Today was a great Christmas Day!  Savannah woke up about 7:45 and came running in our bedroom to tell us that Santa had come.  She was very excited to wake up and find that Santa had left her an Ariel scooter, a red power wheels jeep, and a sit and spin.  CJ was pretty excited about his Mickey Mouse happy hauler and the jeep.  Savannah of course could not wait to open presents and CJ could have cared less about opening presents.  He just wanted to play with his new toys.  It was really sweet.  We went to Charlie's Dad's for breakfast and to open presents there.  The kids had a great time.  We went to my Me-Maws for lunch and to visit with my extended family.  It was great to see them and to hear about how their Christmas was.  We are going to do presents with my parents tomorrow.  Charlie and I enjoyed Christmas a lot this year because Savannah really understood what was going on and her excitement was just contagious!

Today was Savannah's Christmas Program at preschool.  It was great!  Charlie and I have decided that this age is so fun to watch do anything.  They sang several songs for us and then went around and told what they wanted for Christmas.  The teachers did a great job teaching them their songs.  Savannah is still going around singing the songs she learned.

Today they asked Savannah to be Mary for the Christmas cantata at church.  She was so excited when we told her that she got to walk down the aisle and carry baby Jesus.  She was just suppose to walk down the aisle for one song and kneel at the front.  After that song was over then she would get up and leave.  She did so good.  The only thing that happened was that her arms got tired and she dropped baby Jesus close to the end of the song.  When she came back out I said "Savannah you dropped baby Jesus."  She followed up with "its ok Mom he didn't cry."  I just busted out laughing.  We love this little girl!

Today was Savannah's first dance recital.  It had to be the cutest thing that Charlie and I had ever seen.  Savannah started dance back in September and she would go on Monday nights.  They would do ballet and tap.  One of Savannah's most favorite thing was dressing up in her leotard and tutu.  Here are some pictures of her dancing.

CJ got his first haircut today.  It made me a little sad to take him because that just means he is growing up.  He did pretty well.  CJ did not want to sit still.  I had to hold him on my lap and let him watch Mickey Mouse on my phone for Robin to be able to cut his hair.  Here are a few pictures.  They are not great because he kept wanting to climb out of the seat.

Today we were able to go and get our Christmas Tree.  We did something different than we had done in the past.  This year we went with a big group of people we go to church with to a whole sale tree farm to pick out or tree.  We started with eating breakfast at a place in Morganton.  It was really good!  We then headed up the mountain.  It did snow a little on the way up.  It did not take us to long to pick out our Christmas Tree.  Once we did the kids just enjoyed walking around on this tree farm while everyone else looked for their tree.  Ashlea Kuster and Taylor Kuster set up a little photo area for all of us to have our picture taken.  We were hopefully able to get a Christmas card out of this.  Here are some pictures from our trip.

Today we were able to go to Great Wolf lodge with my family.  We had a blast.  We had not been since Alisa and John were home last which was over 2 years ago.  Savannah was one and I don't think she remembered much from it.  She was super excited about going and playing in the water all day and night.  CJ loved the water and is not scared of anything.  He would just walk right into the kiddie pool and not worry about falling or anything.  He did go under a couple of times which caught him off guard but he would just get back up and go again.  This time Savannah was able to ride some of the water slides which she loved.  She was not the least be scared.  Charlie and I also loved riding the big water slides when we would get a chance.  There is nothing like the Howling Tornado to take your breath away!  We all stayed in one room which was interesting.  The kids of coursed loved it.  The first day went really well.  That night CJ threw up in his bed and started getting sick.  Charlie and I were up with him most of the night.  It is very hard trying to keep him quiet in order not to wake up the rest of the room.  The next morning Holly was able to come and join us.  We had another great day on Saturday besides us having to leave a little early because CJ was sick with the stomach bug.  After we all got home everybody ended up with the stomach virus besides Charlie and Poppa.  They were the two lucky ones.  Overall we had a great time and the kids loved it.  Even the big kids!  Hopefully we will be able to do it again!

This Halloween Savannah dressed up as strawberry shortcake and CJ was a lobster.  They looked so cute!  Nanna took them trick or treating up at her house and to visit all the family.  They got tons of candy up there.  Then Charlie, Pa-Paw and I took them trick or treating in our neighborhood.  Savannah had a blast going to the different houses.  CJ thought he needed to eat everything he got.  They both had a great time and ended up with way to much candy.