We had a fantastic Christmas and I have no idea why I haven't taken the time to document it. It must be the yucky, icky, cold, no fun for anyone weather! I am miserable! So what better way to cheer someone up than to post pictures??
This is Beatrice right before she saw all the presents under the tree. She wore the crown to bed and all that day. A neighbor friend who babysits gave that to Beatrice and I think she wore it for three days straight only taking it off to wash her hair. But once it was washed the crown went right back on.
Franklin wanted a Volcano Kit from Santa sooooo badly. Lucky for him he was a good boy, so Santa got him just what he wanted. It took us almost a whole week to get his volcano fully functioning. We had to first make the mold and wait 24 hours for it to dry and then we had to get the erupting tablets from our friends' house. We had left them there during our Christmas Brunch at their house. We really didn't need to wait for the erupting tablets because they were pretty weak. We put all 30 in the volcano with some club soda and they hardly did a thing. So we stuck to the tried and true formula of mixing baking soda and vinegar and food coloring. We've gotten hours of fun from that one little volcano!
Solomon didn't really care about presents, but he was enamored by the Christmas lights. The little guy has been scooting for over a month now. I don't know how he got way under the Christmas tree undetected. I was busy making Christmas cookies with the older kids and casually watching Solomon scoot around the living room. He was cooing and babbling the whole time so I just kept listening to him. When I looked over the couch, he was nowhere to be seen. I guess I was just a little too casual watching him because he somehow managed to get all the way under the Christmas tree. I knew he was getting fast, but I didn't think he was that fast.
