The Holidays are upon us! Zoe is completely in the spirit!!!

The spirit of the season.  Crazy people fighting over the latest Saturday morning door busters, parking in the back forty so you can wait in line at the check-outs and the once in a year drivers are out in full force trying to get their last minute shopping complete. None of this has at all phased Zoe.  She has her eyes locked and loaded on her pile of gifts.  She keeps reassuring us and herself that those are indeed her presents. Everyday, she asks if we are going to open up the presents today and when we say "no, not quite yet, she says tomorrow?" The good news is that we are so close and she is so excited. Zoe has had the opportunity to take holiday pictures twice. I was a little worried about dear old Santa!  The other night I asked her if she was going to sleep in her bedroom and she said "No I am scared!" Normally she says she is scared of monsters or rabbits, yes rabbits!  But this time she said she was scared of Santa.  So, I was scared that when she was to take pictures with Santa that it might not go so well.  That was not an issue. She had on her new dress and mom was their to make sure Santa was nothing but nice to out little girl. When Santa asked what she wanted for Christmas, she said "a new car"! Let's see how he manages that.

Th other day, I showed Zoe her gifts and she immediately counted her packages. Now she goes down each day to see if that number has changed.  I am not sure if she is scared one may walk off and leave or if the pile will grow. What she does not know is Santa should be bringing her a few more early Christmas morning. Zoe is a lucky girl because she also gets to celebrate Hanukkah which started tonight. So, she will get to open up her first gift tonight.

The other day, I got a chuckle out of a story Sonja shared with me. Zoe is definitely a momma's girl. Anytime she wants something she runs to her mom.  However, Sonja mentioned that Zoe was mad at her about something and said "Ba pa"daddy is fair, Nathaniel is fair but mommy is not fair!" So for once the boys won...

Much like all boys and girls at or around the age of four, this time of year is magical! We hope this is an exciting time for her as we are not sure whether she has had a christmas full of family, food, fun and most of all piles of presents! Should be fun for all of us!

Nathaniel is in the midst of finals. he is sweating his English grade. He teeters between an A and a B. He seems to have a good grasp of his other classes. Oh, if I could only have had the aptitude he has in math and science.  Wrestling is going well. He is wrestling JV and is 4-4.  Three if his 4 wins has been by pin. Not bad as a Freshman. When he started the wrestling season he was 129.  Now he is 123 and is 3 pounds away from his desired weight.  As soon as he gets their baseball season will be getting started and I now he cannot wait.

All is well here, I wish you all a very Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and a warm and happy 2012! Stay warm!