We really have had a nice break. No traveling, no big outings, just hanging out at home for the most part. Oh, and a kids party :-)
We (Bubba, Dutch and I) started the Christmas season at the ballet, The Night Before Christmas. It was a great show and we all loved it.
We had our annual visit with Santa at Wallace for the 4th year in a row. This year they added on a pancake breakfast as well. Last year Huck would not go near him but this year he spoke with him and sat on his lap. We got some pretty good pictures, you may recognize them from your Christmas card! Bubba told Santa he would like a Nintendo 3DS. Dutch asked for a cash register and Huck wanted a "momocycle." Santa informed the kids that he prefers chocolate chip cookies over sugar cookies.
We made Christmas cookies. Dutch enjoyed it the most and asked to decorate cookies again several times during the winter break.
We had Parent Watch Week at ballet...
And of course the big day! We celebrated on the 24th because I had to work the 25-27th. Our Christmas Eve was on the 23rd, which cause some confusion among the big kids, but it worked out for us.
And.... Let the fun begin!
The last week of the break I decided to have a party for the kids. We had a snow theme even though there was no snow to be found here. It was crazy but fun. I planned for Minute To Win It style games and one of them was Create a Snowman- you wrap a friend in toilet paper and add a scarf, mittens, hat and buttons. That was fun, but the toilet paper fight that broke out after that was probably the favorite! The kids kept glancing at me with a look like "Are we REALLY getting away with doing this???" And no party at our house is complete without some dancing in the playroom, those kids have some serious moves!
SNOW MUCH FUN!!!
