Christmas

Christmas Eve...church and dinner (racklette) at Grandma and Grandpa's...

Grandma and Grandpa with 4 out of 6 grand kids.

The elves brought pyjamas for a Christmas Eve gift.

Our big beautiful girl.

Ethan totally got into the "presents" thing...actually, a few days ago, he woke up and asked if it was time for presents again.

Mason and grandpa...Mason got a very handsome new hat from grandma and grandpa.

Austen, Grandpa, and Buddy.

Christmas morning with stockings.

The elves left a good-bye note.

Santa left a note after eating the cookies and drinking the milk...the reindeer also got some carrots.

Our 2013 Christmas card.

I made 2 cakes for dessert at Oma and Opa's house.

Raclette at Oma and Opa's house.

Our princess.

Back home again...still an elf...

My mother-in-law made some really beautiful snowmen for us...our entire family!  From left to right...Ethan, Austen, Dad, Mom, Megan, Mason.

Boxing Day

Day 24...Christmas Eve presents and googly eyes

On Christmas Eve, the elves brought an early Christmas present for each person...pjs!

They also put googly eyes all over the house...there were way more than just these few pic I posted here but I'm not going to put 30 pictures of googly eyes here :)

This 'n that...

I have a few pic that make up a random post...here they are...

The kids were in the Sunday School Christmas program.

Here's our angel.

And our choir...

Austen in the grey/purple...

Megan on the left, by grandpa's head...

Mason's on the far right...waving...so cute.

Watching the Christmas program...

Last Friday, we got in our pjs, got take-out, and ate it in the van while we watched this musical light show half an hour away from us.

Austen bought himself Christmas socks with a Dollar Store gift card he got for his birthday (Thanks, Mamashunga and family!)

I made some cake pops for Ian's secret Santa at work...she loves cats, dogs, bunnies, and cows...the cat's head has a bite out of it.

PJ day at school the last day...and at daycare.

Austen's classroom birthday cake pops treat.

The kids' Christmas concert at school.

Mason...bottom right, in case you missed him :)

Megan, bottom left, in the middle (third).

Austen...ninth from right...in the dark blue sweater with green and white stripe.

All the kids did a great job in the Christmas concert...their teachers all did an awesome job...it's no easy feat to always think of something fresh and new for the concert and to find the time to practise within their regular curriculum...thank you teachers...you know who you are...you're awesome and we are really lucky to have such awesome teachers for our kids!  They all absolutely love their teachers!

Cookie decorating with the daycare.

What an adorable littl elf :)

Gingerbread house decorating.

Whoops, don't know how this pic got in here...was looking for a frosting for the SCD Diet.  Don't know how to delete in on my iPad app yet...

Masons anti-bullying shirt...

Take a stand...

Silence is not the solution...nope, it's not...especially in Mason's case hahahaha...

Painting canvas snowflakes with our little daycare...

Just chillin', mom...

Look mom, I'm Santa!  Thumbs up!

Our Christmas card photo this year.

The kids got snowman kits from auntie D and uncle B...Megan tries hers out :)

Uncle B on his birthday with the Bob the Builder toolbox cake I made him as a surprise.

Love sparkles.

And lastly...this is what got us through most of December...hahaha

Just joking, of course...kinda...

Hahaha