Christmas at the Sneads

We went down to ATL and pretended Christmas was on Friday, December 23 this year. We packed lots of fun into the few days we were there. It was great to have all of us (minus the China Sneads) there!

As you can see from the picture, now both of our kids are not a fan of Santa Claus. Addie was all talk until we got there. She had her plan to tell Santa that she would like a "big, big baby doll" for Christmas. Apparently, she thinks Santa reads minds or something because once we left Santa (after screaming her little head off while sitting near him), she told me she asked Santa to bring her a big big baby doll for Christmas. As for Levi, he just screamed and screamed. Better luck next year. Olivia and Logan (the cousins) did great. They may not sleep well (ever!), but they're good at telling Santa what they want for Christmas!

Levi got to dress up like Santa again this year.

We tried doing a little shopping after seeind Santa. I tried for a mini photo shoot of Levi.

Here are the girls with their princess necklaces from Aunt Amy (they were supposed to help make the girls brave while they sat in Santa's lap...it was a good thought!)

Levi decided to go to the window of the store and wave to shoppers outside.

The boys (Logan and Levi)

Our boy

Poppi reading Luke 2 on "Christmas Eve" (Dec. 22 at their house this year)

Christmas morning...Addie got a baby Cinderella doll from Uncle Nate and Miss Kat-big hit!

Addie decided baby Cinderella was hungry...

Levi's favorite present...a new ball!

The girls got matching Rapunzel dresses!

Poppi built Addie a refrigerator!

Just hanging out:

Talking to the cousins in China:

Memorization

Here are some videos of what our kids have been learning recently...For this first video, Addie is yelling because on take one she had whispered. So, turn down your volume if needed! Apparently, the other video doesn't want to download right now, so just enjoy this one for now.

Christmas parade

We have spent the past two Saturday mornings at local Christmas parades. Both have been a blast and I'm so glad we went (despite the cold temperatures this past Saturday). We got lots and lots of pictures, but here are just a few:

I love Levi's winter hat. It makes me want to take tons of pictures of him when he's wearing it.
Here's our girl, ready for the parade to begin!

We brought hot chocolate to help keep us warm.

We also got lots of candy!

Levi did a great job of waving at people as they walked past. He's still got some work to do on saying "Merry Christmas" though.

The curb was just the right size for our kids to take a break on when needed.

All bundled up!

Addie wanted to show her Santa hat to Santa Claus as he rode by, so she wore it on top of her other hat when we saw him coming.

Dancing was probably both of our kids favorite thing at both parades.