First Meeting With Santa

So Kade had his first meeting with Santa here at our community center!

He was a bit skeptical at first...

but warmed up to him pretty quick!

And a few fun pictures of Kade and dad on the walk back home...

...this one is my favorite!

We went on a trip to Cincinnati over the weekend to visit Proctor & Gamble (Drew received an offer from them). I really want to talk to whoever designs hotel rooms. There really should be a few that have some kind of a small area for kids to sleep. Of course he was not going to sleep when he could see us hanging out without him! Let's just say we didn't sleep much.

Despite the lack of sleep, we had a great time! Kade loves all the friends he makes traveling and spending quality time with dad!

And Happy Sinterklaas!

So we got to celebrate Sinterklaas with a great group of friends and our awesome buddies from Holland! Sinterklaas is kind of like Santa but from Spain, a lot skinnier, and a total poet! He brought us all gifts with cute poems about us attached. We absolutely loved it and hope he comes every year!

We started the night with a little Rock Band.

Here's a few Zwarte Piets. They are Sinter's little helpers and these are the hats they wear.

Kaden rocked out to the music with Augusta.

Then after a fabulous dinner (of some traditional favorites and few great dishes made by our friends from Panama) Sinterklaas came and dropped off a big bag of gifts on the front doorstep.

We had a great time watching everyone open their presents and read their sweet poems from Sinterklaas. We actually got to secretly write them to each other making it much more personal and fun!

Even Kade got a sweet poem and a fun toy which he attacked immediately.

And Drew's came with illustrations! Jon helped Sinterklaas with this one. It says:

There once was a man from Utah - He always kicks me in the butah! - But he's fun and he plays - we talk and laugh all days - and he shoots me all day.

And Cat's mom sent us a bunch of Sinterklaas treats and cute finger puppets (or chewing toys).

After I got Kade to sleep, we hung out...

and played a little Tennis on the Wii. No...I'm not doing the funky chicken despite how stupid I look.

We had such a fabulous time and thanks to Lisa for always being such a great hostess...

and a big thanks to Cat for putting it all together and to her cute mom who sent us treats, gifts, and wrote a lot of the cute poems!

Merry Christmas!

My favorite part about the holidays is the parties (and of course, the good food)! A few nights ago we went to a Christmas party with the fellow students of Drew's MBA program and their families and had a blast!

Here we are with some of our favorite people!

And here's Kade with a few of his best buddies. It's pretty clear that bedtime was a few hours ago...

But he totally worked through it! He's our party animal in training!