait so long to go back. We LOVED the mountains.

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Staples for Dominic

Well it happened again. Not quite as tragic as the first time, but still bad for Little D. After mopping Friday night Dominic ran through the kitchen and instead of breaking his leg, this time he gashed his head. If anyone has every experienced a head injury, or seen one personally you know it's ugly.

Daddy found him sitting on the floor holding his head. We think he just hit it on the ground but it's hard to tell. It was a big cut and hard to imagine it happened from the floor and not a corner of a table or something. He wasn't knocked unconscience or anything. No dizziness.

Shall we visit with Santa?

Waiting in line to see Santa

In the past, as most of you know, The Santa Experience has not been a good one. Many tears and much screaming. This year the boys asked to go so we quick changed our shirts, combed our hair, and took off to the mall. The line was sort of long but they were patient and they behaved pretty well actually. They even practiced their smiles for the camera. As you can see we've turned a major corner because they were great and I think actually enjoyed themselves. I tried to capture the moment by filming some of the conversation they had with the man in red.

Click video below to see the boys talk to Santa. Dominic dominates the conversation talking about the "snake jungle" he wants. The clip is short but sweet.

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Christmas cookies

Making Christmas cookies was so much fun. Mom cheated in every way possible to make things easy and the boys DIDN'T EVEN KNOW!!!

Mothers of the world, hear me now... you must do this with your children. They were so happy. Started calling me "mother" with a british accent and used manners. There must be a happy kid drug hidden in these pre-made cookie batters because it was awesome. Batter in a tube, frosting in a cup. Too easy.

It's a christmas miracle.