the loot

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}

a Christmas Eve to remember

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

Ginger bread houses 2009

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i’m dreamin’ of a white christmas with every….blog i read

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

Christmas Programs

Jaxson was the Christmas tree in his Program & I think the look on his face tells the WHOLE story

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 !

our GREEN CHRISTMAS

 

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

Funny Monday

 

look who showed up at a repair shop near us

Tow-Mater

the kids loved seeing this life size replica…it was a blast listening to all the banter from the back seat

then Emeline said

i wish they had

lightning THE queen

she wouldn’t give either it drives the boys nuts that she thinks his name is lightning THE queen