Lowered Expections

Remember that skit from Saturday Night Live? Well Chris and I resolved ourselves that our visit with Santa may not go well for Miss. Rdette. As long as she didn't throw herself off of his lap we were going to call it a success. Well we got there and...

She LOVED IT! Chris and I couldn't believe it! Lily was also of course VERY excited. When the girls were done he gave each one a bracelet and a button that says "Santa believes in me" While we were waiting for our turn to pay I asked Lily if she wanted hers on. As I was putting it on her she was shaking! She was just that excited. It was so great! She did tell Santa that she wanted her Cinderella Baby Doll.

When we were waiting in line there are several stations that the kids complete. The first was the Naughty or Nice meter. The kids get to push this big red button then the even bigger gage waves back and forth until it settles on one.

Whew!! I didn't know what was going to happen when they touched that button! It kept us in suspense for a second! Then, just as it should and went off the chart for nice! YEAH! From there we get to "mail" our letters to Santa. We didn't let Rdette this time. The snow flies out of the mailbox pretty hard and fast. So Big Sister went ahead and mailed them off to Santa.

I know.... cuteness overload! Once the letters are mailed out it was just a short wait until Santa! They both did so good! Last year we started a tradition of taking them to Build A Bear after Santa. Rdette was only 6 weeks old at the time so Lily picked out one that year. This year Rdette is still pretty much along for the ride, but they were having a really good deal on their Christmas Moose Bears. So Lily picked the one that lights up and we made the girl one for Rdette. They really seemed to have a great time!

Now I will leave you with probably the cutest pictures we have gotten of Rdette....

YES her hair is now long enough for piggy tails! :-)