We've had a very, very busy winter so far. By far, my favorite time of year, Christmas time! I love the way my house looks all decorated and all the festivities! So I'll cut to the chase and show all the great pictures of what we have been doing. We had a wonderful Christmas and hope you did too!
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First stop: Mason's school Christmas party.
Audrey as Rudolph:
Mason as Rudolph:
Mason and his friends singing Christmas songs:
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All Aboard! The Polar Express!
All Aboard! The Polar Express!
We boarded the Polar Express train in Connersville and headed to the North Pole. Along the way we:
Hung out with friends and family:
Got our tickets punched,
just like the movie:
Had "Hot, Hot, Hot . . .Hot chocolate!"
And told Santa what we wanted for Christmas. Then he gave us the first gift of Christmas: a silver bell from Santa's sleigh!
Hung out with friends and family:
Got our tickets punched,just like the movie:
Had "Hot, Hot, Hot . . .Hot chocolate!"
And told Santa what we wanted for Christmas. Then he gave us the first gift of Christmas: a silver bell from Santa's sleigh!
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We wrote letters to Santa, covered them in stickers, and put them in his mailbox at the mall!
This year, Mason wanted to write the whole letter himself! I'll translate:
Back:
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We wrote letters to Santa, covered them in stickers, and put them in his mailbox at the mall!
This year, Mason wanted to write the whole letter himself! I'll translate:
Front:
Santa, I want a Hula Hoop,
Back:
sword
bow arrow
Mason Lang
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We also successfully potty trained Audrey! Pull-ups for nap time and bedtime, but big girl panties the rest of the time. She put up a fight at first, but soon got the hang of it. She was definitely harder than Mason! This girl just didn't care if she was wet or not!!!
Not to shabby for the first snowman of the season! Minus eyes and mouth!
Proof: Making a snowball to throw at mommy!
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Audrey, modeling the assortment of cookie cutters:
Mason loves working the mixer:
The best part: icing and sprinkles:
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SNOW!!!!!
We didn't waste anytime when it snowed! Bundle up like the kid from the Christmas Story and off we went. Audrey LOVED just eating the snow. Mason caught on to the wonderful art of SNOWBALLS!!!
Not to shabby for the first snowman of the season! Minus eyes and mouth!
Proof: Making a snowball to throw at mommy!
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Christmas cookies!!!!! Need I say more!
Audrey, modeling the assortment of cookie cutters:
Mason loves working the mixer:
The best part: icing and sprinkles:
TA DA!!!!!!!! Heavenly goodness:
And since daddy was working on Christmas Eve, we took him and the other firefighters at Station 3 a little Christmas joy!:
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And sometime after the kids were nestled snug in their beds. . .
SANTA arrived!!!!!!!!!!!!
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And since daddy was working on Christmas Eve, we took him and the other firefighters at Station 3 a little Christmas joy!:
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Also on Christmas Eve:
Papaw came over to help us sprinkle Reindeer food on our roof!! Thanks Papaw!
And sometime after the kids were nestled snug in their beds. . .
SANTA arrived!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Christmas morning:
The guys at the fire station let daddy go home early!!!!! so he could be there when the kids got up! They got up around 7:30, and started in on the presents. Mason soon understood how fun it was to shred through all the presents in his pile and reap the benefits after everything was opened. Audrey, however, opened a book, looked through all the pages, then moved on to her next gift. Too cute!!!
Everyone together," you'll shoot your eye out!"
Everyone together," you'll shoot your eye out!"
*disclaimer-gun pictured is not in any way a BB gun or any gun that fires anything. Just a toy with noises* :)
Santa came through! the BOW AND ARROW!!!!
Audrey, admiring each gift:
Her favorite gift from Santa: A VANITY. . . she sat there forever, when I tried to give her another present she said," just a minute mommy, almost finished!" Good grief. what did we get ourselves into!
Mason's second request: a hula hoop. . . check. and not pictured: a sword. Mason must have been REALLY good this year! ;)
Audrey, admiring each gift:
Her favorite gift from Santa: A VANITY. . . she sat there forever, when I tried to give her another present she said," just a minute mommy, almost finished!" Good grief. what did we get ourselves into!
Mason's second request: a hula hoop. . . check. and not pictured: a sword. Mason must have been REALLY good this year! ;)
Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!!!!
