Christmas Eve

We have started going to my parents house and eating dinner and opening presents on Christmas Eve. My mom always cooks the best dinners, my favorite is the sweet potato casserole. The girls did not eat hardly a bite because they were so excited about opening presents. The girls had a blast, Pooh Bear's favorite present was her Bitty Baby and Sugar Bear's favorite was the baby doll stroller. Mom made the girls these really cute rag quilts which we all love. And this year I got my brother good. Every year we start opening presents and give him his one big present from us and he has his open in 2 seconds and then he has to sit and watch us. I have always felt so bad about that because I know that is hard for a kid. So this year I bought him like 8 or 10 small things that I new he would love. I took those presents and wrapped each one individually and put them inside one great big box. I stapled that box shut and taped every square inch. Needless to say He was still opening his presents long after we were done.

 Mom hates her hair but it is just now coming back in since it fell out during her chemo treatments.  It is a completely different color and texture and it is curly.  My mom has never in her life had curly hair and she has no idea what to do with it.

My dad loves his granddaughters. 

December 23

Nana and PaPa came over and gave the girls their christmas presents and ate dinner with us. The girls had a blast and loved their gifts. And if you will notice the lights on the doll house in the back ground of the first picture. The girls elves decorated the doll house the night before. Them crazy elves Caroline and Campell, I am glad Santa took them back to the north pole.

Christmas Traditions

Things I remember about Christmas and hope to pass down to my girls.

The stocking my mom made for me when I was a baby, I will always have this stocking no matter what. so I made stockings for the girls and I hope theirs will mean as much to them as mine means to me.

Reading the Night Before Christmas on Christmas Eve

Being told that if you don't believe you don't receive

Opening Christmas pajamas every Christmas Eve - So now I give the girls their pajamas on Christmas Eve too.

Getting a Madame Alexander doll on Christmas Day. - I was a little unsure of what to do because I have 20 dolls one for every year I was not married and it ended with the bride doll. So when I went to get Pooh Bear the doll I thought I am going to be covered up with dolls and where am I going to put them. So I came up with a good idea. Instead of the dolls I get the Hallmark Madame Alexander doll Ornaments.

I hope to do these same things with my girls for them to pass down, but I also hope to create new traditions. Like decorating a ginger bread house.

The Girls Christmas Dresses

Santa's Workshop

I was asked to decorate for the Breakfast with Santa at the church. This is what I came up with the kids loved everything. I covered the walls with craft paper and taped and painted all the decorations to the paper. I was able to do a lot of it at home. I really enjoyed doing this for the kids and the church.

 This little guy is made out of flower pots.  My mom made these for our house when I was little and I always thought they were so cute.  So I made it for the kids, hoping they would like it as much as I did when I was little. 

This was in the hallway and was called reindeer lane.  

It was a lot of HARD work but it is for the kids so it is worth it! 

Polar Express

Thanksgiving Feast at School