Christmas Photos

Here is a picture of Ben and Molly before church on Christmas Eve. It's become a tradition to take their picture in front of the tree. I must have taken 30 different shots to get ones of them looking decent.

Here is The Little Mermaid Salon Molly wanted. She was so excited to see it Christmas morning. She has pretty much played with it non stop since she got it. She combs her hair and pretends to spray it. She used the little hair dryer and curling iron. It is all interactive and Ariel talks to Molly while she's doing everything. Yes, Molly talks back to her.

Do we want to know the total time it took Daddy to put together the Flying Dutchman for Ben? 268 pieces. What was I thinking? I think it took about 2 hours for Darrin to put it all together. He handed it off to Ben with stern words about not taking it a part for a LONG time.

Christmas cookies

We decorated Christmas cookies earlier today. Can you guess which cookies are Ben's and which are Molly's? Molly had to have pink and purple frosting. My favorite cookies are the ones my Grandma makes. Each cookie is the perfect thickness of cookie and frosting. I look forward to them every year. Yum. I can't wait until Christmas Eve so I can have one.

Mom...I want an XBox

Many of you have heard a lot of Ben-isims. He has a great sense of humor and is pretty quick witted. I could do just a blog of entertaining Ben quotes. Here is his latest. Mom, I want an XBox for Christmas. Well, Santa isn't going to spend THAT much on Christmas this year. Santa doesn't BUY TOYS!!! His elves build them in the North Pole!!! Sorry, Ben Santa is still not bringing you an XBox (over priced video game system). But it is good to know some first grader hasn't come along and ruined his faith in Santa Claus. Molly yells "I WANT THAT!!" or "I want THAT for my birthday!"at every TV commercial. I've been trying to get her to just say "I like that". No such luck. She doesn't realize her birthday isn't for 7 more months. SHe is 3, she wants it all now.

My shopping is done!!!

Here it is, December 6 and I have most of my shopping done for Christmas. The kids are easy. They yell what they want when there is a commercial on TV. Basically, Ben wants anything Pirate, and Molly wants "all the princesses and their stuff." I think they will be happy. What's on my Christmas list? A 4 gig pink ipod. I made my mother in law look at them with me in almost every store we were in. She probably knows more about them than she ever wanted to know. (My new Disney Crocs came today. No, I don't get to wear them before Christmas.)