Early scenes of the holidays!

I am going to give myself kuddos for actually accomplishing ONE of my New Years Resolutions from last January... I vowed to keep the blog updated more often! Here is some of the things we have been doing in the last week!
Today - we "tried" to take some Xmas themed pictures with the kiddos... they did not turn out like I had envisioned - so we'll try something else tomorrow... I am running out of time to get the picture made into cards and then MAILED! Maybe we'll do New Year's Cards instead????? Dixie also did not want to stand too still and look at the camera... she's worse than the kids! At least she did not mind the antlers or the Santa hat on her head! She is a real sweetie!

This picture cracks me up! Miss O is very serious when it comes to crayons and drawing! While we were out at dinner a few nights ago, I captured her serious look!

My kids LOVE playing Jenga! Even at 3, Miss O has the concept down and is actually pretty good!

The kids made centerpieces at last weekends Holiday Kickoff... Miss O got the last candle they had.. better her get it than 2 boys fight over the last one! (and they WOULD!)

Big Al is working on his centerpiece. The base is a potato. The kids have to use a screwdriver to poke holes in the potato, then shove greenery into it.....

Little J got his centerpiece flocked in gold... the smell was pretty strong!

Someone was VERY proud of her centerpiece! Unfortunately, the flocking was not dry and got all over her coat!

Little J talked to Santa.... he was a little concerned because his beard was falling off - hence the skeptical look! All our kids know that Santa will NOT come unless you believe in him!

Miss O enjoyed Santa! She told him she wanted a "biiiiiiiiiiigggggggggg bik" aka big bike!

Of course Big Al had to get into the action too..... I wonder how much longer he'll think its "cool"!

We will be getting ready for another fun weekend... Santa seems to hang out in our small town.. he comes alot more than one time!!! :)

Have a great weekend!