Impromptu Visit to the Big Man

Christmas Eve morning, Lily Kate and I were baking and she brought up the fact that she hadn't visited Santa this year- how would he know what to bring her?  This prompted her dad taking her to the mall with everyone else in Charlotte to see him.  Two hours later, she got to sit on Santa's lap.  She froze up once she got there and forgot to tell him anything that she wanted.  She did thank him for the coloring book he gave her :)  

 Christmas Eve we went to the Candlelight Service at church- one of my favorite services during the year.  Parkwood has a neat tradition where the entire family attends the service.  Lily Kate loved being in big church but Aubrey was well being Aubrey and didn't last for much of it.  She freely said Amen- during prayers, in the middle of solos -needless to say, she spent most of the service in the lobby.

One of our family traditions is to open one present on Christmas Eve.  I was super excited about giving Lily Kate her Rapunzel braid that I made after seeing it on Pinterest.  She liked it and has worn it around quite a bit.

 Aubrey is our musical child- she always dances any time she hears music.  So her gift for Christmas Eve was egg shakers.  She's carrying around baby Jesus in this picture.