Merry Christmas from our Family to Yours!!

Sweet Siblings...

Every year Dave and I give the kids new pj's for Christmas. We let them open up their pj's on Christmas Eve so they can wear them Christmas morning while they open up presents. Who would have thought that this Christmas would be the perfect pajama day (due to all that snow we received-more on that later)? Here the kids are showing off their new pj's. Don't they look so precious?

Happy Birthday Jesus!!

The kids and I make a birthday cake for Jesus every Christmas. This year we (they) decided to make a Christmas tree one. I frosted the tree green and then they came up with ideas to decorate it. Benjamin was pretty proud of our cake. He couldn't wait to eat it!

Playing Zingo with Grandma and Grandpa...

Ada loves playing Zingo! She will play any time of day even all day if you let her. She convinced Grandma and Grandpa to play too! Grandpa stated that he didn't know how to play and I assured him that his two year old granddaughter would teach him. I think they had a good time playing!

Duel to the Death...

Auntie Carrie and Uncle Matt had a sword dress-up set which Benjamin loved playing with. He even convinced Grandpa to play! Now that is amazing!!

Cookie Making...

The last few years my family gets together at my sister's house for Christmas cookie baking. Benjamin loves helping and this year was no exception! We made his favorite cookies--Andes Mint Cookies--thanks Grandma S for the recipe! We missed the perfect picture--Benjamin and Ada working like busy bees unwrapping all the Andes mints. They didn't even attempt to eat one (both of the kiddos love those mints) which was a shocking surprise for Dave and I. When it came time to put the mints on the cookies that's where the mints started to disappear. Benjamin said he just couldn't help himself. It was a very busy weekend but we got all the baking done.

A Bad Dream...

Benjamin: I had a bad dream last night.

Me & Dave: Do you remember what it was about?

Benjamin: Yep.

Me & Dave: Can you tell us what it was about?

Benjamin: I dreamed that I didn't hug or kiss mommy goodnight.

Me & Dave: That was a really bad dream. Let's make sure you don't have that dream again.

Benjamin: Okay, let me hug and kiss mommy again.

How sweet is that?