The Weekend and Night Before Christmas

 Jack was very excited this year about opening presents. One of his new favorite things to say is "Open it." He could not wait for us to get finished eating so he could start opening gifts. He got two of the planes from the movie Planes. He would not put them down. As he opened other gifts he held on to the planes.

 He was just excited to take every piece of paper off each box. He was over whelmed with all the gifts and so excited he did not wanted to go to sleep.

 On Christmas Eve we opened our PJs. I think Jack was a little sad to see he only got PJs. He was excited about seeing the planes on them.

 He wanted to help open Daddy's and Mommy's, and was disappointed when there were only PJS in the boxes.

 This year it was a little harder to take a family photo. I would get the camera set up, set the timer, run over, and Jack would not sit still. This was the best photo I could get. Daddy helped sprinkle the reindeer food this year. Jack was more excited about seeing the moon outside.

 We left chocolate milk for Santa this year. Jack got his first taste of chocolate milk and drank it all. I read The Night Before Christmas to Jack and then it was time for bed.

Getting Ready for the Holidays

We have been very busy getting ready for the holiday season. We finally found a dining room table that we liked. Jack had to help Brent put the legs on. He would watch Brent then try to do the same thing on the other side.

When we got out of school the Tuesday before Thanksgiving it was snowing. This is a picture I took while sitting at the red light. It snowed so hard on the way home it was hard to see. We have been out of school for one snow day and released two hours early another. No big snow yet.


We purchased a fake tree this year. Jack had to be the first one to put an ornament on the tree. He got to put his train ornament on first.

Jack made a chain at daycare to count down the days to Christmas. He liked pulled it apart.

Parker came to play and spend the night. Jack was very sweet and shared all his toys with Parker.

No holiday season is complete without a trip to see Santa. Jack has never been scared of Santa or any person dressed up....until now. He was fine talking to Mrs. Clause but when it came time to sit on Santa's lap he was not happy. So this year I smiled and had my picture taken with Santa.