St. Nicholas Stops By

Last night, we each set a shoe out for St. Nicholas. With so many shoes in front of the fireplace, Mom and Dad were afraid St. Nicholas might see them and turn around and run. But he didn't.

The girls (sans Veronica) woke up at 5:45 a.m. and ran down to see what he had left behind. There was plenty to see, including candy, clothing, a talking Santa Claus, chocolate letters (from Holland, no less) and countdown to Christmas calendars.


Emily made nice name tags for the shoes.


St. Nicholas must've spent half-an-hour unloading all of our loot.

Dad needs to learn to quit rotating the camera on its side.