Christmas!

This Christmas was awesome. It was the first time the kids really sort of understood Christmas and Santa. It was a monumental year. First of all, they finally gave up their pacifiers. They agreed to wrap them up (in a gift bag) and put them under the tree for Santa to pick up and give to other babies that needed them. Then, Santa would bring them their presents. So, we are on night 4 without pacifiers. It has been a little rough, but they have survived it!

Jack got a train from Santa and Claire got Barbies and an art easel. She looks like a little artist with her smock and painting pictures! Jack is just sooo excited by his train set. He keeps asking to see it one more time before he goes to sleep. It is so fun!

We had a white Christmas (sort of). It snowed on Christmas night, and it stayed for one more day before melting. Jack loved playing in the snow, but Claire hated it (made her cold/wet/dirty...you name it, she didn't like it). We got some video of it. Very funny.

Jack's Christmas present to me is that he is really learning to read. We have been doing hooked on Phonics, and he is sounding out several words (big, pig, dad, mom, jack, up, pop, top, stop). It is wonderful. He will be reading even more before I know it. Claire is close too...she is learning what every word starts with, and she knows the sounds of all of her letters. They getting so grown up!