Christmas 2011

Christmas came and went with the blink of an eye. Ryan tried so hard to behave before Christmas because he knew 'Santa was watching,' that it backfired on us, and we had breakdown after breakdown and lots of timeout time. It was exhausting. Every night as I put him to bed he would tell me,"Mommy, I was naughty today. I'm sorry, I'm not going to be naughty tomorrow." The next day the same behavior would rear it's ugly head followed by time out and another evening of promises. It's hard to be 3 and behave when there is so much to look forward to. Aside from that, this was Regan's first Christmas where I felt like she actually 'got it.' She opened up some presents and actually played with the toys inside instead of being entertained by the wrapping paper and boxes.

Ryan reminding me how he stands with Santa. He had to wear this shirt many times before Christmas to convince me that it was true.

Santa picture #1

Santa picture #2, not so successful

Picking out our tree at the Christmas tree lot

Ryan's picture in our local paper. We walked in the Holiday parade and he was lucky enough to have his picture taken and published in the paper.

All smiles on Christmas morning.