Mini American Idol

So lately Sarah LOVES to perform via singing and dancing with her microphone. She sings for us, strangers, and her stuffed animals. We got a cute video of her the other day singing "Oh Christmas Tree."

Today we had a surprise visit from Santa at our annual Christmas Eve lunch with the Grant family. Sarah sat in his lap, but she, along with the other kids, was not too sure about him :-) This evening, we went to my parents' church and Sarah got to attend the Christmas Eve service with us--no nursery tonight. She was super excited to go to "big church" and she was soooo good. She even went down front (with Mimi) for the children's story time. More Christmas pics and videos to follow soon, I'm sure!

Santa Claus is Coming to Town

We went to see Santa again this week, and to my surprise, Sarah did a MUCH better job.

Week 2



Week 1


Sarah also had her gymnastics "show" this week. It was the final class of the semester so they were all supposed to show off their skills and then they had a little medal ceremony ;-)

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

We are all so excited that the Christmas season is upon us. Sarah is totally obsessed with Frosty the Snowman, Jingle Bells, and "ho ho." I think she refers to Santa as "ho ho." For example, she saw a present today and when asked who the present was for, she said, "it's a present for ho ho." Silly Sarah :-) We're going to see Santa tomorrow at The Avenue, so stay tuned for some hopefully cute pictures. I wonder if she'll sit in his lap this year--I'm sort of doubting it. Then we're headed to a Stone Mountain Christmas on Friday evening, which is always lots and lots of cold and fun. We met Michael at Stone Mountain last weekend to take some pictures. All Sarah was concerned about was riding the train (which we were not doing that day) and looking for the train, so it was a bit difficult/impossible to get her into the picture-taking spirit. However, Michael still managed to do a great job and get some decent family photos. Maybe next time Sarah darling will forget about the train and flash her pearly whites for the camera :-)

Tonight, I decided that I probably should ask Sarah what she wants for Christmas instead of just deciding for her. Here's how the conversation went:
Mommy: So, what do you want for Christmas? What do you want Santa Claus to bring you?
Sarah: Ummm....black?
Mommy: Black what?
Sarah: Black....toys!
Mommy: (laughing) You want black toys?
Sarah: Ummmm...or pink?
Mommy: Pink what?
Sarah: Pink toys.
Mommy: You want pink toys? Do you want a train too?
Sarah: Uh huh! I want a pink drum too.
Mommy: You want a pink drum?
Sarah: And pink sticks!