Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Christmas Day

We had a great Christmas this year!  Lots of presents were requested and fortunately the kids got about everything they wanted!




 The kids bought each other gifts for the first time this year and it was so fun watching them spending a lot of time planning what to buy and then the excitement watching each other open the presents.  

Traditional cinnamon rolls are always a hit!

Laurel has been asking for about two months for a chocolate pen.  Her face shows just how excited she was to get it!!

Erika was pretty excited for an Easy Bake Oven.  Funny enough, I received an Easy Bake Oven for Christmas when I was 10 or 11!

 Levi got a lot of fun new toys, including this Build A Bear toy.

Laurel with her new gifts

Erika's new clothes and toys

And Levi and all his great new things!


 This is what her chocolate pen does....makes chocolate candy in a mold or she can write with it and then eat her creations!

It was a beautifully sunny day on Christmas so Erika got to try out her new skateboard.  I tried to show her some things since Daddy was unable to play due to his knee injury, but I am not good at all.  She will have to wait for Matt to get better!


Levi got a new hockey set, lacrosse set, and goals.  So we are ready for all sorts of sporting fun!


 These little wrestling/bumper things were so much fun!  The kids loved running into each other.  Levi's face in the first picture is awesome!

Monday, December 26, 2016

Christmas Preparation

 I love a dark room with only Christmas tree lights on!


 The Wednesday before Christmas break, Levi's kindergarten class had a graham cracker house decorating party that parents were invited to.  Luckily, we got it done before the kids had snow days for the next two days and started their Christmas break two days early!





As a 4th grader, Erika's gets to have a 'kindergarten buddy' and since her buddy's parents were not able to attend the party, Erika also got to come and help her buddy decorate the house and enjoy the party!

For the next two days, we had plenty of snow to play in and sled down our hill.  It was a fantastic snow day!





We did our annual gingerbread house making day





My three cuties ready for the Christmas party at church


Finally, decorating Christmas cookies at Aunt Sarah's house on Christmas Eve and anxiously waiting all the presents on Christmas morning!