What? No tears? No hesitation?

Saturday morning brought much excitement to the Davis home! We were going to our ward breakfast party where it had been rumored that Santa would be the guest of honor! In previous years there was always the excitement, but it quickly dwindled the minute it became our kids' turn to sit on Santa's lap. There suddenly came some hesitation, some fear of that big guy in red! And babies? Forget about it! Just the thought of sitting on a stranger's lap brought tears. And if we still tried to prop them up with Santa for a quick snap shot the tears were combined with outstretched arms for mommy. It was pure torture. In fact, there were years where we opted to skip the Santa visit so the kids could continue to have a happy, not so threatening ideal of Santa. This year I decided to go for it any way...perhaps the kids were ready. Amazingly, there were no tears and not a single hesitation! The kids knew exactly what they wanted from Santa and they couldn't wait to tell him! And Sara? Because of the excitement of her siblings she decided that Santa must not be a bad guy. So she sat there wondering who exactly was this bearded man in red. And we had the first happy experience with Santa, with many more to follow I'm sure!

Here we are...all in RED and ready for some Ward Christmas Party FUN!

Rylie told us last week that she wanted a "sweet house" for Christmas. It took us awhile to figure out what she was referring to. She wanted her very own gingerbread house (more proof that she truly is my clone). So we made graham cracker houses (simply because true gingerbread houses aren't very simple). The kids had a blast decorating their houses...and sneaking samples, too!

Ready to move in? Home SWEET home!

Our little village of yummy houses...that we can't wait to EAT!