The Holiday Season!

This Holiday season was as crazy as ever! We moved the first week of December, so the rest of the month felt a little more chaotic than usual. As always, there was lots of family, friends and fun! Christmas eve was spent with the Cooper side of the family; lunch with my dad (in from Pennsylvania) and dinner and a visit from Santa at the annual Cooper Christmas party. London insisted on spending the whole evening dressed as a fairy- complete with wings, tiara, and a boa. Both kids actually sat on Santa's lap without crying, so we considered the event a success. After the party, the kids changed into their new Christmas jammies and Grandma Jilly read "The Tale of Three Trees."
Christmas morning was so fun! We had to wake the kids up around 7:30 because we were supposed to be at Matt's sister's house in Herriman at 9:00 am. Santa left London a digital camera (that's all she has been asking for for months), and a big girl bike. Classic London; when she first came down stairs and saw what Santa had left, she only said, "I told Santa that I wanted a pink camera and a purple one! Where's my purple one?" Not one word about the bike! Then she started in on her stocking. She found a mini reeses in there, ran over to me, hugged me, and said, "Mommy, thank you so much for this circle treat! I just love it!" Still not a word about the bike, but the stocking fillers were a huge hit! (She eventually did ask to ride her bike around the kitchen, but not with nearly as much enthusiasm as those reeses!) Beckett got the Little Tykes basketball set and millions of random balls from Santa. He didn't open a single present; he spent the rest of the morning playing with the balls!
The rest of the day was great! We ate breakfast and exchanged gifts with Matt's side of the family, visited with his stepdad, headed home for naptime, then on to Grandma Jilly's for dinner and more gift exchanging! We really had an amazing holiday season!