jennifer patel

We've sung Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer more times than I would like to admit and again, did not bake one holiday treat, but man oh man was Christmas great. Not only was it our first healthy Christmas, but V had the day off and the break has been glorious. Wishing you all the new year blessings. We're counting ours.

We actually saw Santa before Thanksgiving this year. We went one Sunday morning to run around North East Mall with my Mom. Alex sat on Santa's lap, asked for "movies" and we declined the $30 photo. Yesterday, we went to the Dallas Arboretum to see the twelve days of Christmas display. It's beautiful and it was a perfect day to walk around the Arboretum. As we were trailing around to the different display cases (me calling out names of plants that were just not correct) we walked right past Santa. His security guard said he arrived early. Santa convinced Alex he wanted Batman for Christmas and we took our free photo. Weekend nature + Santa...check. The weather was so perfect yesterday...Why is the weather always so gross and ugly (or freezing) for the Dallas Marathon?