Christmas is Just Around the Corner

The decorations are going up.  We opened our Christmas pajamas sent to us by Grandma Christine. Nate was in charge of the tree.  I was in charge of not going crazy and yelling at all the chaos.  Only one of us was successful.

The older boys had a great time emptying all the boxes, making a mess, and just playing in the living room.

Eli supervised the adventure.

Shalece Fiack was kind enough to take our pictures for our Christmas cards.  We had cooperation from two of the three.

This one is the winner.

Micah's preschool class donated food to the local food bank and got on tv.  We paused the tv and and Micah couldn't believe that all his friends were there.  He points to each of them and declares that they are his best friend.

Micah's list for Santa Claus.

We went to the Christmas parade downtown.  We had a grand adventure getting treats and getting rained on.

Beau redecorated our tree.  He likes to color coordinate. 

Micah had a Christmas program at school.  He was a shepherd.  They sang a song about Bethlehem.

We decorated cookies for Christmas.  Micah and Beau wanted ghosts, bunnies, cats and chicks with the regular Christmas shapes.  I let them have free reign on the frosting and sprinkles. 

Every year it's so fun to get our presents in the mail.  It is the only thing that is fun about living away from all of our family. Look at our loot, with more to still come!