Earlier in December, Erin had a speaking part in the 4th grade musical. She was a reindeer!
Waiting to sing.
Just a little bit of her performance. She did great, as well as everyone else (for 9 and 10 year olds).
Christmas
Christmas Eve after Santa dropped off the presents.
This was about 2 hours after we finished opening presents - around 8:30am
Jack was very interested in Luke's new tool set, while Luke was happy to watch Howie play a new Wii game. Erin was thrilled to get a doll bed for her American Girl doll. There is a large Hot Wheels Race Track behind the couch and it gets daily use from all of the children.
Howie played his new Wii game while Howard was in my bedroom setting up Howie's new PS3. Howie freaked out big time when he saw the PS3 Santa brought him. Apparently Howie thinks it's the best present ever. The upside for Howard and I is that we can now watch Netflix in our bedroom.
By far, Erin's favorite gift is her iPod touch. It never leaves her side.
Jack and Luke both love their Lego sets that we got them. I love how they can play for hours, especially Jack. I have a feeling I will be buying him Legos for a LONG time.
Luke showing off his new blue Ninjago minifig.
Overall, we had a successful Christmas season. We finished shopping on Black Friday, so we were able to relax and have fun in December. We looked at Christmas lights twice, made sugar cookies, helped at the City Rescue Mission a couple of times, make gingerbread house, did Advent activities each day, and watched our favorite Christmas movies. I'm a little sad to take down the Christmas decorations this year, normally I can't wait to put it all away. I have one more week to enjoy the Christmas season.
Christmas Snow
We had a small snow storm on Christmas day. Only about an inch of snow, but the wind was brutal. It was so pretty!
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