One thing about my boys that always makes me laugh is the fact that they ALL love getting new pajamas! The second they open them, they want to put them on. I’ve never known boys to be so excited about clothes, but they always are. So we all opened out pjs and then Bob read us a Christmas story from our Christmas binder. We had a great night just hanging out together and the kids were excited to go to bed so Santa could come. They really did fall asleep pretty fast this year. Thank heavens!
We took the kids to see the temple lights a few days before Christmas (23rd I believe). They had lots of fun running around and seeing everything. Bob tried hard to get some good pictures with our new camera that I got for my birthday, Christmas and all holidays for the rest of my life… I think people and Christmas lights are one of the hardest things to photograph. So here are the best ones we got.
On a fun note……this is the day I found out I was pregnant with #4! I was trying to keep it a secret until Christmas Eve, but Bob in his infinite wisdom figured it out on him own. (what a surprise spoiler)! We were just sitting there on the couch watching a show and he kept looking at me funny. Then he said, “are you pregnant?” I was like…..what gives!? I was going to surprise you tomorrow! He really thought I had known for a while, but I had only taken the test that morning, so it was new to me too. We’re very excited for #4 and even though I’m horribly sick from “morning sickness” that lasts all day, we’ll hopefully all make it through!
We always love going to our ward Christmas party! It was lots of fun this year with lots of great food and friends. The kids acted out the nativity while Melissa sang, Oh Holy Night. Channing, Cameron and Cason were the 3 Wisemen. I didn’t know if Cason would actually do it, but he just followed his brothers up on stage and sat there like they did. We sang Christmas Carols and there were a few musical numbers throughout the night. I ended up playing piano for a lot of the night which I really hadn’t planned on doing, but it just worked out that way in the end. Bob even got a picture of me playing (which is rare. I have very few pictures of that happening). Santa came and you can see Channing and Cameron discussing with him how good they were this year and what they wanted to receive for Christmas. No pictures of Cason and Santa. Apparently he walked right past him and went straight for the candy cane basket. Hahaha!
You know, I really admire Kindergarten teachers who truly understand that they are working with little children, not big kids. This was the perfect program for 5-6 year olds. It was cute, simple, included poems and songs and was less than 30 min. long. It was awesome! Cameron did a great job and he really looked like he enjoyed himself. His teacher, Ms. Lieber, really knows her stuff and he is really lucky to have her!
Every year we make a gingerbread house and it’s always some sort of mass chaos. This year we had McKay to add to the mix since his parents were out of town. So doing this with 4 boys was hilarious and totally nuts. In the end they finished it and they did a really great job. I think more candy actually did end up on the house than in their mouths which is really saying something! They really did decorate this pretty much all by themselves. I just put on the frosting this year. Maybe next year they’ll be able to do it themselves! :)
I had to snap these pictures of Cason playing in the rain. He just LOVES umbrellas! He doesn’t even care if he’s still in his pajamas! Such a funny little boy!
