Christmas Eve Eve

Today we spent the day with the cousins at Mimi and Papoos.  The kids played and decorated Gingerbread Houses.  

That night we met Cat and Poppy at Ruby Tuesday's for our Christmas together.  If you want to put Elye in the best mood ever, all you have to do is give her a present.  She was so happy before, during, and after dinner.  On the way home she and Reesi sang Christmas songs the whole way.  There is nothing I love more than hearing my little girls sing.

Fall Break-Florida

I'm a little behind with my blog so I'm throwing in fall break with all my Christmas posts.  We crashed at Lesli and Jeff's house again on fall break.  We got to go to Parker's football game, shopping at Destin Goodwill, shopping at Destin Commons, lots of yummy eating, Jeff's oysters, our favorite brunch place, and an evening on the beach.  

Christmas Programs

Elye had a big Christmas program this year.  Larry was out of town so my parents came and we went to Cool Springs to eat dinner.  That was a big mistake.  Traffic was horrific and we were actually 15 minutes late to the program!  Everyone had already been on stage for 15 minutes!  Luckily, Elye's class hadn't done any of their songs yet so it all worked out well.  She was such the little singer and had been getting to move her clip up several days in a row at school for singing so loudly during practice.  She also got a little bored when it wasn't her classes turn to sing.  She was so proud of herself at the end.  Then we went by Sunnyside lights after the program for some quick Christmas fun.

Reesi's program is a huge production with K-5 all on stage at the same time.  This year we brought binoculars so we could actually see her singing.  She did an awesome job, of course, smiling the whole time.

Miscellaneous Pictures

Elye and her list!

Reesi's photo shoot with Annie

Christmas Cousin Fun

Jenny and Eric had to go out of town one Friday night in December so we had Grace and Lyla over for a slumber party.  The girls watched movies, played, and we made Christmas ornaments.  As the kids get older their schedules get crazier and there seems to be less time to just hang around at home and play.  The girls spent all day Saturday playing and just having fun.  At one point I heard Grace say, "Reesi, isn't this the best Saturday ever!"  Love all these little girls!!

Present Time

One year when Reesi was five or six she decided to wrap up everyone in our entire family a present.  She found tons of little trinkets around the house and wrapped them up.  She still loves to get presents for everyone, but now they are little bitty presents she shops for.  Elye, of course, wants to be part of it too, so she has been "helping" Reesi wrap them all.  I caught one of their sweet moments on camera.