Christmas In America!

We are back!  Hooray!  Here is a quick run-down of all the things we have been up to since we've been home. 

We went to go see Santa at the mall:

Waiting in line.

The boys were great, but Catherine had just woken up from her nap in my arms.  Lawrence wanted a candy cane so badly, and when he got it, he just clung to it!

 Lawrence planted his feet in front of Santa and declared, "I'm NICE!"

We made Christmas cookies.

We hung out at Gramama and Grapapa's house.

We went to the playground at Lakeshore.

We went to my dad's office party at the Club.  It was held during nap time.   Poor Buppy.

Apparently, the rolls at the club are pretty good.  

We went to the kids' Christmas party at the Club.  There was a real sleigh (below) and live reindeer, too!

Finally, on Christmas Eve, we hung our stockings, and Santa came to our house in Knoxville!

Everett had asked for only a Santa hat, and Lawrence only wanted a candy cane.  Santa did a bit more than that, though!  Everett declared, "We must have been really good!"

Santa also brought a joint present of a Gigaball.  It's a giant inflatable hollow ball that you can roll from the outside or the inside.  

Playing with the Santa toys.  The kids slept in until 7 am! 

Catherine in the Gigaball!

Catherine really loves her new play table.

After Santa presents, Gramama, Grapapa, Uncle William, Aunt Allison, and baby Liam came over to our house, and we had breakfast and presents.  It was a great day!

I'm so glad we had Christmas in America.  It was so much more fun and festive than what we could have generated by ourselves in Arabia.  Hooray for Christmas fun!