December – Hannah’s Birthday, Christmas, and Disneyland

Cole decided that there was a new use for the Pasta Strainer!!!

Jeremy and I took Hannah this year to the Polar Express.  Every year the railroad museum puts on a re-enactment of the Polar Express.  You load an old steam engine, and ride it down the river to where they have Santa at the end.  They narrate the book as we chug down the tracks, they have dancers in the cars serving hot chocolate, and even the bum who doesn’t hear the bell.  It was a lot of fun!!!!

 

If you look carefully you can see Miss Hannah, she wanted to be close to the baby Jesus she said.  Now this nativity scene is in someone's yard (who we don’t know).  We were at some friends house in a neighborhood that every house does Christmas x 50, and the traffic is lined up for hours.  Cars driving by were doing double takes at her as she stood there perfectly still for about 15 minutes.

I try to make her birthday special every year (Dec 24th), just because it gets lost in Christmas.  She had a Princess Crown, a Sleeping Beauty balloon, and a big princess castle.  I think I succeeded.

As you can tell Cole was more excited about the princess balloon than Hannah was.

All of the Andreasen Grandkids (minus Makayla)

 

All of the shopping, all of the wrapping, and all of the expensive toys.  What does my son want to play with THE HAIRBOWS.

ZHU ZHU Pet central.  All my animal lover wanted for Christmas.  Thank you MOM for searching all of your Arizona stores for me!!!

This is how your child looks when you give her Benadryl for the car ride first thing in the morning.  What is better a drowsy kid or throw-up in your car??????

 

  Highlight of the trip.  Cole is obsessed with Mickey, but wanted nothing to do with the big Mickey.

Hannah’s dream, a Swiss Family Robinson style Tree House for the backyard.