It's been a busy few months at our house with the move and the holidays. We have settled in nicely and are enjoying the new home. I'll do my best to catch everyone up with what we've been up to.
We started December with a visit from good friends for our annual Christmas get together.
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| The kids before the book exchange. |
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| We took the kids to visit Santa at Katherine's church and we all got a kick out of Ryan's look. He had the funniest expression and seemed so confused by the whole experience. He would not sit on Santa's lap either. This picture just makes me smile. |
Our small group had an outing to downtown Grapevine and I couldn't resit posting this video of Jackson dancing in the gazebo. He usually stays away from things like this so it gave me SO much joy to watch him twirling around and doing his break dancing moves like no one was watching. It really is worth the watch. So sweet.
Jackson had his Christmas program at school and did really well. We were pleasantly surprised that he didn't start taking off clothes, spitting at friends, etc. It was really sweet and we were proud of him.
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| Fun in the leaves in the new backyard! |
We had a visit from my sister and her kids and my mom.
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| Alex, Jackson, and Ryan helping make biscuits. |
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| The boys at the park and Kate in the background. |
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| Ryan and Alex. |
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| My mom and sister watched the kids while we went to a wedding. |
CHRISTMAS EVE!
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| Helping mommy make the chocolate pie for Christmas. |
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| Making the reindeer food. Jackson looked in his book and saw that deer like to eat leaves so we added some leaves and then some treats (oats, carrots, and sprinkles.) |
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| Mmmm...delicious! |
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| Before bed on Christmas Eve we loaded up the car with drinks and popcorn and went for a drive to see Christmas lights. |
Somehow I didn't manage to get a picture of our cookies for Santa but we did have them, only Santa got shorted because we found Jackson in the laundry room eating some of them right before bed! I'm sure Santa understood.
CHRISTMAS DAY!
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| Santa came! |
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| Coming down the stairs to see what Santa brought. |
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| Jackson loved his castle. |
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| And Ryan liked his car obstacle course. |
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| Opening presents from mommy and daddy and other family. |
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| G and Dada joined us for Christmas lunch. |
What a special treat to have snow on Christmas day. It was gorgeous. I am thankful to have a husband who loves the snow so I was able to stay inside most of the time while he played with the boys.
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| SNOW |
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| Jackson and daddy enjoyed a snowball fight. |
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| Jackson loved shoveling the snow. |
After nap time Ryan joined them outside. He didn't have good shoes so he used plastic bags
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First snow fall at the new house!
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| Ryan came in and daddy and Jackson built a snowman. Excuse the red marker all over Jackson's face. |
Laine was literally asleep on the couch by 7:30 Christmas night. We were both in bed with lights out by 9:00. It was an exhausting but fun day!
We will do Christmas with Laine's family this weekend and have a visit from my dad and family next week!
