All dressed up right after church at my mom's on Christmas Eve
The girls
I ended up with a few pictures of me with Shelby this Christmas and since it's rare that I'm in a picture with my kids I'm going to post them all. :)
Shelby
Santa got Darcy roller skates and all of us umbrellas. Maybe he didn't know she would use them together in the house.
Ezra got a remote control boat like he requested, but he had to wrestle with a little disappointment that it didn't have all the crazy bells and whistles (like going 100 miles/hr., having three propellers, and a boat trailer to go with it). He was mostly happy with it though.
Parks got Optimus Prime since his first request for Santa was a transformer. By the time Christmas actually came he had changed his mind many times, but he accepted Optimus Prime happily anyway.
All four kids in the Christmas mess
There was a Nativity showcase at our church building that we went to a couple weeks before Christmas. I was really amazed and impressed with how many different Nativities were there. There were some really amazing ones, and a few fun activities for the kids while we looked around. Parks was the kid that was the most interested in looking at the nativities which was a surprise. The other kids were just trying to hurry and get the scavenger hunt done, but he wanted to stop and look at them all. This rubber duck nativity was a hit.
Our neighbor/Darcy's friend was at our house when it was time to go and we asked her if she wanted to come along. She was excited to come and we were glad we got to take her.
The nativity puzzle
Darcy and Shelby at my mom's in their Christmas jammies
We partied hard at the Rexius party and Shelby was ready to crash by the time we were done.
Shelby got a doll from Santa and was pretty happy (and maybe a little shy at first) to meet her.
It took us until a couple weeks after Christmas to get down to the river to let Ezra try out his boat. He had been begging us and was so happy to finally use it.
Carrie and Shelby had a little fun with the singing/dancing Santa and the Christmas lights at Grandma's.
I decided to try a gingerbread house with my kids for the first time this year. They liked it alright I think, but I could be happy if we never do that again. It was really messy and really hard for me to just let them loose to do it how they wanted. Parks was eating all the candy before we could get it done.
For the last few years we have gone to Beaver Bark to see Santa and the reindeer. A nice lady there offered to take a family picture for us.
We fully expected Shelby to cry when we put her on Santa's lap (and I admit I'm a little bit sad she didn't) but she just sat there like it was no problem at all. We were pretty amazed at how cooperative all four kids were for this picture.
A friend of mine posted on Facebook that it was the last year for this big light show out on someone's farm. We had never heard of it before and of course had never been, so I decided we better go check it out. It was a bit farther away than I had expected, but it did not disappoint. No pictures could do it justice. We drove through three times.
Shelby does not go to people besides Drew and me very easily, so this was a victory when she hung out on Aunt Sharee's lap for a while.
The big group at the Rexius party
G.G. and Grandpa Bill get all the kids pajamas every year and this year all the girls were in red.
I loved Shelby's sweet little outfit this year. Maybe it shouldn't be, but putting together our Christmas church outfits (especially my girls) is one of my favorite things about Christmas.
Sweet fancy sleeper
Darcy is always wanting long skirts or dresses or sweaters, so I was excited to find this dress for her this year. She loved it too.
Of course Shelby had to spend some time in the curtains. And you can see out the window the magical snow that we got on Christmas Eve so we got to have a white Christmas. It hasn't snowed since.
Drew made amazing omelets for Christmas breakfast.
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