Twinkle’s Adventures Continued

Twinkle had been up to his usual shenanigans this week. We find him in the funniest places, and he always seems to find some mischief to get into around the house (sounds like two little children I know).

Here are a few of his recent hiding places-

Taking advantage of the Christmas decorations, and stealing my candy!

 

Taking his Pug out for a midnight ride

Phew, all that play means a little extra nap time with his good friend Mr. Bear

All that snoozing gave him some extra energy to have a snowball fight with Santa and his elf.

Borrowing Bitty Baby’s rocking chair to catch up on a little light reading

Playing Pirates, complete with an eye patch

and with total disregard for the cleanliness of my house, he TP’d our Christmas tree this evening…

Complete with a note. That stinker!

Can’t wait to see what this week brings, it must be exhausting upping your game each night!

Laney’s Preschool Christmas Party

On Friday, Delaney had her Christmas party at preschool and Ryan was able to keep Colton so she and I could have some time together. We ate cookies and made a Gingerbread house. I love seeing her at school with her little friends, so –so fun!

Look at this big girl! When did she grow up??

We had cupcakes with candles for Baby Jesus’ Birthday

Then got to work on our Gingerbread house-

As always, Laney was very intent on getting everything just right!

... Ta Da! The finished project!

Delaney’s first Christmas Program

Last Thursday was Delaney’s first ever Christmas program with her preschool class. We were all VERY excited and she had been practicing her songs and Bible verses for weeks! She was a camel, and Grammie and Grandpa and Nina and Papa all made it down to see her!

Here she is with Bitty Baby in their matching Christmas dresses.

With Grammie and Grandpa

and her momma!

Dressed up in her camel costume- that’s the cutest camel I’ve ever seen!

Up on stage, she did so well- sang all the songs and never had a moment of shyness!

And this little man thought he needed some stage time after his sister was done, he loves to be the center of attention!

And at the end of it all? Cookies, of course!

Needless to say, I loved every minute of it!!

Where’s Twinkle?

 

We’ve been having tons of fun with our little elf, Twinkle (ok, truthfully I’ve been having tons of fun). The first thing Laney wants to do in the morning to to find Twinkle- so here are a few of his favorite hiding places so far…

On an ornament in the kitchen window

Riding Colton’s piggy bank

Fishing!

Taking Rapunzel out for a little date

And this morning, he brought the kids presents, Christmas Jammers and Rudolph slippers. (he’s on top of the light, see him?)

The slippers, of course, had to be put on immediately

And modeled!

He’s also been on a car ride with us and left the kids a Christmas note on our chalkboard (no pictures, sorry)

He’s definitely keeping us on our toes!

Lights!

Last Sunday Ryan cooked a HUGE turkey so we convince Fran and Jake into coming down and test driving our turkey and seeing the lights at the fairgrounds.

The turkey turned out excellent and the lights were so fun! They have huge draft horses pulling a carriage so for a fee you can ride through and see the lights. It’s so fun to bundle up and go- the little girlies loved it!

The big arch at the beginning of the fairgrounds

waiting, not very patiently, for our turn in the carriage.

Colton, in a very Christmas Story moment, fell down and was too bundled up to get back up. He he!

Merry Christmas!

Gingerbread House Party 2011

The 4th annual Gingerbread House party was last night, this year we stepped up our game with an ugly sweater contest AND trophies for the winners!

I took a picture of each family as they walked in the door, I’m pretty sure that A LOT more effort was put into the ugly sweaters than the Gingerbread Houses!

The Perkins

The Water’s

Us!

George and Chelsea Withers

The Stallings

Wes, Beth and Chloe

These two pictures make me laugh! Before, and after!

Me and my sick little man, he felt terrible but was still a trooper!

After a lot of eating and some decorating, the voting began…

……………..drum roll, please……………………….

Taking home the “They must be Jewish” award…… The Stallings family and their house with a “sky light”.

Taking home the Best House of 2011 and a trophy……………………………… The Perkins Family!

And finally, taking home the trophy for Best Dressed…………………… Wes and Bethany in their home made shirts, complete with battery packs and lights!

 

then after all that work, a little bed time story before bed!

It was another FUN party- I love this time of year, especially when I get to fill my house up with all the people I love the most! I’m not sure how I ended up with such wonderful fun friends, but I’m dang glad I did!

Merry Christmas!