December

Sierra had the whole Santa thing figured out at 2, but she keeps the spirit alive for her brother

 

Playmobil Advent Calendars are awesome.  Except when you are 3 and try to open them all while Mommy is making dinner.

We still miss our Zoey.

Helping with some Christmas baking

Christmas tree decorating!

 

I got to watch so many performances over Christmas break!

Pepsi Lights

The wonder of Christmas

Jaxon was pretty excited on Christmas Eve :)

All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth!

If you can't tell... he's pretty stoked.

Sierra lost 3 teeth over Christmas break.  The poor girl has a hard time eating!

It's the most wonderful time of the year.  Well, summer is actually the most wonderful time of the year as far as I'm concerned, but Christmas is a close second.  :)  The kids have been ready to decorate since the first of November so they had a ball decorating.  We spent a good part of the month sick just like always.  Christmas break and cooties go hand in hand.  Sierra got some sort of food poisoning the day before Christmas break started and didn't feel too hot for the first several days of break.  Luckily it was fairly minor and she was the only one that got it. 

Despite the germs, we had a pretty great break.  The kids got along so well.  It was amazing!  They played and played.  We played board games, they put on concerts for me, played dress up, did crafts, and read books.  We mostly stayed home but did visit the library a few times.  My sister hung out with us for a couple of days too!  It was great to not have to worry about going anywhere and just being able to enjoy being home.  I'm so grateful that the kids got along so well.  It doesn't always happen that way.

Christmas was busy like always.  With two families close by we usually end up pretty busy.  It was well spaced out this year though.  On Christmas day we had all morning and afternoon at home which was really nice.  We went to Jesse's parents for dinner that night and then spent time with my family the next day.

The kids woke at their normal time on Christmas morning and we all snuggled in our bed for a bit like we usually do on the weekends.  We read the Christmas story, sang happy birthday to Jesus, and headed downstairs for presents.  The kids were excited but always take time opening their gifts and are so thankful.  We are so blessed.  Merry Christmas everybody!  Wishing a new year full of blessings to you all.