Paper flying . . .

The kids slept until 8:30!! That was definitely the best Christmas present they could have given me. I awoke to Lauren singing, "Santa Claus is coming to town". Too cute! After the Santa gifts had been looked over and played with it was on to the ones under the tree. Lauren can read her name so she begin to search out all of the presents that were hers. And then the paper begin to fly!

These shots show some presents from Craig & Anne and Shannon & Sheila. I was video taping them opening the presents from Elliott & I. Andrew got some new PJs and books for his leap pad along with some misc items. Lauren got some games and a new puzzle of the United States (that she has already mastered) as well as some misc items. We have 3 more Christmas gatherings to go.

Santa's Milk & Cookies and His Gifts

Here is Lauren leaving Milk & Cookies for Santa. I tried to get a picture of Andrew with them as well but he only wanted to eat them. :)

Here are the presents that Santa left for the kids. Everyone has had a good time with the basketball goal. I can see now that it is going to be a jam fest in the basement until the weather warms up.

From our home to yours . . .

We wish you a very merry Christmas.

Snow Fun

Today was finally nice enough to go out and play in what snow is remaining. Lauren has been begging for at least a week now but it was just too cold to get out and about. This was Andrew's first time to really dig in and he enjoyed himself.

1st Christmas Gathering

We attended our 1st Christmas get together this past weekend. We don't get to see this side of our family very often so it is always great to spend time with them. The kids got some great loot and Elliott & I didn't fare to bad either. Lauren got a stand mixer so she was off to cook. Luckily, she talked Jonah into playing with her and they proceeded to whip up a great meal w/ the kitchen set in Grandma's basement. Upon further inspection, it appeared the 'chicken & rice' they made was actually a little toilet paper and water. . . can't fault them for having a great imagination!

The kids all enjoy playing a game called Left, Right, Center. Here are a few pictures of them gathered around the table.

Trip to the mall

We went to the mall last week to see Santa. Lauren thought it was pretty fun but Andrew wasn't so keen on him. Andrew was excited to see him and told us he would sit on his lap but the closer we got to Santa the tighter Andrew's grip got. I was terrified of Santa for a LONG time so I can totally understand Andrew's apprehension.

Andrew did enjoy the aquarium, though.

Christmas Program

Tonight Lauren had a Christmas program at preschool. The kids wore little costumes over their clothes. There were lambs, wisemen, angels, shepherds and stars. Lauren was an Angel. She did very good. Elliott taped it so I'll have to see if I can edit some of it for you all to see. I usually tape things for this site on my digital camera 'cause it's so easy to transfer over.

Here are a couple pictures after the program.