December

December flew by!!! Took lots of video Christmas morning but not too many pictures. I LOVED the fact that the kids were not as interested in the presents as they were about the candy in their stockings. And Reagan ran straight past the presents to see if Rudolph ate the carrots she left for him on the front porch.

Here are the kids playing with the Cheerio book Memaw got them. I think they may be more interested in eating the cheerios than putting them in the book.

Reagan and Bennett playing with their tool bench Santa brought them.

This is the granola bar I found in the tree one day. I guess someone was saving it for later???

The library had a make believe Polar Express one night that we got to go to. The kids wore their Christmas pajamas. It was really cute. They reinacted the movie with tickets, a train conductor, backdrops from the story, and then Santa at the end. Bennett wasn't too crazy about sitting in Santa's lap but LOVED the train.

The Angel Breakfast was a success this year! Each year we have a breakfast for the kids. They eat breakfast, meet Santa, bring a gift for the kids at Scottish Rite Hospital, and get to play games and make a craft.

Reagan got a big hug from Santa. She was so excited to give him her picture that she colored for him. She put it in an envelope with stickers and everything.

I love this one of Bennett waiting to do the bean bag toss. He looks like such a big boy!

Decorating the tree. I think he was more into playing on the step ladder.

We had a Play Group Christmas Party for the kids. This year we had a book exchange and decorated Christmas cookies. This is our attempt at a group picture. You can see everyone's face except for Ava...if you look close you can see part of her head.

Mimi and Pepaw took us to see Disney on Ice! It was so much fun watching their faces light up when Mickey and Minnie and all the Disney characters came out on the ice.

Our friend, Michael, sportin the Santa headband. Too cute!

Reagan, Bennett, and Michael watching the snowglobe.

We did lots of other fun things this year too. We took the kids to see the Trains at Northpark. Reagan got to go to look at Christmas lights at Highland Park with her cousins, Trey and Lane. We attempted to see Arthur Christmas at the movie theater. Not a great idea with our wild man! But mostly we just enjoyed having Tim home and spending time together.