Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Christmas at Gigi & Bubba's

Christmas Eve is spent with Gigi and Bubba ~ we have our "traditional" dinner of steak, shrimp & scallops, followed by gifts for the kids.
Cooper made a fort with his presents
 Reagan followed suit.
 my beautiful girl
 my handsome young man
 Cooper hit the jackpot with Star Wars, Legos, & MineCraft!
 Reagan got a few fuse bead design books
 and a cross-body bag for her Bible
 They were both excited when Cooper opened a Hero Factory Toy
 Reagan asked for "a little bit of candy"
 more Star Wars Legos
 MineCraft figures
 Reagan received a few Legos herself
 Dollywood and Splash Country Season Passes!
 a final joint gift
 it's an air hockey table, but we'll wait until we get home to open it!
 Once we got home from Gigi & Bubba's, the kids had a lot to do to get ready for Christmas Day.
Setting out food for Santa's reindeer
 they set out their homemade cookies and milk for Santa
 took a few pictures for mom!
 and watched a video message from Santa
 They were anxious to find out if they were on the nice or naughty list!
It was close...but Santa said they made it on to the nice list!

Christmas Eve 2014

What a fun day we've had!
we found Snowflake this morning...he brought gifts!
 He left a sweet good-bye letter
Cooper and Reagan took turns reading the letter
 for a few minutes, they could hug Snowflake and say their good-byes
Snowflake brought a MineCraft Enderman
 He brought skate guards for Reagan
 Cooper helped bake cookies...
 Reagan helped decorate them!

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Gingerbread Houses

Today was our annual gingerbread house making day.  The kids always do a great job with this activity.
holding her house in place 
 hard at work
 Reagan's finished house
 Cooper wanted to show his house from all angles...
front
 side
 other side