Christmas Shopping Already?

Yep.

Today, we started the process. My parents spent the night here last night and decided to stay most of the day. Mom had the great idea that while they were here, it would be easier to do Christmas shopping for the kids. Dawna and I agreed, so we headed to Katy. First, we dropped the kids off with Grandma and Grandpa at Katy Mills Mall. They've got a great indoor playscape there that the girls could play at and keep themselves entertained while Dawna and I could head to Toys R Us and Wal-Mart.

After a successful trip to these two stores, we called Grandma and Grandpa and told them we were headed back to the mall and we'd have lunch there at the food court. That's when the real entertainment started. I took Kiera and Kaylee with me to order their lunch when Kiera needed to go potty. She ran to Grandma for assistance. Grandma took her potty and returned with these words: "We'll need to ride the cars, see Santa, and go on the carousel." Apparently, Kiera has Grandma's number (love you Mom!). Needless to say, all three things took place. Here's the best photo of the bunch taken by the photograher:



Here's why that was the "best" picture. The others have considerably more "character".



Junior wasn't too happy with Santa, but that was to be expected. Kaylee didn't care for jolly, old Saint Nick either which is why she sat on the stool between Santa's legs. Oh well, every Christmas has been an adventure when it comes to sitting on Santa's lap. This year was no exception.

After finishing up at Katy Mills, we headed to Target and then to Kohls. In the process we have finished 95% of the shopping for the kids. Still have all the other relatives to go. (Had to throw that last statement in there to make sure all of you continue to behave yourselves.)

Kohls had the best deals of the day. Quite a bit of their kids clothing was 55% off, so we stocked up on the winter stuff that we needed for the kiddoes. Quite a bit of it will be early Christmas presents--without the fun of opening. Don't worry, we'll save a couple of clothing items for wrapping. We're not totally Scrooges around this house.

Kevin is progressing well in his development. He can now scoot around on the floor; however, he doesn't have the forward thing down yet. Dawna tried to get him scooting around the living room backward, but he wasn't very cooperative. Her commentary is pretty funny.