Happy Christmas!

Happy about Elmo (in his hugging arm) and the candy in his other hand! He very cleary shouted "Canny!" as soon as he pulled out the M&M candy cane!

Fa La La

Ethan's Christmas program was on Friday. Ethan is at the top left corner. This is his class and they were with 2 other Kindergarten classes performing a variety of Christmas carols, poems, and demonstrating their learning so far.

Pajama Party

To celebrate Jesus' birthday, we had a pajama party. When Eric got home from work, we had jammies waiting for him. We ate Denver Ring with apple cider by candlelight, played Candyland and other games, put together puzzles, and watched part of Polar Express and The Christmas Story. We played musical beds and it ended up with Ethan laying by the couch on the floor, I was on the couch, Eric retreated to the bed and Drew laid in his crib. Ethan woke up, groggy in the middle of the night and said "Which present are you opening first?" This was around 3am. He tends to talk and move in his sleep. Not too much sleep walking, but he has ended up in his closet before!

Hardy Har Har

Hardy har hee,
you're all so funny!
Now put my coat down
You crazy silly clowns!

Thanks, Lance and Lisa!
It will be perfect for our
Montana weather!

I don't think the boys will
mind that Christmas is extended.
We're waiting on arrivals from
cousins as well. We'll keep 'em
busy til they get here ;o) I'll
send pics of how we'll keep
them busy!

Have a Merry Day!

Yipes stripes! Well, you can't say we aren't in the Christmas spirit. Grandpa is always the wild one, huh?

We are having a good time in our new snowshoes! Wow, all dressed up and no place to go! We are zipping around the land behind our house. Romping in the snow, with everything we show, laughing all the way, and wishing we could stay!

Wow, Christmas is so fun! No, Ethan and Drew, we didn't forget you. We couldn't make up our minds what to get. We are working on it so expect the elf to drop something off at your house soon! Merry Christmas and HO HO HO!

Christmas seems strange without you guys around to make merry. Do you like my stripes?
Merry Christmas to you all and big squeeze. Man is it cold up here. Sure need warm clothes to keep you warm!

I sure like the eggnog, the Wii game, and food! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Miss you and hope you are having a great Christmas blitz!

So I love my new present. Hope you like it as much as I do. Merry Christmas!

Hubba Hubba Hubba. Merrrrrrry Christmas! We love you and want you to know how much you mean to us!

Christmas presence

Ho Ho HO Merry Christmas! We miss you and love you! Wish you could be here with us.

Me and You on the Choo Choo

The boys are doing a lot more together these days. Playing together, fighting together, wrestling each other, sliding together...

Dillard's Train

We spend much time on the train right outside of Dillard's. When Eric works weekends, we join him for lunch at the mall and then play on the train. The boys are about to slide down the slide together here.

Monkey See, Monkey Do like Monkey 2

Drew loves to copy Ethan. It's perfect for picture taking as long as we can sit still for more than 10 seconds!

See Monkey 2

He's been begging me to open presents early. He will be opening a couple of presents on Christmas Eve that will help to make our Jesus party a party.

Happy Cheeky Monkey!

Here's one of our little monkeys awaiting the arrival of Christmas! (He's binky-less Grandma Judi!)

Snowflake birdfeeder

Ethan, we are still using the snowflake birdfeeder you gave us a few years ago. They love the peanutbutter and seeds we spread on it almost every two days. We have chickadees, finches, woodpeckers, and red-wing blackbirds all feeding off of it. Thanks so much for your thoughtful gift. Grammie and Poppie

Thanksgiving at the Beeson's with all the trimmings and some! Jamie and Eric hosting their first Thanksgiving dinner. What a treat. We are so thankful for our family!

24 inches overnight

He learned this from Eric! He was trying to drink/lick every last bite of his yogurt!

Mommy's final product! I thought I wasn't going to decorate a ton this year since we wouldn't be having any company. I wouldn't be hosting the cookie exchange, no parties, no visitors so I was going to go with a "simple" theme. Turns out, I decorated more this year than I ever have. Every room in the house is decorated except Drew's room. I decorated 5 trees (lights and ornaments), our front porch, above our cupboards, etc. etc....So, maybe we will be having a party this year! Someone else has got to enjoy it beside me! Actually, Ethan has been really into decorating, hot chocolate and Christmas this year. Yea for me! Eric has been working all weekend so I decorated all weekend! Wow! It's almost Monday now!

Sweet!

Makes you want to go inside huh?

Gingerbread House Tradition

Ouila! (wah-lah) For our 3rd year, Ethan and I fancied up a gingerbread
house tonight. Our motto tonight was "if you mess up, eat it and start again!"

The Masterpiece!

Ethan's final product!

Ethan's Christmas Tree

This was decorating weekend. We started with decorating a tree for Ethan's room. He was pretty proud to show off his tree to his brother! Ethan even made the chain links to go on the tree! I'll post a picture of the tree.