Christmas morning!

I love waking up on Christmas morning and waiting to hear the door open from Dylan's bedroom.  I love the excitement, anticipation, and joy on his face.  He just couldn't wait on brother to wake up before he went to see what Santa brought him.  (Can you blame him?) 

Santa delivered his request: a real bow and arrow

And he is quite the shot!  He can penetrate the target with his arrows! Yikes!

Each year, he goes shopping with Daddy to pick something out for me.  This year, I got a hairbrush, a red scarf, two pairs of socks, and some reindeer slipper socks.  He is the best!

 He was pretty pumped about his Power Ranger suit from Mommy and Daddy!  He had to wear it to open his books!

 Our sweet boy has already outgrown his 12" bicycle!  Mommy and Daddy got him the next size up!  He is seriously going to be riding without training wheels in no time!

 Santa also delivered Caleb's request: a digger!  It is battery operated and has a functioning bucket! 

 He was excited about the new Hot Wheels bath toy for him and his brother!

 Mommy and Daddy got him Dudley the Dump Truck!  He loves it!

 Not pictured: Daddy opening up his scarf from Dylan!

We enjoyed apple dumplings and homemade cinnamon rolls for breakfast!

I love spending Christmas morning at home with my boys!
My favorite picture of Dylan and his gift from Santa!

 

Caleb taking advantage of his digger from Santa outside!

Random Christmas Shenanigans!

Just a few fun things we did to stay HOLIDAY FESTIVE!

Veggie Tales Christmas Sing-Along during breakfast.

 Dylan, you wrote your letter to Santa (and he wrote one back this year!)

 Dylan, you wrote everyone's name on their tag for presents this year!

 Silly brothers laughing at the musical snowman!

 All you need are Christmas jammies and a John Deere hat (and some dance moves!)

 Painting pottery with Shelby!  We are going to start this every holiday season!

1st annual Christmas party with all of our kiddos!  

It was a blast! 7 kids ages 4 and under!

 Decked out in their Christmas finest for church!

 Crafting with Mommy.  One of Dylan's favorite things to do!

You got serious about making cookies for Santa! 

Rolling out the dough!

 Cutting Christmas shapes!

 Love those 4 year old hands!

Mommy iced the cookies and you decorated them!

 What a cookie extraordinaire!

Working on our gingerbread house on Christmas Eve!

 Caleb, you really wanted to just eat all of the candies!

 You did a great job, Dylan!

We also took a trip down to the shop on Christmas Eve so Caleb could ride the digger.  

 Caleb, you were in your own little heaven!

 It was cold, but it was worth it!

Meeting Santa Claus!

If you can believe it, we met Santa twice!

Shout out to my great friend Jenn from college for these fabulous pajamas!

Dylan, 

You were so excited to meet Santa! You told him that you wanted a bow and arrow for Christmas.  You also helped tell him what Caleb wanted for Christmas!  

Caleb,

You weren't real sure about Santa again this year.  You did willingly sit in his lap, but by no means were you going to crack a smile for us!  You asked Santa for a digger.  You also like to call him "Christmas" instead of Santa.  Mommy and Daddy think its the cutest thing in the world!

We were invited to a Christmas party and we got to see Santa again!  You both got to spend a little more hands on time with him here! I love how Caleb is touching Santa's hand, and Dylan is holding his hand!  Memories were made this evening!

I think you were telling him what you wanted for Christmas!

Dylan,

You were so excited when Santa let you try on his Santa hat!  What a special evening!

 

That's Our Rudolph!

Oh my, the cuteness overwhelmed me, and may have brought a little tear to my eye watching my sweet boy in his very first Christmas program.  (Editor's note: I need to get it together since we have a million programs to go, that are waaaayyyy more emotional than Rudolph)

 Mrs. Workman is the best "first" teacher for my sweet boy.  I applaud her ability to teach and most importantly hug & love a room full of 3 and 4 year olds!  PK-3 is so much fun!

I also got my "feet wet" in the volunteering department.  The room moms put me in charge of games for the PK3 and PK4 Christmas party.  This first one was the favorite overall!

 Sweet friends that are in PK-4!

 "Mom, is this the real Santa?" "What do you think?" "I think he is one of Santa's helpers." Me too!

His program and party was lots of fun!  His WHOLE family came to the program.  I mean, we took up more than one row in the room! Yikes!  What can I say, he will always be supported in whatever he does.  I call that a blessing!

The Magic of Christmas.....

lies in your heart.  

December 2013

Happy Ice Day!

The day after Daddy turned 31,  we had quite the ice storm!  Our ever so prepared Daddy brought home a generator from the shop just in case we lost power.  Thankfully, we did not lose power and Daddy went into work for a few hours.  He came home and the big boys took advantage of our hill and went sledding.  My in-laws bought us a wooden sled several years ago for Christmas.  Apparently, it is the real deal for "ice" sledding.  To say they had a blast was an understatement! Dylan enjoyed Carter and his Daddy walking up to our house to enjoy the fun! 12-6-13

The best Daddy!

Dylan loves his friend, Carter!