Santa Came!!!

Santa came to our house a little early. He was so smart and knew we'd be out of town and he wanted Gracie to get her fun gifts. Before all the excitement began we did our yearly tradition of looking at Christmas lights. We went to the busy neighborhood around here and it was great!

 

Okay, so it's really hard to take pictures of these cute houses all lit up (especially when your driver does not like to slow down!) Very fun and we took Ji too and he loved it as well!

When we got home G's Daddy had a very special phone call from one of the elves telling him Santa would be making his way to our house that night! Gracie was super excited. We got things all ready and left Santa some special peanut butter balls. Yum. He'd never had those!

She was super excited!!

She went to bed pretty good all things considered. Tucking her in that night was the best part. She was squealing with excitement. It was so fun. As soon as we closed her door Santa and the elves got busy. Ji was very nice and put her bike together for us. And he even stored the bike in his closet knowing that Gracie would not go in there! Here's what it looked like all set up...

     Sweet Froggy decided to make his last appearance of the season in G's new bike!

Even sweeter is Santa's letter!(thanks pinterest!! ;)  )

And the next morning.... she came in our room as usual around 7 which was okay. She said "Did Santa come?" I had my camera and stuff set up so I said I'd go check it out. Here's her reaction as we came out together...

 and the aftermath.... Here's what she got :
Santa: new bike/baby/baby stuff
Us: toy story figures, legos, piggy bank, squishies, books
Jack: Scooby dog, scooby game

I'd say our Gracie is one lucky girl! She LOVES her new bike and we've enjoyed the super nice weather and the huge parking lot across the street to practice on!