Chrismas shopping

This year we stole a friend's idea and took our boys shopping for eachother at the dollar store. When we shop at other stores, they are really limited on what they buy. The usually want to buy $500 power tools or $5,000 flat screen T.V.'s. This year every suggestion was perfect. The gifts were totally thier ideas. Neil and I split them up and took them one at a time. It was great to spend alone time with them. We had to drag one boy along (I won't mention names:). Once we got on the road though, we had great conversations about dreams. He also had great questions about life like, "What would happen if you drove through the car wash backwards?" I gave him my normal answer of "I'll let you know after I go home and google it." Can't wait to see all that they picked out Christmas morning.

Magical

We went to the Magical Forest to see Santa Clause. They had a little train, a slide, and a merry-go-round. There is a "forest" to walk through that is wonderfully decorated. It was awesome. The best part was that the boys got to set on Santa's lap. Erik took it very seriously. Afterwards he said, "I was not shy of him." Thank you Grandma for coming with us.

O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree

We usually use our artificial tree for Christmas, but this year we decided to get a real one. The boys were real excited. I had to get a picture of the tree on top of the car. It was just like the movies. Can't wait for Christmas.