Christmas Parties Begin!!

This past weekend was our first Christmas party of the season and the family had a GREAT time! Four families in our neighborhood celebrated together as we all have kids in the same age range. The kids all ate together and then went upstairs to play while the adults ate. It was a true miracle in that the kids were nice and quiet and played peacefully, Anna slept, and the adults all sat at the same table and ate together!! The kids then came downstairs and decorated gingerbread cookies and then had a gift exchange. They then changed into their jammies and watched The Polar Express. A good time was had by all!

The kids eating dinner. Notice Emma's placemat in the middle of the table. It was a true shocker that she didn't want anything to eat and kept pushing her food away.

"I couldn't have possibly done anything wrong with a face like this!"

"Or maybe I could have...."
All the kiddos

READY, SET

GOOOOOOOOO!

Emma wasn't having any fun at all:)

Watching the movie

Anna trying out the exersaucer for the first time

Dangling feet:)

Our house with the Christmas decorations - wreaths in the windows with candles and icicle lights over the garage with spotlights.

The ladies...after the kids went to bed:)

Our Christmas tree

Picture was hard to capture the fact that she was sleeping with her fist in the air.

Bad hair day?

Rowdy kids

More rowdy kids - they were supposed to be singing Christmas carols.