Good news...Hayden and Gracie both got a letter from Santa saying that they were on the nice list. Hayden was so excited...We received her letter priority mail on Saturday morning. However, she spent the night with Mimi and Pop Friday night, so we took the letter with us when we went to decorate Mimi and Pop's Christmas tree. Hayden was a little distracted when we got to Mimi and Pop's house. Pop had bought Mimi an early Christmas present yesterday...She got a little kitten, named Tiger. Hayden was very excited about Tiger, I must say it is a very easy going kitten...Tiger let Hayden carry him everywhere all night. Mark even asked Hayden one time if Tiger knew how to walk. She looked at him like he was crazy and she said "yes, Daddy"! After her excitement about showing us the new addition to the family...I pulled out the letter from Santa for her to open. Although she had a hard time pulling herself away from Tiger, she came over and let me read her the letter. Mark video taped the whole thing, but once again I still don't have the right cord to put it on the computer. He said that while I was reading the letter to her, she would turn around with BIG eyes and OPEN mouth, like she couldn't believe that Santa had sent her a personal letter. She also got with her letter a candy cane ornament that Santa wrote her name on, a one dollar bill with Santa's picture in the middle and a sticker that says she is on the nice list. It was so sweet! I can't wait to see her face Christmas morning. Gracie also got a letter from Santa, but of course she doesn't really understand what is going on, but she will next year! After all the excitement of the letters Mimi and Pop gave the girls another special gift...A Santa Key, it is silver and we have to put it out on our door knob on Christmas Eve night, so that Santa doesn't have to come down our chimney and get burned in our FIRE! Hayden and I decided we will leave our Buttermilk Pie and Milk on the fireplace...Yes, that is correct Santa LOVES Buttermilk Pie! She also says that we have to leave carrots for the reindeer, apparently Rudolph left her a message too! I am having so much fun this year!!!!
Hayden, Gracie and Tiger:
Mimi and Pop have started a new family tradition this year...That all of us get together to decorate their tree! Mark and Pop put the tree in the stand and stood it up. Mark put the lights around the very top and then Kim and myself finished the rest of the lights. Kim decorated the top of the tree, being that I am all of the sudden a little scared of heights(go figure)! I decorated around the bottom, well that is when Poot(Gracie) wasn't crying at my feet(she was getting very tired and hungry). Gracie had so much fun showing off...She made laps around Mimi and Pop's house all night. She threw a couple of ornaments at the tree and Hayden put all of her ornaments in one spot. So if you go to Mimi and Pop's I bet you will see where Hayden decorated! Although, we almost had a catastrophe, I suddenly realized that the tree was getting closer to me...So I started yelling Whoa and Kim grabbed the tree. Mark then says "I think I forgot to tie off the top of the tree after I put the lights on." He ran upstairs and tied it up and then Kim and I had to fix some lights and ornaments. We all had a good time and the tree turned out beautiful! Mimi made her famous Ham Pie for dinner and Hayden was a huge help when it was time to put all the eggs in it! It was DELICIOUS!!! It has been a while since we have had it. In fact I ate the leftovers for breakfast this morning(YUMMY)!
Pop, Hayden, Tough and Tiger: 
Making Ham Pie:
Candy Cane Ornament from Santa:
Princess ornament, which completes our tree for little Princess Hayden:
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