Christmas '10 ~ pictoral highlights

Here are my favorite pictures from Christmas. As always the holiday reminded me of how blessed we are... there was much giving and getting...

Monster

Now that Wes can get himself up onto the table it has added a whole new dimension to his world! As of late he has turned into a gingerbread monster! I can only imagine the little inhabitants of this village as the big baby monster overcomes them and eats their surroundings!

Wes shouldn't be left alone these days as he is getting better and better at climbing and he is getting into all new things! I had wandered out of the kitchen the other day and when I came back into the room Westley had gotten up on the table and was eating the houses! I could hardly get mad at him... He was so cute with melted M&M dribbling down his chin... After finding him there and letting him have that first taste its been a struggle to keep him off the chairs and table...

Gingerbread House

One of my favorite holiday traditions is decorating a gingerbread house. As the kids are getting older it is getting harder and harder... while they all look forward to it, it have to plan a night when everyone is home so we can get it made! Thursday as Christmas was coming I insisted nobody make plans... we were doing the gingerbread house!

Another part of having the kids older is that they each have an idea of how they want the house to be, so Mom and I found a kit that was a gingerbread village so each could do their own... it didn't work quite like planned, they fought pretty good thru the whole thing... it sort of took the spirit out of me, and I did some but also worked on cleaning up the kitchen! We made sure Wes got to do some too; he was interested in eating more than sticking the candies onto the house.

I missed out on getting a good picture before it started to get picked out. Wes has found it, but that's another post!

Cookie Party '10

After 2 holiday parties last night (except for Olivia~ she has a cold) we hosted our annual cookie decorating party today! It is always so much fun... I'm not sure who enjoys it more... me or the kids!

Wes got in on the action. Grandma Beth gave him his own cookie and he cried a bit when he fed it to the dog... so he had at least another one... Cookie or cracker?! No contest there: Give me a cookie!!
We didn't have a huge turnout, so there were plenty of cookies to decorate and plenty of stuff to put on them!

Here is some of our handiwork

My favorite cookie of the year was this cool Christmas horse Olivia made out of a candy cane cookie. Isn't it cute?!

A Whole New Kind of Trouble

So how do you baby proof the table and chairs?! I have vetoed mouse traps on seats...

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

The Hurd School Drama Club had their production of the Best Christmas Pageant Ever last night. Savanna Joy was cast as Maxine and we all went to watch her perform in the play.

The kids did such a good job with their parts, it was pretty flawless! They were all so cute in costume full of holiday spirit and pride in their production. They had done the show for the school earlier in the day so I think much of the nervousness and excitement had worn off and they did great!

Savanna has been looking forward to being on "stage" since last year. She had chosen to do photography club and missed out on drama but vowed to do it this year! She was great about memorizing her lines and cues and had a good time putting on the show. We were very proud of her~ center stage is her place for sure!

Matching

Mom-Mom got this bunting for Wes long before he was born... sized 18months and perfectly matching her winter coat! It fits just right and I love it for when I clean the big barn or tend the horses on Oak Woods Rd. because I know he is warm enough sleeping in the car. Aren't they cute all matching?!