Picture with Santa!!!!

Mom and I took the kids to Monroe tonight so that they could take a picture with Santa at the mall. It was WELL worth the 30 minute drive!! You may not think so by looking at the picture, but this is the first time this year Jake has sat in Santa's lap. He has been asking for a train from Santa and we talked about this several times on the way over. We stressed the importance of sitting in Santa's lap and telling he wanted a train and Landry wanted a baby doll(I had to have a strategy-OK). I really thought he wouldn't get in his lap, but he did...and no he never told Santa what they wanted but oh well! And Landry surprised me by crying like she did, but to me this captures a memory-I LOVE IT!
We took the babies in for their 1 and 2 year check-ups today. Landry has a double ear infection(still) and Jake has conjunctivitis, but other than that they are OK:). Both are done with juice..Jake because he is off the growth chart (120th percentile) in weight(34# 8oz, 36 inches long) and Landry because she is in the 5th percentile(17# 12oz, 29.5 inches)for her weight. So Jake will now be on flavored water of some sort and Landry will have another bottle of formula instead of juice. We will also try the conversion to whole milk again. It didn't work last time we tried, but we don't know if her reaction(diarrhea)was to the milk or a virus(I came up with a stomach bug right after her symptoms).
And we are off from school for 2 whole weeks-YEAH! Have a great weekend.