Dear Santa Clause…

Ok so we are weird parents and have not let our kids sit on Santa’s lap until this year. The line to get the pictures has always been so long and was a minimum of an hour in years past. Today we were lucky and had a 5-minute wait so we introduced them to Santa and had their picture taken with him. As you can see Shawn smiles like most Hollinger’s where he will not show his teeth. You have to get him to really giggle to get a picture when his mouth is not like this. Katelyn is our little model and loves to have her picture taken. Usually you just have to get her to put her shoulders down and not tip her head all the way to one side. They are cute and thought that meeting Santa and dropping off their letters was a lot of fun. We all hope your holiday season is going well and wish you all warm wishes!

Dear Tooth Fairy…

Katelyn is growing up so fast. Today she lost her first baby tooth after wiggling it for an entire week! She had a lot of hesitation of loosing her tooth and last Friday even tried to superglue it back in place. Yeah, quit the mess to clean up and we still have glue on our kitchen table that refuses to come off. The glue in her mouth, face, hands, etc., has finally gone away. The last few days it was so wiggly that her tooth was crooked and would not even sit in her mouth like a normal tooth. She also was so nervous about it that no one was allowed to touch her tooth except for herself. Tonight she allowed me to wiggle it and wouldn’t you know it popped right out. She didn’t even know it was gone until she saw a small spot of blood on her finger. On the plus side tonight was one of the easiest nights to put her to bed so that the tooth fairy could come and visit. Thank you so much Tooth Fairy!

Trick-Or-Treat

The kids had so much fun this year trick-or-treating. Katelyn dressed up as a snow princess and Shawn was Darth Vader. This was the first year they have gone door to door instead of the trunk or treat. It ended up being a race from each door and to show me what they had been given at each home. Shawn still thinks that if he wears his costume it can still be Halloween and wants to go pick up more candy. There were a lot of cute kids that came by our home. I may not care for Halloween very much but the kids make it fun.