I can't believe it is almost Christmas time! I am very excited, because I love this time of the year. I get very giddy like a child when I think of all the Christmasey things we get to do. This year Gentry and I made an advent calendar. Our 1st 4 days have consisted of: Day 1-Getting an Angel tree child and giving a gift. Day 2-Read and talk about the Christmas story and discuss how Jesus got 3 gifts. (We are starting a tradition to only give 3 gifts to each child at Christmas so they tie together the meaning of Christmas with gifts) Day 3- Donate hats and mittens to the Mitten tree at the bank. Day 4-Roast Marshmallows in the fireplace. Undoubtly, the 4th day is G's favorite so far:) We also have had a friend come live with us and her name is ChipLeigh. She is an elf from the North Pole. Some people may know her as "The Elf on the Shelf". She is quite the ornery little gal. So far she has been in the pantry, got out coconut to make snow angels, made a snowman out of marshmallows, had a teaparty with Stitch and slept under the Christmas tree!
To make the most out of the Christmas season, I took G to the Grinch Who Stole Christmas movie at the Opera House. She of course asked a million questions even though she has seen the movie at least 9 times. On Saturday evening after the movie, we had Luke's Barber shop Christmas party at Diamaru's in Salina. It is Luke's favorite Hibachi Steakhouse. We had fun with Kris and his wife, as well as Ed and his sweet little wife, Sylvia.
Ace speaking update: He can now recognize Dora and say "Dor!" He also says "Yea Yea" when he sees anything Yo Gabba Gabba! Very adorable!
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| G's letter to Santa |
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| Sending it off to Santa, in exchange for some twizzlers. |
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| A surprise seeing Santa at Walmart! |
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| G trying on some new glasses |
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| G and D sleeping under the Christmas tree:) |
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| ChipLeigh having a tea party with Stitch |
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| Ace playing in the leaves! He loved the crunch |
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| Love these 2! |
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| Making snow angels |
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| See that tiny bit of pink, that's the "piece" of cake pop that G saved for Daddy. The initial plan was to share the whole thing, then turned into save a bite and then, a crumb. |
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| Acer colouring! His new favorite thing:) Then he rips out the page and hands it to me with a huge proud smile:) |
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| ChipLeigh and her snowman with Fiber One arms:) |
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| We had Toddler church duty this morning and this is how Ace felt about it! |
ChipLeigh is creepy... Just saying. Those elf on the shelf things are kinda scary to me. haha. Glad the kids like it though. The glasses picture of G is hilarious. Although, undoubtedly she could pull them off. I also like little acer with his crayons. Way to go buddy!! Only a few more weeks and we can see you all.
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