Wrap up Christmas

Okay, our Christmas celebration started with Keaton's Kindergarten class party. He was all smiles to see that mommy had come to his school party. Just look at that grin! Maybe he was also excited that he would be out of school for Christmas break.

Keaton attended the daycare during the break a few days, but mostly stayed home with dad. He did get to go on 2 daycare field trips. He went bowling for the first time and got 2 strikes! He also went to Itz and had a great time. He was 1 of 3 kids tall enough to ride the bumper cars. He said that was his favorite thing.



The Saturday night before Christmas we partied with our small group friends. The Taylors hosted a fun filled party with a special guest. It was a PJ party and the kids first ate pancakes topped with anything filled with sugar.

Then there was a KNOCK on the door. Who could it be?
The kids were so EXCITED!

Santa dropped by with a bag full of presents. He called each kid by name. Keaton had a front row seat and couldn't take his eyes off of him.

But Santa couldn't stay long. He had other boys and girls to visit. So he rode away on his Harley!

Next, I told the Christmas story. Each child helped by opening a box. Inside each box was a piece of the manger scene. In the last box is the answer to the question, 'What does God want for Christmas?' In the box was a mirror, because what God wants is YOU!

At craft time, each child made an ornament of Baby Jesus and then we ended the night around a campfire in the backyard making smores. Keaton and Cort had a great time and loved the transformers Santa brought to them early.

CHRISTMAS MORNING FINALLY ARRIVED!

Santa brought Cort a NEW BIKE!

And Keaton got a NEW SPEED RACER RACETRACK!

It was definietly a Star Wars/Transformer Christmas, but Bakugan was the BIG HIT!

I LOVE CHRISTMAS!

This year was a great Christmas. Keaton was so into Santa this year. We are very blessed to have such wonderful friends and family to spend the holidays with. We spent Christmas Day at Mark's parents house and left for Gilmer to see my family Friday. Unfortunately, Cort got sick and we even had to make a trip to the clinic while we were there. He had strep throat and a terrible cold. I also caught the cold and spent New Year's Eve in an after hours clinic. But toasted with NyQuil before I headed to bed. We have since recovered and are doing well in the new year.