Dear Santa

Daddy helped Madison with her first letter to Santa this morning, which you see above.  There were a couple places where we had to use the eraser, but other than that she did just fine.  Notice how pretty much everything has the word "Brave" in front of it.  She really loves that movie "Brave."  The note reads:

Dear Santa,

     Please bring me Brave costume, Brave shoes, Brave wig, Brave bow and arrow, Brave movie, Brave X-box Game, Brave book, Brave pajamas, Brave Shirt.  I've been good this year.

Love,
Madison

I'm fairly certain she'll get all of these - the pajamas are the only thing on the list we'll have to talk to Santa about, but the rest are in the bag.  Santa's bag, that is!

Madison is off of school this week, which is great for catching up with sleep for all of us.  We slept in, and Madison climbed into bed with us this morning and we slept in some more.

Mommy spent a good deal of time cutting coupons out this morning, and then heading out to the shopping stores to get the groceries for the big day on Thursday.  Meanwhile, Daddy and Madison did piano practice, board games, and of course video games.  We also watched Christmas movies, and waited for the big arrival of some special guests:  Ba-ba and Nana!  That's right, they've come up from Florida to spend the week with us.  Nana has a doctor's appointment, and the two will stay for Thanksgiving as well.  This is great news, as we all get to have a big family Thanksgiving together again.  It's great to get the whole family together for the holidays, and this Thursday we'll have Daddy's parents and Mommy's parents there - and even Daddy's grandmother.  We'll be sure to take a family portrait again, this one nearby the tree.

It was a long drive, but a safe and uneventful one.  Madison was obviously very excited to see Ba-Ba and Nana get here. It's going to be a great week!