Merry Christmas 2013

The kids woke up bright and early full of Christmas spirit.  It snowed overnight just enough to have a white Christmas; it may be our last one for a few years.

Now Holden can play Xbox with Daddy.

Someone is pretty excited to get a tiger for Christmas.

Lena had a party with the tea set Aunt Lori and Uncle John sent her.

Time for a game of laser tag.

Holden, Joseph, and Lena built houses with the gingerbread kits Rebecca and Jeff sent them.

One candy for the house and one for Holden's tummy.

Lena's gingerbread boy ended up in her cider.

 

Polar Express 2

We took our second ride on the Polar Express on Sunday.  It was more fun than last year because Holden is overcoming his fear of Santa.  He was willing to tell him what he wanted as long as Dad was near.  Holden asked for a robot for Robert so that they could play together.  Joseph brought along his new yellow belt from taekwondo to show Santa, and Lena asked about his reindeer.  It was a fun evening.

There's a new yellow belt in town

Joseph tested for his yellow belt in Tae Kwon Do on Friday.  He did great!  He came home with his new belt and a medal.

Winter Wonderland

Robert and the kids spent a snowy afternoon building a fortress. 

Christmas tree time!

Nutcracker

Lena was a Baby Mouse in this year's Nutcracker.  She and her friends did a fantastic job of remembering their dance.  We will see if another parent was able to get a video of the girls dancing.