Well, the first picture goes to show how well sitting on Santa's lap went this year!! I think it's hard age to be... too young to understand it, too big to not have a clue (last year!). But we tried... this year Mommy got to be in the picture! :-)We had lots of fun getting ready for Christmas this year. Below is a picture of Kaylen with her friends, Kaitlyn (friend Ryan's daughter) and Henry (friend Judy's son). We took the opportunity to celebrate Judy's birthday and now that we all have kids, we kept it mellow and had a nice evening in together!
Every year, Kaylen's school, i.e. daycare, does a Christmas event with a great slide show with pictures of all the kids and a Christmas program. Each class gets to do a song and dance. Last year she was too small, but THIS year, she did Jingle Bells! And she did GREAT! I was a little worried she was going to try to get off stage, but she sat up there, jingled her bells and got her little groove on! Mommy was so proud! Daddy had to work and had to miss it, but he got to see the pictures!
Even after our rough 1st attempt at Santa, we decided to try one more time. There was going to be a Santa coming right to our Village (apartments)... so I figured, even if it didn't go so swell, a) she didn't HAVE to sit on his lap and b) it could only help to give her a little more exposure to the big guy. We were also fortunate enough to have JJ in town for a visit! She came down to stay with Kaylen so that we could attend Gregg's work Christmas party.
Here is Kaylen and her Auntie JJ off to see Santa
1. Santa looks REALLY creepy in this picture even though he was actually very nice2. We are CRUEL parents for making her do this twice
3. At least Gregg got to be in this picture, too! :-)
The best part about this 2nd Santa torture... he gave out candy canes!! And Kaylen LOVED it!
Sesame Street Live came to Salt Lake and being that Kaylen is enamored with ELMO, we just had to take her. I remembered loving it when I was a kid when my parents took us, so I knew she couldn't help but enjoy it. It was actually a good show for the kids... and me :-)
Kaylen getting her rock on... in a onesie... in snow boots...
We went to the Zoo with Kaylen this year to check out Zoo Lights and it was wonderful! It was a warm night and the lights were great! Kaylen actually had a really great time! She loved the lights, got to ride the carousel... this time with Mommy, got to see ice sculpture-ists and did NOT want to go home when the time came! Might have had a little something to do with the popcorn we bought, but even though we assured her the popcorn was coming with us, she still didn't want to go!
Kaylen and Daddy getting a little cuddle time in
Daddy can't help himself. But it's adorable because they have SUCH a good time together!
Well, as always, there are more pictures ready to be put on here. We have lots of great pictures from Christmas in Wyoming... I'm getting there! 
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