I got one of the best presents…you can read about it here
she came and among other things she took incredible family pictures while i freaked out about my kids being CRAZY..i dunno how she put up with it but we came away with a few good shots if I do say so myself
wanna see more……..or get some of your own
or
this year Christmas was good to the kiddos
here are some snapshots from Christmas morning
can you see Liam
**hint** he is the blur you see between Jaxson & Emeline
the boys only dream for Christmas was a Nintendo DS…well the Grandparents DELIVERED!
and we haven’t seen them since
Emeline got the most darling set of BOY/GIRL twins
{she leaned into me after snuggling on the them a minute & whispered “MOM they smell sooooo good”…i whispered back “ i know, so do real babies” }
no words necessary…it’s written all over her face
later after the princess’s were situated
the boss’ get him tired for naptime{er}
the Characters
Emeline as our Mary…Joseph { Liam}…Jax & the Boss {wise men}….Don Angelo { inn keeper & shepherd….Mom { narrator}…
the nativity
last year & again this year we’ve found ourselves alone on Christmas…well alone as much as a family of 6 soon to be 8 can every be….
I really long for the cozy warmth of my mothers home on Christmas Eve
there is always
The Polar Express
The Poor Little Baby Jesus
and of course
the Christmas pageant
this year we tried to create a bit of the feeling we’ve always simply basked in at Grandma's house
the kids had fun in our very very brief performance
and after
finishing the Best Christmas Pageant Ever
opened some
PJ’s from Grandma
I really don’t mind not having snow for Christmas…
life is just much easier without it…especially when your belly protrudes so far your feet have become a distant memory
all the same the few days before Christmas i do miss the snow….this year Washington provided a White Christmas of it’s own !
and since you’ve all shared your snow pictures here’s a sample of my White Christmas
it was very funny…the week before he came home every day from school with a new JOKE…not the funny kind… the 1st grader kind…the ones you don’t get but in your heart you know you must laugh at in order to save the tender feelings of the jokester child……come to find out these jokes were provided by some adult involved in the program ‘cause the program took regular joke breaks….LOL!
Liam’s program was a version of if you take a mouse to the movies…..those are ears on his head
He was a total ham every time he saw the camera up no matter what was going on he waved and smiled…perfect !
The Mr. has been bringing home large rolls of plans from work…which we’ve used for all sorts of color/crafting…’cause the back to these plans are blank
so this year we decided to make our own wrapping paper
a few potatoes… a little bit of paint…four giggling kidos
MADE a great WRAPPING paper party
