Monday, December 10, 2012

Cookies with Santa

My Mom2Mom group put on a fantastic "Cookies and Cocoa with Santa" event Sunday evening, with Mr. Claus making the long trip from the North Pole to visit with our children.

 Here, he greets the girls by complimenting them on their dresses and asking them about what they're hoping to receive this Christmas.

We were curious how Violet would react to Santa, since she cried a lot last year, and didn't do great earlier this month. But, using sweets to bribe Miss Mae (as Cora sometimes calls her) works wonders...
 ...as you can see here!

 Our official family photographer came, and got a few nice family shots after the Santa pictures. Thanks, Dad.
Violet cracks me up in this one.


 

 Since Violet (and Cora, of course) did so well with the photos, they could eat as much hot chocolate and cookies as they could stand.

(Well, not really, but Stace and I were having fun chatting with our friends, so I'm not sure we were keeping a close eye.)

The children also colored pictures and wrote out letters to Santa. Cora's read as follows:
"Dear Santa,
I would like a Nail polish set
also a Fairyhous And
Nutcracker And a cotton candy maker.
Love, Cora"

The nail polish set is already "in the bag," and we've gone ahead and bought the cotton candy maker. This is because she's seen one in action at Maya's house at birthday parties. At least we have storage in the garage!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Love these pics, you are beautifil girls and we Love you very much.(Mum and Dad aswell.).Big kisses to you both Nan and Pop.xxxxxxxxxxxxx