Lillian's School Program

 Last night we got to enjoy Joseph's Christmas Program, and today I got to bring a bus full of residents from work to see Lillian's class perform the Nativity with the most beautiful Christmas Hymns.  It gave me goose bumps to watch my Little Star perform!  She was so animated and clear - we could hear her voice over all the others.  Daddy was able to sneak away from work and enjoy her performance too.  When she saw her Daddy in the crowd she lit up!

 

 Of course her best Christmas tune was "All I want for Christmas is my 2 Front Teeth!"



Joseph's School Program

Joseph's school performed their annual Christmas show at a local church last night. 

 He was the sweetest little Gingerbread man on that stage!  Of course, he's practiced his song at home for weeks now, belting it out and singing with pride.  But stage fright is for real man!  He just stood there and tried to smile thru his paper costume mask for the first couple of choruses.  All of the sudden, he belted out "3 Little Gingerbread Men lying on a tray". Lillian was so proud of her brother and couldn't wait to rush the stage to hug him.



Visiting The Reindeer

  Murdoch's was housing a couple of Santa's Reindeer this weekend so we popped by to say hello. 

   We got to "make and take" a bag of reindeer food to sprinkle on the lawn Christmas Eve. 

Then we zipped over to Stapleton to enjoy lunch with Daddy since he had to work this Saturday. I'd say he and the kids enjoyed our visit!

A Company Man

 Being a "Company Man" has its perks.  We had a nice adult evening out last night with CFC at the Applewood Golf Course.  It was nice to meet so many of Mike's coworkers and their significant others, and as Mike says it was nice to "show me off", I think I behaved myself!

Everyday Life

 Snowy Saturday mornings mean extended PJ time, fires in the fireplace and fun with daddy!  These lucky kids got to see Santa after mass at St. Joseph's this weekend, that makes 2 visits so far this season. 

 Lillian LOVED seeing Everett at school on his birthday today.  We bought him a GIANT birthday button to wear!  And since Ian's office is across the street he was able to pop by at lunch to give his birthday guy some love (and he always sneaks in a cuddle with Lillian too!).

 Daddy's got the house so warm - the kids stripped down naked this evening to "fly" on mommy!

So much love for each other!

An Old Fashioned Christmas

The town of Golden offers an Old Fashioned Christmas Parade every Saturday in December, equipped with dog sled rides!  Mom and Dad may not live here yet, but that hasn't stopped us from loving Golden.  It was a chilly day for a parade - but once we started dancing in the street with Santa's Elves we warmed up!

 

 Lillian ran into her friend Ayla from the Wooden Shoe, Ayla and her family just moved to Golden too.

 We even met "The Amazing Ian".

Hours of Entertainment!

Who knew this simple game, from an insert in Joseph's school bulletin, could provide so much entertainment?  Joseph refer's to his sister as "Lively Sparklepants" now!