Christmas Eve 2011

 On Christmas Eve, we headed to my parents house to celebrate with our family from Austin.  The kids had such a fun time playing together

Kennedy, Jillian, Jarrett, Cooper, Kaitlyn and Cale

My girlies!

 Trying to get another picture right before opening presents!!  

 Kaitlyn and Kennedy got a Tangled Wii game!!

Jilly got house shoes from Aunt Terri!

 Modeling her shoes

 She also got a bath time Ariel doll!!

 The twins got "rock star" outfits! They loooved these and wore them all day (and wanted to wear them all the next day too!) Thanks Aunt Terri!   (They also got fun house shoes...the more bling the better!)

 All the grandkids made a hand print Christmas tree for my mom and dad. This was my wonderful sister-in -law's idea!!  I have to admit, I was quite nervous watching Jenn paint all of the kids hands with green paint!  Two 5 year olds, one 3 1/2 year old and one 2 1/2 year old with paint on their hands! But, everyone did well, and no one decided to paint the walls!  :)

 Another cute shot of my rock stars :)

 We did our annual Christmas nativity play :) 

Kennedy was the angel this year, Kaitlyn was Mary and Jillian was a shepherd.

 Trying to get a group shot!

Cale was shepherd too, Cooper was Joseph and Jarrett was the narrator!

 After the play was craft time!(Cale and Kennedy)

 Jilly and Kaitlyn

They also got boxes with lots of goodies in them...including these microphones! They were so neat! They had a mode on them where you could make your voice sound like an elf! All 6 kids had one and you can imagine the noise! Fun times!

Tony had to work on Christmas Eve this year....that was no fun. :(  But he was able to join us later that evening to tuck the kids in and help set everything up for the morning!  What a fun Christmas Eve!

Christmas fun

 We have been busy and I haven't been very good at capturing everything on camera, but I have gotten a few things. This picture was taken one Sunday when we were busy with family stuff and we skipped naptime (which we never do!) I came out to find these 2 sound asleep!

 So sweet

 We also went to Chick Fil A's Christmas party! Here are 2 of my goof balls having fun! (Jilly and Kennedy)

Kennedy and Kaitlyn had a play at school. Kaitlyn was Mary and Kennedy was a shepherd. It was super cute! :)

 Kaitlyn (Mary)

 Nativity cast

 Trying to get a good pic of K and K! It was cute to see them "act". Kaitlyn was pretty shy and Kennedy was bold!



That same week, they had their Christmas party at school! :) I didn't get to go, but Tony was able to and snapped a few pictures on his phone! They came home with a TON of candy and cute gingerbread houses.

 Kaitlyn's masterpiece

 Concentrating (Kaitlyn)

Kennedy working hard!

Next up, Santa Cow and Rudolph!

Santa Cow

 Loving on the cow

 Rudolph!

 Face painting! (Kennedy)

 Jillian

Kaitlyn wanted her hand painted.

I know there will be a lot more fun to come! :)

Sick turkeys

Well, my little turkeys were still sick on Thanksgiving. In the words of Jillian, "boo, hoo hoo".  Tony was off work, so we had a nice restful day at home, but no turkey for us. As it happened, my dad came down with a sinus infection and felt pretty bad, so Thanksgiving has been rescheduled for this Sunday with my family/extended family.

We did take the opportunity to decorate the house for Christmas! The girls were on pins and needles waiting to do this. They had such a fun time!! 

 Rediscovering the elf hats

 

 Wow, that hat looks big!  

My "cheesy" little girl

 

 Posing with Scooter

Can you tell Jillian is a little ham???

 Playing with the Little People Nativity (they love this and so do I!)

 Group picture!

Our Christmas tree is very bottom heavy...hmmm...wonder why?

 Jilly checking out the snow man

 Putting up an ornament

Kaitlyn

Kennedy

That evening, my mom and I went Black Friday shopping!! I haven't been able to go in a few years, but since the stores opened at night I had lots of time! We started at 7pm  and shopped until 2am! I was super tired by that time, but it was so worth it!

The girls are fever free (finally!) and on the road to recovery. :) Happy Thanksgiving!

First musical and fevers

 Last weekend Kennedy and Kaitlyn participated in a musical at Sugar Creek called "Under God's Sea in 3D" They were part of the choir and we were so proud of them!  Here are just a few pictures of the girls.

 

 Walking on stage at the beginning of show

My sweet girls! (They got "Under the Sea" hats)

Last week on Tues, Jillian starting not feeling so well. By Wed she had fever. We took her to the dr and they said it was just a cold/virus. Well....now we are on day 6 and the poor thing STILL has fever! AND...she passed this lovely virus to her sisters. Kennedy got fever Saturday and Kaitlyn woke up  with fever today (Sunday). We are hoping and praying that this passes quick so we can enjoy Thanksgiving with extended family! I am very thankful, though, that I am off this week for Thanksgiving break so I can take care of them and they aren't missing school. That's a blessing!

Super Saturday

Today was a fun filled day! Tony was off work (yea!) so we had lots of fun! Kennedy and Kaitlyn are in kids choir at Sugar Creek Baptist and they had a 2 hour rehearsal today, so we dropped them off at the church and we took Jillian to the mall. We didn't expect to see Santa so soon, but he was there, there was NO line and she REALLY wanted to see him. The prices for the pictures are sooo expensive, so I snapped a few on my phone. Sorry for the poor quality, but I'm so glad I got some! She LOVED it! She told Santa she wanted a bike!

My brave little girl! No fear from this child!

 "Santa, I want a bike for Christmas."

Jillian had a lot of fun at the mall and really enjoyed all the "mommy/daddy attention".  We ate lunch at the food court and she got to play at the play area for a while.  Then, it was off to pick up Kennedy and Kaitlyn.  

After naps, we went to Bass Pro Shop in Katy. They had a Santa Wonderland there and Santa was giving FREE pictures! Plus there were crafts and other fun things.

(Sorry again for the picture quality...using my phone)

 This was the first time since the twins were 6 months old that they have visited Santa. Before this, they were way too scared! They loved it! They told Santa they wanted guitars.

 Talking with Santa

 Posing with Frosty

 

 Craft time! They were making a Santa ornament

 Concentrating

We left that store and headed out to the mall. We walked around and enjoyed looking in the different stores. We came upon the food court and of course they wanted to ride the merry-go-round!

 Kennedy

 Jillian

This was her first time to ride on a merry-go-round!

 Kaitlyn

After the ride, we had dinner and walked around some more. By this time, everyone was getting tired.
We were so happy that Tony was off on a Saturday this week! We had such a wonderful day! Tomorrow is Kennedy and Kaitlyn's big musical! We can't wait to see them perform.