Pre and Post Christmas Fun

I was so hoping to catch up on Christmas I forgot that I had some things I wanted to post about that we did before Christmas!  Here they are:

We went to Chick-fil-a where Papa was "working" one Saturday.  He's helping Santa by being Santa for a few hours one day and we thought it would be great to get the kids pictures with Santa (aka their Papa).  We did not realize that almost 2 year olds will not sit on Santa's lap even if it is their Papa!  We tried to put them on Papa's lap and they both said "no" and were just crying...

So Geoff and I had to jump in the picture too :)

We sat and ate lunch just feet from Santa where they smiled and waved.

After lunch Nana tried to put Riley on Santa's lap again, thinking she had warmed up to him...

Riley just wasn't having it!

We had a great time getting together for Christmas with Grammy's side of the family!  There are lots of kids to play with and this year was so fun because Quinn and Riley were loving all the big kids to run around with!

They loved their new baby cousin, Cora, too!

Christmas poppers!

My handsome boy :)

My pretty little girl :)

And getting a good picture of me with both my children...

that's not happening either!

Nana gave Riley this sweet pink hat that she will only keep on for about 30 seconds!

Documenting Riley's latest injury, a fall hitting the corner of the coffee table.

The funniest part was that the corner guard, to protect her from such falls, was in her hand when she fell.

They like to get on mommy and daddy's back and I caught Riley trying to get on Quinn the same way.

He put up with her for about 30 seconds and then was yelling for me to get her off!

We ventured out to the Lights Before Christmas at the Zoo with some friends.  This was the first time we have been and we had a great time.  Aunt Jana was in town that night and came with us.  It was cold but so very fun!

Kids all bundled up!

Towards the end we let them get out and walk, Quinn and Jace are holding hands!

The next morning Riley went to spend some time with Aunt Jana and Uncle Joe-Joe at their house before Christmas.  She had a blast spending some special time with her Aunt and Uncle, and Quinn enjoyed getting all of mommy and daddy to himself for a few days!

After Christmas we had cousin Ford over for a little spend the night party!  They kids had a great time playing with him.

Riley is giving him one big hug!

Quinn liked laying on the fun pillow Ford brought!

The next morning...watching cartoons in our bed!

Ford went to lay at the bottom of the bed and Riley and Quinn followed!

I love how much they look up to their big cousins :)

After daddy made a great pancake breakfast I had to go to a dentist appointment.  Geoff was going to run an errand with all three kids.  When they finished the errand he decided to take them all to Rush's for ice cream, at 10:30 in the morning, in December!  The girl at the counter looked at him a little funny when he ordered ice cream.  He said, "It's dad's morning out and dad gets to do what dad wants to do!"  The kids had a great time and still managed to eat some lunch later!