Merry Christmas 2008...Let it Snow

**There are 3 more posts that were added today.

After being woke up before 7:00 am on Christmas morning, I was happy to see the kids enjoying their gifts from "Santa". The boys were thrilled with their action light sabers...too bad Santa forgot to include the batteries.

While we were sitting around watching the kids enjoy their toys, we noticed it was snowing outside. Upon further looking, we noticed it was hard to see very far away, boy was it coming down and the flakes were huge. I cannot remember the last time it actually snowed on Christmas Day here.

It was even the right texture to make snowballs...or at least a little one. I wonder if it will continue???

Oh wait....this is our lovely state of Oregon. It wasn't much longer when the rain came along and washed the snow away. You couldn't even tell it had snowed unless you actually got to see it.

The boys' School Christmas Programs Dec. 15 & 16

Well, this is the first time I have gotten to see all my boys singing their songs at school. It was so cute watching them and their friends singing their little hearts out.
Some of the songs I had never even heard before....."I want a hippopotamus for Christmas" very cute though.

Brady's class sang "Where are you Christmas?" which I had never heard before...maybe I need to listen to more songs?!?!?! They even got a chance to play the recorder for a song...wow, I remember playing that when I was young.

Skylar's 3rd grade class sang some very cute songs....however, some of the kids were too busy fixing their "antlers" to pay attention to what they were suppose to be doing.

Someone is turning 5

December 14....been a little too busy lately to post anything.
Wow, it is hard to believe Kameryn in 5. It does not seem like it has been that long ago when we brought her home on her 1st birthday.
She got to have her 1st "Party" where she got to invite her friends.....some of which she has known since she was 1.

Hanging Christmas Lights

December 14.......
Well, I finally got James to get out and put up the outside lights. I didn't really know if he would do it or not since we haven't had any outside lights since our first Christmas together back in 1994. The kids thought it was great!!! Maybe next year it won't take so long to get them up.

Children helping to decorate the town tree

Well, today was the day when all the kids at MCE got to go decorate the town tree. This is the first year I have been able to go watch how this event happened and I'm glad I got the chance to go.
Since I have 3 different grades going, I went down with Austin's 1st grade class and went back to school after the 4th graders were finished.

The kids all seemed to be so excited about getting their own ornament hung for everyone to see. I only managed to get a picture of Austin alone...I didn't think of a class picture until I saw Cheryl with her 2nd graders and her great idea of getting a group photo. Thank you Cheryl...too bad you couldn't of been there before the 1st graders. LOL

Skylar's class decided to put most of their ornaments in the bucket to be placed high up on the tree.

There were so many 4th graders trying to hand their ornaments, I didn't even get to see Brady's before he put it in the bucket.

James' Birthday

To start off..James did not want anyone to know it was his birthday today...of course I couldn't let that happen. I made sure the kids remembered to sing to him first thing this morning. I also felt it was my duty to inform the people at the kids' school what today was....after all the time he spends there, I figured it only fair they should get to know a little more about him. Needless to say, he was serenaded (sorry about spelling) first thing when he walked in to school by Darla (Principal) then the office staff did their version. At lunch time the cafeteria staff did their part...Peggy even had a little suprise for him. While he was eating with the 3rd grade class...I believe it was Spring that got all of the kids to sing to him also. I picked a bad time to be in the lunchroom.....I was not getting very "Loving Looks" when the kids finished singing.

When we got home, we got to have his Birthday dinner....he wanted steak and I made him a cake.

Since I didn't know exactly which stock he wanted for his rifle, I made him a certificate promising to get him one this weekend.

"Lost another tooth mom"

Skylar has had a loose tooth for a couple weeks now...he kept wiggling it, but it was not coming out. Last night, he kept at it and said, "I think it is getting ready to come out." When I asked him if he wanted me or dad to pull it out, of course the response was "NO" a few minutes later he came back and was very proud of the fact he was able to get that tooth out all by himself. He put it in the "Toothfairy Box" and after having to convince him I was NOT the toothfairy...thanks for that one Brady..he went to sleep and woke up this morning to find some cash in the box and the tooth gone.