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Christmas fun

December 22, 2015

4 days and counting! We’ve been having all sorts of Christmas fun around here! We’ve been doing our Lego Advent calendars…

lego advent

advent calendar

We went to the drive-through Christmas lights…

xmas lights

Samantha and I had a fun holiday lunch with Robert’s family….

samantha

where we got to see baby Margaret…

margaret

and even made her smile! 🙂

margaret

We’ve made hot chocolate…

hot chocolate

and eaten plenty of marshmallows with it!

hot chocolate

Maxwell went to a gingerbread house decorating party at James’ grandmother’s house…

james

gingerbread house

Spencer has worn his Santa shirts almost every day….

santa

We’ve baked cookies, listened to Christmas songs, and wrapped lots of presents! We’re ready for the big day! Ho Ho Ho!

ps – I guess all Samantha really wanted for Christmas was her two front teeth because they are popping through!

So, this year we had an elf come visit us for the Christmas season. I didn’t think we were going to get an elf but then Maxwell went to Lila’s house and learned all about her elf and kept asking why we didn’t have one. Wouldn’t you know it, an elf came to visit just a few days later! Funny how that works. Everyone, meet Gingerbread Elf…

elf

This silly elf has been having some fun in our house.

elf

gingerbread

I have to say, I’ve really loved having Gingerbread around because Maxwell gets SO excited about him. Each morning he has rushed downstairs to see where Gingerbread is and has usually come running back to me to say “Momma, you are NOT going to believe this!” 🙂

elf

Maxwell loved the morning Gingerbread was being chased by some of his animals.

elf

By the time we left for school, the boys had added a few more animals to the herd!

elf

I think this day was Spencer’s favorite – throughout the morning he managed to eat all those marshmallows off the table!

elf

This morning was my personal favorite!

elf

I mean…have you ever seen 3 cuter elves?!

elves

The boys have been really good to follow the rules and not touch Gingerbread so he won’t lose his magic.

elf

Of course, Gingerbread has been good to them too and even brought presents one morning!

elf

Gingerbread has been a welcome addition to the Christmas traditions!

elf

Can’t wait to see where this crazy elf is tomorrow!

Christmas Program

December 18, 2015

On Tuesday, Maxwell had his Christmas Program up at school and it was precious. They do a very shortened version of the Christmas story with lots of good singing! The boys were dressed in their holiday attire and looking Christmas cool!

xmas program

Silly boys.

xmas program

Susan very nicely went up early to save us good seats and then I brought Samantha up after she woke up from her nap. She was looking Christmas cute! 🙂

xmas program

Maxwell did a great job during the program and took his job very seriously. He stood perfectly still and concentrated on all his songs! Here’s a link to the video if you really want to see.

IPC Lessons & Carols 2015

Maxwell said his favorite song was “Oh Come All Ye Faithful”.

I’m so thankful for his sweet school and all that they do. Here’s Maxwell with Ms. Edwards…

ms edwards

and with some of his classmates, Anna, Joseph and David…

xmas program

and here’s my crew after the program.

xmas program

Three little Christmas angels right there!

Santa!

December 17, 2015

On Monday night, we put on our Christmas smiles and headed to see Santa! We saw him up at The Club just like last year and the year before that. My crew was looking holiday sharp!

santa

The boys were excited to see Santa and practiced what they were going to tell him they want. When we got there, Maxwell went right on up and sat on his lap – but you could see how stiff and nervous he was!

santa

Sweet boy. He told Santa he wants Legos – lots of Legos! 🙂

Like last year, Spencer got a bad case of stage fright! This is a close to the jolly man as he would get! He did manage to tell him he wants a green excavator though.

santa

Samantha surprised us all and sat contently on Santa’s lap for quite a while!

santa

She didn’t tell Santa anything but the boys think she wants a baby doll.

santa

After our visit, we were the first ones into the ballroom for the Jingle Bell Buffet!

santa

I’m glad we got our important Santa visit in!

santa

Ho Ho Ho!

Candy House

December 16, 2015

The candy house! One of my very favorite Christmas traditions! We might have been feeling pretty puny this weekend, but I wasn’t going to let the sickness spoil all the holiday fun! I had three – well, maybe just two – eager helpers ready to decorate! As the boys get older, it gets more and more fun. Here’s the previous candy houses – 2014, 2013, 2012

This year, we started out with plenty of candy…

candy