I don't know if any of you have been able to tell, but I really LOVE every holiday and I am ridiculously gitty as each one approaches. We had a fun Halloween with WAY too much candy. Thanksgiving was incredible. I really enjoyed every single food that we had and ate till the button on my pants should have flown off. Now it is time for Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!! Christmas is my FAVORITE! I love the music, the lights, the weather, the hot chocolate, but most of all, I love seeing my girls faces light up when they see Santa and we get to teach them what Christmas is really about. Since I could not wait, I found out that MV library was having a FREE Santa's workshop. FREE makes everything sound better, and even taste better in my opinion. Santa was there with Mrs. Clause, and he had elves that helped move the line along. They wanted everything to be free and low key, so the kids could sit with Santa and you could snap as many pictures as you wanted to, since they did not have a photographer. They had free hot chocolate, with marshmellows. The kids could decorate their own cookies and eat them of course. They had movies of Charlie Brown playing. They had a huge train track set up, with buttons for each track that the kids could push to get the trains moving. They had a snow machine going as well, so it looked like snow flakes were coming down. They also had Rudolph walking around, as well as Frosty the snow man. Oh, and Santa has a mail box out front where you can drop off your child's picture to him and list for Santa and Santa will mail a letter to your child in response. Did I mention that all of this was FREE? I seriously love this library. They have the coolest children's play area and the best story time as well. Basically I highly recommend taking your kids if you are in the area. Click here for the link, so you can get the schedule.
I had to mention the cutest prayer that Maddie said the other day: "Please bless Myla that she feels better. We are grateful she is feeling better. Please bless the bad germs go out and that the good germs come back, so that she can have a lovely day." I LOVE my girls. Maddie is a sweet heart who tries so hard. Myla is so hilarious and entertaining. Her personality has always been a strong one, but it has blossomed recently and I am once again smitten. Myla loves pointing out all her body parts, especially the belly button. And not just hers, she would be more than happy to point yours out as well if you ever have trouble finding it :) Well, Merry early Christmas from the Deter's!
