It's not Christmas until Santa visits

Santa has made a habit of making a special early trip to our neighborhood. This year is no exception. He stopped by lastnight, and brought a present for each of the kids. He's such a nice guy, letting them open presents early.

Shelby did really good this year, and was very excited to see Santa.

Cooper was a different story, maybe next year.

All the neighborhood kids...minus Cooper

Ashley even had to have her picture taken with Santa...

she's still a kid no matter what she says.

Shelby's first 'real' haircut

So I know she's already had a haircut, that was just a little trim, then an actual haircut where I cut a significant amount of hair. But this we her first haircut at the salon. We were in Manhattan for graduation, and of course if I get the chance to make a trip to Manhattan, I'm getting my hair cut. Shelby also got her's trimmed, and she was such a good little girl for it. We're so proud of her.

It's been a while.

So I figured we would start with a few random pictures from the past month.

Cooper 'reading'
Shelby & Cooper playing nice, temporarily.

Shelby has finally started letting us 'do' her hair some days....

this day she wanted her piggies...

However, we're still working on the not wanting her picture taken thing...

Shelby helped Gma Joyce rake leaves