...is to get back home, but until then, we have been making the most of our time here. I feel like it has been a crazy couple of weeks packed with trips to see Santa, parties with friends, school parties and lots of Christmas shopping.
Last Friday, we had Parker's school party. It was kind of hilarious. All of the parents got there to watch them sing and then the kids had a party while the parents had tea. I was so excited to see Parker sing (I had already heard all of the songs in the car), but during the concert, P just sat there....literally...he was so tired (he had already been there two hours longer than a normal day), and he barely mouthed more than a couple of words per song. He did, however, find enough energy to protest when the teacher handed him a star with 'too many sparkles'. Silly kid. I did video, but we were told we couldn't post any videos or pictures online...so...shoot.
We also celebrated our family Christmas this weekend. Santa made a special trip to our house on Saturday night...Parker was so, so excited. The worst part about celebrating Christmas early is that no one else is celebrating. Brady was out of town until late Friday night, so we had to do Santa on Saturday night (plus we had to have soup and queso for dinner:)...but then we had church and a birthday party all day on Sunday (and brady had to work, ugh). So, while it was a great morning...it was just a morning.
P is at such a fun age and he was so excited about all of his presents...such a great morning...
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| carrying treats for Santa |
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| We tried to get him to leave Santa a 'traditional' mince pie, but P insisted that he like cookies better. |
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| 'Christmas' morning and seeing his new workbench from Santa. |
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| He went straight to get his toolbox out:) |
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| Such a good little builder |
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| Cars...Santa actually could have just gotten him these two cars and P would have been ecstatic! |
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| A book that folds into a pirate ship...he loved it!! |
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Trying out new crayons...the best part of doing Christmas before is that Santa was
able to bring some things that mommy needed to get for the plane ride anyway:) |
So blessed to have these two...such a lucky, lucky mommy.
2 comments:
We always traveled to my grandparents' at Christmas so Lauren & I always wrote Santa a letter to let him know he needed to come early. I'm a fan of this plan and waiting till the 25th as a grown-up is a pain!
So when will you be home? Kenneth and Melinda will be here for a few days . . . would be fun to have you over!
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