Here comes Christmas, and here comes our Christmas best! Here we are in front of the Christmas tree after church on Sunday! Monica even let me wear my corduroy suit to church. Also, both of the girls dresses were corduroy and so were Grayson's pants, so it was a theme this year!
Here's little reindeer Grayson getting ready for school. He's also got on his super cool socks that Joy gave him! If I remember correctly they've got reindeer on the back and are Christmasy, and then have big apples on the front, so the perfect blend of Christmas and school.
Our Santa hats came out. They were probably out for a dress up day at school or something, but they just got worn off and on for the rest of the time. I really like when Grayson put it on. It was maybe a little too big for him, but he was loving it and looked so cute!
On Wednesday, Grayson had a performance at school. Monica even took the girls out of school so they could come too. Grayson looked a little nervous when he was walking to the front, but go so excited when he saw us there to watch. His class sang two songs, and then at the end all of the kids sang Feliz Navidad together.
We have several friends who also have kids at the preschool, and Joy is one of them! Joy is in the class older than Grayson, and her class was dressed up for a Nativity while they sang. Joy got to be a donkey. After the performance Grayson and Joy got a picture together under the star up front.
Brooke had a performance for tumble pom.
And Winry did as well.
On Friday both girls had their class parties at school. Monica volunteers in Winry's class so she went early and set up food, etc. and helped run everything.
Grayson and I came and went to Brooke's class. We did jump up to Winry's as well to say hi, but mostly were down in Brooke's class. Monica came down to say hi to Brooke as well. We stayed for a little, but after Grayson got his donut he wasn't as interested in being there and we headed back home. Monica helped clean up after Winry's party was over, and I think she went down to say bye to Brooke and helped clean up down there as well. The girls wanted to stay for the rest of the school day, so instead of coming home at 9-ish they stayed until 11:45-ish.
Oh my this little cat has been such a beggar lately. She had her tooth issues and had to eat wet food for a while, and since it dries out we'd only give her a little bit at a time and feed her a couple times a day. Well, wet food is a treat to her, and ever since she's been meowing at us a ton every morning. It's usually not before 5 am, but as soon as she hears any sign of us stirring she comes into our room and meows for food. If that happens to be a response to my alarm then no big deal, but when you apparently made too much noise rolling over and she comes a meowing, well, that's a little too much. I've been fighting back the last few days by closing her out of our room so we can keep sleeping (unless she starts meowing loudly, but she usually doesn't). Anyway, she's slowly eating more of her normal food, and so we've been giving her less and less wet food, and now we're working towards just once at night so she'll stop meowing in the morning! She'll also come running from anywhere in the house when she hears the fridge water dispensing to see if it's me and will give her treats! This cat is so beggary lately!
We'd never been to this mall before so we walked around a little and saw this inviting reindeer! They actually had this exact same guy in the Denver airport before and I've taken a picture with one.
There was also this giant ornament. Grayson really wanted to jump up and grab the ring, but he's still just a little too small.
When we were heading back to the car we saw a line to see Santa! And it was free. We hopped in the line, and there was an elf named Jingles helping out and keeping everyone's spirits bright. She was awesome, she came and talked to the kids for a little and they really loved it. She also got the whole line to sing a song together.
And then we got to go see Santa. He had a fine southern accent that I really appreciated, and the kids all got to tell him what they wanted. Grayson was our only kid who's been sure and consistent with his Christmas wish. He wants "one of those fogs that jumps when you push the tab on it."
For Church on Sunday Brooke wanted some fancy Christmas hair, and that meant wreath hair! Super awesome!
The kids all sang a Christmas song during Sacrament Meeting. They sang Star Bright, which I think is a newer hymn and will be in the new hymn book. I really liked it.
When we got home from church, Jelly really looked like she was wishing she'd been born a kangaroo. I was there to help fulfill all her dreams. Just look how relaxed and happy she looks....
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