2 for 1

Consider this 2 Christmas blogs, all rolled into 1 for your holiday convienance!

At the beginning of the Christmas season, we went with my family to the Atlanta Botanical Gardens for their "Garden of Lights" show. It wasn't too cold (which is becoming the norm for this Georgia December) and was a nice experience for the kids. The gardens were lit up with different types of lights and Christmas decor. It just made Justin and I realize how badly we wanted to see the garden in the springtime! Justin has really gotten into gardening and he was curious about a lot of the plants. But it's hard to see the plants in the dark! The kids had a good time, though we know in the future that we need to hit McDonalds before we go! We paid $30 for soup and water! Lesson learned....

We have also been to visit Santa. Right before we got into the car to go see Santa Chasen scratched Sophia in the face with one of his toys (on purpose). We were so upset! I mean come on-family picture time and Sophia looked like she had been attacked by Wolverine! So, we told Chasen that he might have made his way to the "naughty list" for that one. When he saw Santa he was shy at first. But then he got in his lap and told him the toys he wanted, such as a Star Wars light sabor. He then told Santa "I'm on your list- the naughty one"! Santa asked if he could be good until Christmas and Chasen said he could. (No comment on if that has happended). He then had a counseling session with Santa about how hard it was to be a big brother. He told Santa that he didn't think that Sophia liked him because she hit, pinched, and bit. This is all true, but I think babys don't qualify for the naughty list so she might recieve some toys this year afterall!