Getting Ready for Santa Claus...

As we all get ready for Christmas, I can't help but be excited. This is the first Christmas with my little girls, and I can't wait to show them the magic of Christmas...It may sound corny, but I want my girls to believe in magic, love, and the goodness of people.

I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas! And, before you get ready to celebrate, please read this letter that a little girl wrote in 1897, and part of the response she received....I think we should all believe in Santa! :-)

DEAR EDITOR: I am 8 years old.
Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus.
Papa says, 'If you see it in THE SUN it's so.'
Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus?

VIRGINIA O'HANLON.
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VIRGINIA, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except [what] they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men's or children's, are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge.

Yes, VIRGINIA, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus. It would be as dreary as if there were no VIRGINIAS. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished...

...No Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.

Thanksgiving and Dec. 2010 Recap

It's been a crazy few weeks for us, but that's nothing new! We had a great Thanksgiving with our families. We hosted the holiday dinner for the first time and it was a success...much less stressful than I had thought it would be ;-)

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The girls have started going through the dreaded period of teething! Lily has her two bottom, front teeth peeking out from her gums. Madi's teeth aren't visible, but will be here soon. I can't believe it!!

Last Friday, the girls also celebrated their 6-month birthday. It's hard to imagine that my little babies are six months old...time really flies when you have kids!!

On Sunday, we got the girls' pictures taken at The Picture People...after spending a small fortune we walked out with some great pics. My girls could be baby models...they are just SO cute!!

I have really been slacking this year as far as Christmas goes. No shopping is done, no cards are sent, and very few decorations are up...I guess I will be busy with that this weekend!!