Christmas here, Christmas there, Christmas in Indiana?

Here we are blogging from Indiana... There is much to blog as we have survived the Girl Scout Christmas party (21 girls and moms in our home), the Christmas Program, the Christmas with Grandi and now the Christmas with the Bowers. No need for Santa to stop at our home, the kids have been blessed with people who love them many times over.

Speaking of the big man in the red suit... He called Friday evening as the kids were playing at the neighbors. I told them that he called at 9:30 to make sure they were in bed, but noooooo they wanted to be loud at the Sallisbury house. When I told them both, they ran up stairs faster than ever and did their nightly routine in an eighth of the time that it normally happens. AMAZED, I promised them that I would give Santa a call to let them know that they were in bed. Both asked the next morning if I had called Santa. What a powerful man that Santa...


Today we went the the Meadows Shopping Center to visit Santa one last time before his big trip. Caitlin hopped right on his lap and told him to bring whatever... Carly sat on his lap long enough to realize she did not like him, and then Carson has never gotten close to Santa for fear of what he might say. ...but, Santa had a TRAIN, oh yes a lovely little Christmas train. Carson hung out for awhile to check out the train.

Which leads me to the next item of business... Uncle Tim's train! Uncle Tim had a Lionel Christmas Train stored away and brought it out this evening just for Carson. Uncle Tim has soared to new highs in Carson's book... as I am typing the train is moving slowly around the track with the sweet sound of a sleeping boy in a sleeping bag right beside the track.

We went bowling this evening with a large group of friends. It was great fun, Carson had a great time and Caitlin found that after a few early gutter balls she loved bowling too. This was a bumper free bowling experience so thank goodness Carson could of cared less where the ball went. In his heart he knows that he is the champion at Wii bowling anyway.

Carly's teeth are officially at biting range now, you can feel all of them as she chomps down to receive Orajel. She is having a blast in Indiana and loving the crazy schedule. She just ran around the bowling alley all evening with not a care in the world.

Caitlin is at a sleepover with Josie and Kristen tonight, and loving being with her Terre Haute friends. It is amazing how the memories slowly slip away, but we work pretty hard at making new ones.