Christmas Morning

We were at Grandma and Grandpa McKee's for Christmas. It was a lot of fun.

Fun in the snow

Here are some pictures of our snow fall and playing in the snow on Christmas day.

Lauren can walk with assistance

Lauren loves standing and walking along the furniture. Tonight I gave her the little activity walker and she just took off. She walked all the way down the hallway from the living room, into the family room and right to daddy in the den. She was so proud of herself.

First Snow

We had our first snow of the season last night. It was not a lot, but it was enough to enjoy for a few minutes before getting too cold.

Our Gingerbread House

We built our first gingerbread house this weekend. It was quite messy, but it was fun. We had to build it twice since it collapsed the first time. I guess I need a little training in home architecture and cake decorating.

Santa came to the kids concert

At the end of the kids Christmas concert, Santa came to say hi to the kids and give them a treat. Each of the kids had a chance to sit on his lap.





I was surpised at how well Lauren actually sat on Santa's lap. She wasn't happy, but she didn't freak out either like I thought she would.

When she had to share Santa's lap with her brothers she was not quite as happy.
Actually, this is what I expected when I put her on Santa's lap because this is what she does when anyone other then mommy, daddy, or her favorite daycare teachers hold her.

Colin enjoying his candy from Santa.

Christmas Concert

The boys participated in a Christmas concert through their daycare. Colin was so excited to sing for us and kept saying he was going to sing loud. I was really looking forward to watching him perform, but I didn't really know he was going to perform so well with so much energy.

Here is a video clip of just a small part of his performance:

And here are a few pictures from the performance:

Colin and Charlie singing out.

Jordan in the back row

Colin and Charlie wearing their sheep ears.

This morning as we were getting in the car, Colin said that he wanted to sing again tonight. He asked if I was going to come tonight so they could do the concert again. He was a little bit sad that the concert was over and he only got to do it once. He must have really enjoyed himself.

Reflecting on last year...

Just one month after the boys started going to this daycare they had their annual Christmas concert. You can see that 1 year ago in the concert, Colin was not nearly as excited to be participating. For most of the concert he sat staring at all the people, but then broke out into a full cry in the middle. It was hard for us to watch him be so upset, but now I look back and just kind of chuckle because his performance last year compared to this year are like night and day.