Luke opening his Lightning McQueen computer for the 2nd time. Marie sitting in her perch. Laps are like a nest to this gal. 
Watching the Santa present opening with Grandpa Gerry.
The kids asked Santa to bring Marie "a little horsie like her friend's, Svea." She got it! She was too excited to finish getting dressed I guess. One of those things that you forget you are taking pictures of. 
Eva got an American Girl Doll look-a-like. I have yet to see her play with it. She says she needs other friends with dolls to play with her?
Travis is the lego man. He got a lego organizer (which made mom very happy!) and these legos from Santa and a lego shirt from Santa. 
Marie crying at Santa...
Luke crying at Santa...
Luke seemed nervous about being naughty for about 1 minute while talking to santa, then he walked over and grabbed 5 cookies and spilled hot chocolate everywhere. 
The zoo is the best place to see Santa. Kind of spendy (not if you buy a family pass in the summer, then it's free.) But, no lines or crowds, you take your coats off and get a table and do arts and crafts and ride the carousel, etc. So calm and nice.
Eva and Travis on the sleigh: 2006. 
Eva looking like she's going to cry any second: 2005. Travis, sweet little boy, I don't have a crying picture of him with Santa? I didn't even take Eva before this year because I know she'd scream!
Eva and Travis with Liv, who endured my crabbiness of making gingerbread houses. Making gingerbread houses is right up there with rolling out and baking sugar cookies to frost and going to the circus as one of the "top 10 things I hate doing with kids." I'll have to narrow down the other 7. Do you see that open drawer behind Travis? It is always, always, always open because it is where the kids cups are and Marie takes them out and leaves them all over the house and tries to get water out of the fridge, and Luke's been doing that since we moved in. It drives Chris so crazy that Santa put cups in his stocking one year. 
