Santa visit

 How could that be at the door???

 Oh no, Santa has come in person to see if the girls are being nice or naughty.  Which will he decide?

 I guess getting a candy cane means that you are on the nice list!  Both girls made the Nice list!  Santa even said mommy made the Nice list.  The girls told Santa what they wanted for Christmas- Leeza wanted a Barbie and Sasha wanted a black music box thing(also known as a CD player). 

Santa had time for just a few picutres as he had a busy schedule.  So many children to check on.  At least my girls can rest easy now, they are on the nice list!



Grandma- Day 5

 Grandma plane leaves this afternoon to go back to Arizona.  It was a fun visit.

Lots of activites took place.

 Both girls like their desks and used them.  We went out to lunch and then headed for the airport.  The girls were sad to have Grandma leave.

It was a short visit, but the girls had a lot of fun.  Grandma wore them out.  Maybe they wore Grandma out too.

We made Grandma a scrapbook of her visit.  WE hope it holds a lot of good memories.

Grandma Day 4

Morning starts early at the Harmon house.

More presents today.  these are from Aunt Debbie and Uncle John.  The girls are using their new desks for just about everything.  Leeza still loves her pink hair from Disney.  She wears it every weekend.

Sasha loves books and Aunt Debbie didn't disappoint her.

Of course, there was also hair supplies.  Leeza is a girly girl and loves her hair to be done.

Sasha got the package of barretts and hair ribbons too.

Grandma got to do lots of hair dos all day long.

Grandma- Day 3

Grandma and the girls just hanging out and watching TV.

Time for presents.  Grandma and Grandpa got the girls art desks and makeup kits.  The girls loved both of them.

About 10 tubes of lip gloss, lots of eye shadow and a mirror were all included in the kit.

Then it was time for the PJ party with Santa at the zoo.  They got to pet about a half dozen animal.  They could only look at the owl since he didn't like to be petted.

They liked the ferret.  It was a fat ferret.

Grandma didn't like the snake.

After the animals, we made pinecone snowmen skiing down a slope.

It was messy, but fun.

Then on to the cookie table where the girls frosted and ate their cookies,.

Then another art project.  Lots of gluing and glitter and cutting and pasting.

Then it was back to the main room to wait for Santa to appear.  With a hug or two for Grandma during the wait.

Finally Santa came along with Mrs Santa.  Santa read stories to the kids.

And then it was time to see if they would sit on Santa's lap.  Up they went and climbed right into his lap.  Nothing like last year.

Yeah! Mama got a good picture of Santa and the girls. Everyone was smiling. Merry Christmas everyone!

Grandma- Day 1 and 2

 Grandma arrived Thursday afternoon.  We stopped to eat dinner and by the time we got home it was almost bedtime.  We put Grandma to work the next day making cookies.

 The girls had a great time.  Leeza is taking the pictures.  The girls have their aprons from last year on.

 Leeza rolled and rolled and rolled the dough.  It was well loved dough by the time the cookies were actually cut out.

 Leeza is good with the camera.  She took lots of pictures.

 Once the cookies were baked, it was time for frosting and decorations.  Lots and lots of decorations. 

 Thye really like to bake and have fun making the cookies pretty.

Frosty slept through most of the activites.

Polar Express

 We got new PJs for our Polar Express ride.  If you know the story, they followed it very closely.  They even had wolves outside the train at one point.  The train museum in Monticello puts this on each year. 

 The evening started with our arrival at the Depot.  We took pictures and had some cookies while we waited.

 Leeza inside the Depot waiting for the train to start.

 They had an area set up for the kids to color and do a few little games.  It was too crowded to really do much.

 We were in the first train car.  We got our tickets June 1st at 10:05.  They were sold out an hour later.  You really have to plan early for this ride.  Our train was number 892 Car #1.

 Waiting for the conductor to let us on the train.

 You must have your gold ticket to ride.  You can't lose it or else you have to ride on top of the train.(You  need to read the Polar Express story if you don't get this)

 Tickets at the ready.  The hobo did come by and try to steal our tickets, but we were too smart for him.  No one lost their ticket to him.

 Once the ride began, the cook came through with hot chocolate at just the right temperature- not too hot or not too cold.

 They had the dancing waiters(or girls) that danced down the aisle with the hot chocolate.

 Then the conductor came by and checked our tickets.  He punched a S in Sasha's and a L in Leeza's and a J in mommy's

 The train ride took us past the wolves and through Monticello until we reached the North Pole.  We made a brief stop to pick up Santa.  He came through the cars and passed out silver bells to every kid.

 Think 30 or 40 kids in an enclosed train car with silver bells and all of them ringing the bells at the same time.  It was a noisey ride back to the station.

The girls had a good time and were really happy to see Santa.  They keep asking if they can go back next year.