Meet Kota...

Christmas came and went and can I say this was my favorite of their gifts...This is Kota. He doesn't walk, he just eats and sings and plays and keeps the kids entertained for hours. It is the coolest thing I have ever seen and way better than any puppy! You don't have to take him outside and walk him or clean up after him at all. You just have to make sure he has batteries.

Other than Kota, my apartment now looks like a toy store. From baby dolls to race tracks to tents and pooping animals (pooping Jelly Beans). The kids had an awesome Christmas and so did Mommy! I have to say though Kaitlin got up around 1 am coughing real bad. So I got her out of bed and into the bathroom without her realizing Santa had come. To my suprise I heard the sweetest voice say, "Santa came Mommy! I was a good boy!" As I walked into the living room there he was sitting in front of all his presents not touching a single one with eyes so big and a smile that stretched from ear to ear.

Needless to say we did Christmas at Mommy's at 1 am. By 3 I had them in bed. We were off to Grandma's at 8 and then they left for their Dad's at noon! It was a beautiful day!~

I do hope everyone's Christmas was as good as ours was!

Santa

So we FINALLY went to see Santa. It was an adventure. The line took an hour and a half. KK "needed" to be held the entire time. lol My poor aching back. To me it beat listening to her scream "hold you Mommy" in the middle of a crowded mall!

Lil man was good he just hung out on my leg the entire time, literally.

Neither believed that standing in line would lead us to Santa, but they were soon proved wrong! First thing my little Diva says to the lady is, "are you the person with the camera to take my picture?" Seriously? I waited in that line so she could have her picture taken?

Lil man told Santa he wanted a "bullet gun" (it's taken me weeks to figure out what he was asking for!) Yeah he's so NOT getting one either, he's four for Pete's sake! He'll shoot everyone's eye out!

Needless to say they asked of Santa presents and candy! They are easily satisfied kids! Got two christmasy stuffed dogs. We stopped to get cookies on the way out because they were so good!

Then it was back into the van with "she's touching me" and "my dog is better than yours". Ahhh I wouldn't trade either for the world! It's moments like these I'll miss in 15 years!

Christmas Tree

So this is the first year, since I've been on my own, that we have a christmas tree. It's a little one and that is perfect for me! My friend Kim at work suprised me with it while we were decorating for our company Christmas party. The kids were so thrilled to decorate it and undecorate it too! It's helping bring Christmas back to my heart which is something I lost a couple years back. Last year I didn't have the money or the space for one so we took some wrapping paper and tacked it on the wall and made a finger paint tree. So this one is very special to me!