Monday, February 17, 2014

Christmas Day

Daddy had to work on Christmas day so we called the North Pole hotline and set up for Santa to come on Friday when Daddy was home. Because Santa doesn’t come unless everyone is home. So Christmas day was a time to hang out and welcome visitors. Grammy and Grampy came by to exchange their gifts.

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Claire and Alec got some really neat things.

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A Tooth Fairy Kit!

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Another crazy puzzle for Mommy to put together.

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He is very good at disassembling.

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Not sure what this is about since she loves books.

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Hazel was very good being patient for hers.

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She loved her owl.

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Sweet picture of our sweet Grammy and Grampy.

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Mom liked her wine glass.

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And her perfume.

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Having fun figuring things out.

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Grampy wondering where the wine is . . .

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Daddy’s home!

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Best pals.

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Cuddle Buds.

Saturday, February 1, 2014

Christmas Eve Pageant

Claire was an angel in the Christmas play at Christmas Eve Mass. We were all very excited and proud of our little angel. She did such a good job.

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Making Christmas Cookies

We had a lot of fun rolling and cutting out the cookies. We made lots and took them around to our neighbors for Christmas.

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Puzzles with Grampy

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Claire’s Christmas Program

Claire’s kindergarten class had their program before the first, second and third Christmas play. They sang four songs. “Christmas Wishes,” “It’s Me, Oh Lord Standing in the Need of Prayer,” “Jingle Bell Rock” and “May You Fall in Love This Christmas” They did a very good job. It was very sweet. The lighting was bad for pictures.

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How Hard Is It to Get a Pic?

Impossible . . .

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Alec’s Christmas Program

I asked the teacher if I should bring Alec to the program since he only came once a week hence practicing once a week. And she said “Oh, please do, he is one of our best singers.” So the proud Mommy I am, I made sure he was there and everyone came to watch. Sooooo . . .

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This is the only picture we have. After this picture everything fell apart. He saw his entourage and started crying for them. I was working that day but stepped in to watch him and he was crying and carrying on and Daddy went up front close by but Alec wasn’t having it. Daddy gave the camera to a friend that did nothing with it. So in front of everyone, I took off my apron and sat with him in my lap with his class and sang “Jingle Bells” while Alec hollered for Daddy some and at least quit crying and carrying on. Then they had us sing again and he still wasn’t liking it. But hopefully it kept him from spoiling everyone else's performance. When we were done, I left him with everyone else and went back to work. Next year Daddy gets to sing with them. Merry Christmas!