You Better Watch Out, You Better...

Eli, Tatum, Mommy, Grandma Cindy, Aunt Angela, Cousin's Grace and baby Sophia went to see Santa Claus this week. We went to Crown Center and had a great afternoon. Santa was in Crayola Village, which had a lot of fun things for the kids to do. They got to play on several slides and tunnels and the Village had other interactive stations for them to try.

After we saw Santa we had lunch at Fritz's. The kids thought that was great. This was the first time we have been. You get to order your lunch on a telephone and a train brings your lunch to the table. Tatum really had fun watching the train and asking, "Where did it go? Here it comes!" We want to go back real soon with Daddy.

After lunch we walked over to Union Station, they have a link so we didn't have to go outside. We went to the Station to ride the Christmas Train they have set up, but it's closed on Monday. We were a little disappointed. We did get to see a huge model train display. Eli, Grace and Tatum chased each other around Union Station. Do you think they were tired after all that?




Eli was not shy about Santa and sat right up on his lap. When Santa asked Eli what he wanted for Christmas, Eli said, "I don't know yet." I found that funny since EVERYTHING he sees on T.V. he tells us that he wants that for Christmas. I don't think he really understand about Santa yet. Come Christmas morning I'm sure he will have figured it out. Tatum wanted nothing to do with Santa. She started to cry and didn't want to sit on his lap. We didn't force her. When I asked her latter why she didn't want to sit on Santa's lap she told me, "I was scared. I wanted my blankie." Her blankie is her comfort item. Maybe next year she will want to talk with Santa.




Eli is having fun sliding down one of the slides in the Village.




Tatum is sliding too. This slide was her favorite and she pretty much did this one the whole time. For some reason she kept going down this one on her tummy. The other slides she went down on her bottom.




Cousin Grace and Tatum stopping for a picture.




Eli and Cousin Grace saying goodbye. It really was a fun day! The kids enjoyed playing with each other and just having fun. We are lucky that they are so close in age and have so much fun together. It's only going to get better and crazier once Sophia is up and walking and the new little Skurdal arrives. How lucky are we!

Yum Yum

We have been busy getting ready for Christmas. This includes baking and making special treats for our friends and teachers. Eli really likes to cook and is a good helper. Any chance he gets he wants to help cook or make something. So, this year we let him make some special treats for his teachers at Mother's Day Out.




Eli and Grandma Billie are making some chocolate covered pretzels with sprinkles.




Eli couldn't wait to try one! He was using his pretzel as a spoon to eat the chocolate.




We even got to make some cookies with Grandma Cindy and Cousin Grace. They all had fun using the cookie cutters and adding the perfect amount of sprinkles.




Tatum even got in on the fun. We had to watch her though. She would steal the dough and run off to eat it! She is at the stage where I know she is doing something wrong when she runs away to hide and do it. She knows she shouldn't be doing it, that's what's interesting to me. It's amazing how that sin nature in us is evident in even a 1 year old. I know I shouldn't be doing this, but I will hide and try to get away with it. She will usually run away to eat her boogers, so I guess cookie dough isn't that bad!