No, no, no, Santa!

It's Christmas time!!!!!

Nothing beats Christmas.

You've got family.

You've got friends.

You've got traditions both sacred and silly.

And everyone is just a little

bit nicer.

And, of course, you've got the Christmas music!!!!

Well, around here we've

really been getting into the

holiday spirit...

Kale has taken on the tactic

of hiding in a corner

so he stays out of trouble

and in Santa's (and mommy's)

good graces.

And of course he 

flashes those 

blue eyes at me and I melt.

I'm sure Santa does too.

Kale loves to turn the Christmas lights on and off.

He also loves to touch the lights,

and shake the tree; 

oh, and eat the fake "needles" 

that fall off the tree.

Goober.

He looks a little bit creepy here...

This past Saturday was our

ward Christmas party.

There was tons of yummy

food to eat, and I would say close

to our whole ward showed up.

Part way through the 

program, Santa came to visit the kids.

And so, we thought we'd

introduce Kale to him for the first time.....

At first he was unsure...

He had some concerns,

so he looked to Dad

for guidance...

Santa let him play with his bells,

but Kale knew they

weren't the real ones like 

on Polar Express....

And then he decided he really just didn't like

this guy.

Poor kid was shaking like a leaf!

Classic Christmas picture though :)

And that has been

our Christmas celebration thus far.

In other news,

I asked Kale what he'd like

for breakfast this morning,

and both Tyler and I swear he said,

"Hmmm, my poop."

Hilarious!

He's growing up fast.

Merry Christmas everyone!