Today we went to see Santa!

Nora did great – she didn’t fuss at all, just really studied the big bearded guy holding her and was probably just a little confused. I think she’s starting to get the hang of what a “Santa” is, though. :)

We had been practicing with Jonah what kinds of things he might say to Santa about whether he’s been good and what kinds of things he might like him to bring, but he was quite awestruck when the time came! With a little encouragement, he managed to remember that he wanted trains. :)

Then we came home and took advantage of a rare break in the rain this weekend to run out and get our Christmas tree. Since we have a much nicer car this year, we decided to walk to the nearby grocery store parking lot and bring the tree home with the help of Jonah’s wagon.

Jonah sized up some trees, looking for ones that would be good.

Nora was happy to look around for a little bit, and then she just wanted to touch every tree.

The boys wait patiently for the guys to cut the bottom off of the trunk. An hour later, Jonah is still carefully licking the same little candy cane that Santa gave him.

The tree is loaded and tied down.

Off we go.

On the (very rainy) walk home, Jonah named us all after different trains and chugged home with our Christmas tree freight car to unload in our “shed”.

The tree is standing up in the garage to dry now, and we’ll decorate tomorrow!