Christmas Day

Hope everyone had a great holiday! It's so hard to believe that another one is over.

Christmas Eve

Every Christmas Eve we go out to my mom and dad's house. My grandparents come up from St. Louis too. It was a long day for the kids and I! When we returned from my mom's house, santa had left each of us a new pair of pajamas and a note for each of the kids. Then we left out cookies and milk for Santa and carrots for his reindeer. By the time we got to all of this, it was near 10:00, and Mason was ready for bed. As you can tell.

Santa

Casey is in love with Santa. She has a stuffed Santa that must remain on her bed all year, she watches Chrismas movies all year, and can't understand why I won't let her wear Christmas shirts in July. Even when she was a baby, she would sit on Santa's lap and we'd almost have to have her surgically removed. These are the pictures from Santa at State Farm this year. As you can see, Mason does not share this infatuation.

Apparently, crying and screaming is exhausting.

Gymnastics

Casey is now in gymnastics and loving it. She goes to Dance Sensations, in the old Bloomington Junior High. Her teacher, Ms. Katrina, is the mother of a little girl from my first year of teaching. Casey loves her and she makes class so much fun!

My ornery little man

I often speak of just how ornery Mason is. It's usually followed up with some sort of comment about how smitten I am by him. Any mother with a son knows exactly what I am talking about. He can be so mean and adorable at the same time.

Example 1:

Example 2: Time Out Spot

Example 3: CHEESE!

Snow

I hate snow and I hate being cold. You can imagine how happy I am that winter is here. Anyways we got about 6 inches of snow yesterday and the kids had a ball playing outside. Mason refused to leave his gloves on!

Happy 50 Anniversary

My Grandparents' 50th Anniversary was on November 23rd. We had a party for them at mom and dad's house. It was great getting to see everyone on that side of the family.