Here is just a glimpse of the kid's first look at the Christmas tree. We put it up Sunday night and we even video taped their reactions on the camera but I'm having trouble getting them on blogger so pictures will have to do for now.
Landon moved the balls up away from his sissy.
He always says "No, No Sissy" when she touches the tree.
But she still touches the tree. She really wanted those balls.
And just as last year we had to move all the decorations to the top half of the tree.
The kids, especially Katelyn, love the Night Before Christmas book that
makes music when you read it. Katelyn "reads" it a dozen times a day.
A quick attempt of a family Christmas tree photo after church.
And I had to include this one because it isn't too often that Ben
takes a photo that I think is framed right--so good job Honey!
I've been trying to teach Landon that Christmas is when we celebrate Jesus' birthday. I've also taught him that Santa brings presents if you leave him some cookies and milk. Here is a conversation between us.
Mom: What will we do on Christmas?
Landon: "Cake."
Mom: We won't have cake but we'll have yummy food.
Landon: "No. Eat cake for birfday."
Mom: "Who's birthday? Mine?"
Landon: "No. Jesus and Ho, Ho, Ho." (he means Santa).
Guess he kind of gets it:)
# side note on my weigh in. Since this is already a long post I'll just tell you I only lost a few ounces but I did add strength training and have been told that might slow down my weight loss at the beginning so I guess we'll see next week.
Katelyn loved her dolls, books and more and Landon had a blast opening his presents and seeing action figures, airplanes, Toy Story and much, much more. The Cracker Barrel rocking chairs Grandma and Grandpa Davis got were also a big hit with the kids. But we must say these kids were spoiled this year thanks to their loved ones who reside out West. By the time the presents were all unwrapped the kids had doubled the amount of toys they had. We love you all and hope you had a great Christmas.
Isn't she cute? And she still drools all the time. You'd think she'd have stopped that by now. Oh well.
Our little Katelyn has the funniest hair. She has two cowlicks on the crown of her head so her hair swirls into a kind of mohawk in the front and is short on the sides but long on the ends where it curls. It will be interesting to see how her hair grows in as she gets older. I didn't take a true before picture b/c I wasn't thinking until Ben said, "Wait you gave her her first hair cut without pictures." Bummer--but really it was only a few snippets in front.
I've been trying to teach Landon that Christmas is when we celebrate Jesus' birthday. I've also taught him that Santa brings presents if you leave him some cookies and milk. Here is a conversation between us.
