Tea Time

We brought in the New Year at a tea house with Taffe's best girl.  Taffe was by far the most into the tea.  He loved the sugar cubes and probably had 7 cups of very sweet, milky tea! 

oh the Christmas Craziness!

Merry Christmas Eve!

Super fun times to have Grandma and Grandpa stay with us for the weekend.  We made a trek downtown to the Botanical Grdens, cause well, there are trains tehre.  We geared up in our new train gear (thanks GaGa!) and met cousins Tommy and Charlie. 

 That night we did everything to make sure Santat would come to our house.  Reindeer food, letters, cookies and read The Night before Christmas.

Successful Santa!

Maybe not huge smiles, but NO tears, and no parent in the photo!  Our boys are growing up!

You know it's Christmas when...

 

...the big blow-up characters appear outside our door!

 The tree is up, and thankfully, we got another tall one!  Someone was trying to get me to downsize... but a tall tree is just what we needed!

First Haircut!

It was time!  After a long debate, finally, Christopher agreed Kingston could get a trim. 

 

 Kingston loved the whole experience... meaning the 2 lollipops!

Meeting Santa

 

 

Every year, one of the parents has to be in the picture as there is a reluctant child. This year, it was Kingston.  He was NOT feeling the hand off to a random bearded man.  Taffe, on the other hand was shockingly friendly and verbose.  Our big boy spoke clearly and told Santa specifically what he wants.  I hope Santa brings the exact train, tracks and station that he asked for!