Friends, Santa

Visiting in Rochester is always a lot of fun. This week we were able to spend a little time with our friends, the Gaedkes. The kids played together and the moms visited. It was perfect. Or as close as it is going to get for a few years.

Cana (WOW! Hasn't she grown?), William (who insists on holding his sister like this even though she can sit up on her own) and Amelia (who would like nothing better than to crawl away)

It is HARD to get three kids to look at the camera at the same time!

Thanks for hosting our fun playdate, Cana!
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From this morning at breakfast:

William: [crying]
William: I hurt my dimple (points to the general cheek area)
William: I hurt my dimple when I fell down.

Rudolph was a bust. We saw the previews on TV for Rudolph and Grandma asked if William could stay up past his bedtime to watch it with her. I agreed with the stipulation being when it gets scary with the abominable snowman, it needed to be turned off.

Rudolph starting

Look! Rudolph!

William lasted about half an hour until the scary abominable snowman made an appearance and then it was time to be done. Maybe next year we'll get a little more in.

We also caught up with our old pal, Santa. William was NOT interested in going anywhere near him. He wouldn't stand anywhere next to him, so this is the best we could do. Luckily Amelia wasn't phased one bit about being plopped onto a stranger's lap. She took a few minutes to check him over before deciding it was a good idea to play peek a boo with the photographer.


The last important person we got to see was Cindy Rapp. Cindy used to do daycare for me and my siblings. On top of that, she and my mom were friends. I spent a lot of hours at the Rapp house growing up. There really isn't a good way to explain how special it was for me to introduce MY own kids to Cindy, a wonderful woman who cared for me when I was small. So, I won't try to explain it. Just know it was a special moment that I will treasure.