Merry Christmas!

I hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas. We did! We missed being with the big group in Baton Rouge, but we had a great day here! I took lots of pictures but haven't been able to upload them yet. (Sarah stole my camera cord & I haven't found it yet!). I'll add them soon!

We celebrated with my parents before they left to go out of town. We had a wonderful time there. My parents love Christmas & always do so much to make Christmas special for the kids (even us big kids). We have lots of family traditions that I am enjoying passing on to my kids. Guess what my mom got me?? A sewing machine! I'm excited to learn how to use it.

Jacob had to work on Christmas Eve. :( The kids & I spent the day watching Christmas movies, making cookies for Santa & playing with the new toys from Grandma & Papa. We went to the Christmas Eve service at church, which was wonderful, as always. After church we decorated a gingerbread house. When Jacob got home, we left out some cookies for Santa, and sprinkled magic reindeer food in the lawn. We read The Night Before Christmas and then Adam insisted on going to bed!! He was ready for Santa!

Jacob & I had to wake the kids up on Christmas morning! Sarah was so excited when she saw a wagon under the tree. She climbed right in it & wanted to sit in it to open her gifts. Her other favorite gift was an Elmo that sings and talks. Adam loves his new pirate ship. They got lots of fun things this year.

Jacob's family joined us for turkey dinner and we exchanged gifts with them. We played Rock Band, which was very funny to watch. His family is so much fun!

It was a wonderful day with family!! Merry Christmas!!

What rhymes with car?

Adam has been learning about rhyming words. Well, kind of. He doesn't really get it, but he likes to try. So we were playing a little game where I say a word & he tries to say a word that rhymes. I said "car" and he said "light house." Okay, not quite. So then I said "fun" he said something else random that didn't rhyme. I explained that it had to be a word that had the "un" sound like fun. His response... "oh, like unexplainable?" Um yes, my little three year old, like unexplainable. He doesn't totally get the rhyming concept, but he's got quite a little vocabulary for a three year old!

Christmas movies

I love Christmas movies! We have been watching lots of them this year. Adam has just recently started to like watching movies, so we've had lots of fun watching them together. Here are a few of our favorites:

These are some of my favorites:

These are Adam's favorites:

Jacob likes the classics:

Leave a comment with your favorite Christmas movie!! Get some popcorn & a blanket & watch it soon. Christmas is almost here!

Elf Yourself

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Extreme Home Makeover

Something exciting is going on in Keller. A family from our church was nominated for Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, and they won! I don't personally know the family, but I am so excited for them! We stopped by the "spectator area" today to take a look at the progress. It's amazing to think that just a few days ago they were demolishing the old house. You can see by the picture how far they've come in just a few days. There were tons of people there working on the house. It's neat to see how everyone is working together for this family. You can read about their story and the progress of the makeover here.

Seriously

I can't turn my back on this kid for a second. I keep telling Jacob we need a lock on that cereal cabinet! She's very big to get herself a little snack after school. Doesn't she look proud of herself?

So funny

Last night I was getting ready to give the kids a bath. I turned on the water & went to grab a towel from dryer. Then I heard Adam say "Come look at your daughter" (he's heard Jacob say this when Sarah's doing something she shouldn't be doing.) Sarah just couldn't wait to get in the tub. I didn't know she could even get herself in the tub without help. Of course I was first thankful that she wasn't hurt. Then, I had to grab the camera...

I guess next time I'll have the towels ready!

Cousin Sleepover

We had Sammy spend the night with us last night. The kids had lots of fun playing together.

We made peanut butter playdough:


We played a game that we used to play as kids, with my brother & his army soliders!
Sarah had fun playing with Sammy too!
And then it was bedtime. Don't they look sleepy? :)

Christmas program at church

Today, for the first time, my little rockstar who loves to perform, got to live out his dream of being on the big stage at "big church." He participated in the children's program at church. I was so proud. I thought I was going to cry, he was just so cute up there with all of the big kids. He looked really little up there. He did a good job. He had the "deer in headlights" look for a little bit, then he started watching the other kids to remember the hand movements. It was funny that he yawned a few times while he was up there. I guess it wasn't as exciting as he was expecting it to be! I got a few little clips on video (kind of shaky, sorry), but then put the cameras away to just watch, enjoy the show & try not to cry as I watched my sweet baby boy on the big stage with his precious friends!

Christmas at the Gaylord

Today we went to the Gaylord with Becky, Kasey & Baylee. The whole place is just beautiful, especially at Christmas time. We had a wonderful lunch there and then we walked around & took lots of pictures. Here are a few of my favorites:

The Decorating Team

We've been having fun decorating the house for Christmas!