Christmas 2013

Well I managed an epic fail when it came to Christmas pictures this year. :/ I did get one of Eli and his excitement of finding  m&m's in his stocking, and one blurry one of Haidyn when she first woke up, but that's it. Whoops. :( But on the positive side, I have a ton of memories of the kids opening their presents and was able to enjoy it rather than worrying about the camera. Right? Christmas was great, the kids had fun and once again, or maybe still, have way too many toys. But they are playing and having fun with them all, so I can't complain.

Dining experience

We took the kids out to eat at Claim Jumpers tonight. We were just about done eating and an older gentleman sitting next to us came over to tell us what a pleasure it was to be sitting next to a table with small children and see them behave so well. Then right before we left, a woman sitting at another table came over to us to comment on you're good the kids are. She said she was watching the kids because they are expecting their first grandchild and she was pleased to see kids behave so well at a restaurant. I did warn her  it isn't always like this. :) What a great compliment to my kids! Not one, but TWO people went out of their way to tell us how awesome our kids are! :)

School Christmas party

The kindergarten class had a great time at their party. Crafts, snacks, games! Even Mrs Woock participated in "Pin the star on the Christmas tree." I was so lucky to be able to take time of work to help out and have fun with the kids!

Cookies!

We had our annual cookie decorating party with the kids. It's the old gang from Jen's. Even though the older ones are all in school now, we still get together as much as possible. Alex and Gabbi Malpartida, Anna Werner (little brother  Nicholas is Eli's age, but it was his nap time, so he missed out), Will Foley and Jordan and Ryan Weynschenk. I see them all being friends for a long time!

All the kids had a great time! Made quite the mess too, but watching them have that much fun was well with worth the cleaning up I had to do.

Haidyn was very concerned about having to share a gingerbread house with Eli, she thought he would mess it up! What we file to remember is.... Eli would be more excited to eat the candy than put it on the gingerbread house. Luckily I had lots of candy, so that kept Eli busy while Haidyn decorated. :)

Eli's first movie

We went to see Frozen. Great movie! It was for Haidyn, but stinky little brother tagged along. :) He LOVED having a big tub of popcorn. He did pretty well, he hadn't napped yet, so he only saw the first part and then fell asleep. I couldn't have planned it any better. :) I most attempt Walking With Dinosaurs next, I think he'd like it!

Many Shapes of Christmas

St. John's had their Many Shapes of Christmas program for Pre-K - 2nd grade. They were fantastic!

Trouble maker

Somebody managed to pull himself up onto the counter so he could put some lotion on. And then when he realized he had too much, he turned the water on to clean up. Surprisingly, he didn't make that big of a mess.

Happy thanksgiving

From one turkey to another.