Celebration Academy Christmas Program

John Lawrence had his Christmas program the last week of school before the Holidays. He was a shepherd in the play and then they had a party afterward. It was a lot of fun and so cute to watch! I am writing this on the night before he goes back to school. He is so excited for school to start back. He has missed it over the last 2 weeks.

Spend the Night Party at Aunt Martha Jan's House

In December as well, Aunt Marth Jan (not Jane- per John Lawrence) invited John Lawrence and Walker to spend the night at her house for the night and have a party. Henry decided he wanted to go too! So they started the night off with pizza, popcorn, and movie. The next morning it was off to eat biscuits and drink a coke for breakfast. Martha Jane lives in a condo in downtown Atlanta so it was a really fun spend the night party. The boys and Martha Jan had a great time!

Middle of December trip to GranJan and Pop's House

I am so behind in blogging so here goes a recap of December.

Jan and Larry had all 4 boys for a couple of days in December to make Gingerbread houses and go to Hollywild (look at Christmas lights and feed the animals). They had a great time and Jan captured all the moments and then sent pictures. They had a great time and Mason and I had some time to complete our Christmas shopping and enjoy some quiet time.

Thanks for keeping all 4 boys!

Visit with Santa 2008

We took the boys to see Santa yesterday and they did great. Mac was not afraid at all. JL even added some new things to his list.

Wordless Wednesday

Cozy Night

We had a cozy night and put up the Christmas tree. The requirements were a fire, hot chocolate, make chocolate chip cookies and wear Christmas pajamas. It was cold and rainy as well. It was perfect. We got the tree decorated and it looks great it is officially Christmas at our house.

The last thing John Lawrence said before he went to bed was "Is the tree going to filled with presents when I wake up?" I had to tell him no. I am only half way done xmas shopping and have not wrapped any presents yet.

Sorry! I am normally completely done by this time.

Picking out a Tree

We went to Thompson's Christmas Tree Farm last night to get our tree. It was a cold night, which was perfect for some hot apple cider and hot chocolate.

We got a 9' foot tree. It is tall and skinny. Perfect for our tall ceilings!

Gingerbread Christmas Tree

Today John Lawrence and I made a Gingerbread Christmas Tree. Maybe not the best, but 50 times better than the Gingerbread House from last year. I blogged about that one as well. It really got us in the mood to decorate the tree tonight.

PS-I bought this kit last year the day after xmas ($2.99). It is a year old and the tree part was hard as a rock and broke while I pulled them apart. Also, the icing was hard too, so not bad with what we had to work with. Next year I will know to buy fresh!!!!

PSS- Had to use school glue and Mod Podge to hold it together. Mason said "I guess we can't eat the candy off of it this year". I said who actually does that anyway. Then I forgot my mother-in-law Jan actually made everything from scratch when she did these for her kids when the were young. So no no do not eat the candy!!!!

Cricket is Here

JL took this picture~

He was so excited that Cricket came back.

Cricket came to live at our house (for the first time) last year the day after Thanksgiving and stays until Christmas Eve night. The other part of the year he lives at the North Pole with Santa Claus.

He is a big deal in our house! Every night he flies to the North Pole to tell Santa Claus if we were good or bad that day and returns home before the boys wake up and moves to a new spot.

The boys have so much fun looking for him. It is the first thing John Lawrence thinks about when he wakes up. Mac has already caught on as well. This year JL not only thinks about himself, but also about me.

EVERY time I discipline him now he reminds me that Cricket is watching and that I am being mean and Santa will find out. He truly talks to Cricket and tells him what happened and why he does certain things.

It is so cute and let me tell you, JL is on his best behavior in the month of December.

This is a family tradition and I love it!!!

2nd Birthday party

We celebrated Mac's bday again in Kentucky with my side of the family over Thanksgiving. Again, he loved the cake.

Mac turns two!

Mac turned two on November 29th and we celebrated a week early at my house with family. Mac's favorite thing was his birthday cake. He had a great day!