Ryan's Preschool Christmas Program

Ryan did a great job at his program. He sang all of the songs with actions and wasn't shy at all. I love that! He is in the green shirt with blue stripes. Good job Buddy!

Santa came to our house!

We had a great Christmas weekend. The snow made it all the more exciting and festive! I love being all warm inside the house with it snowing like crazy outside! We had so much fun on Christmas eve sledding, playing Christmas bingo, keeping tabs on Santa via the internet, reading the Christmas story and opening up jammies! When we went outside to leave a snack for the reindeer, Zach even thought he saw Rudolf's red nose blinking in the sky! He was freaking out..So excited!! Santa came and the kids had a great time opening up their gifts. Steve and I enjoyed watching them! Zach gets the prize for making you feel the best about gifts. He shouts, "Yes! Just what I asked for!" Bree was more quiet this year, she would just smile nicely and say thank you...not very exciting. Ryan would either shout, "Thank you Santa!" or toss the gift aside and look for another one. We made our 3rd turkey dinner in one month and chowed down on lots of candy. Each of the kids got their own pack of orange sticks and because I was down stairs most of the day, I didn't really monitor their candy intake like I usually do.....I went upstairs later that night and found 2 empty orange stick boxes! Are you kidding me!!!? Needless to say, they had to surrender their candy to me and now they are under strict candy supervision. They are obviously not old enough to know when to stop. Zach told me that night that he had a tummy ache...Duh!! Really?
I hope all of my family and friends had a great holiday!

Sledding

Ryan even had his own ski lift!

We had a great day on Saturday! First of all, we slept in until 9:00, then our niece babysat while Steve and I finished our Christmas shopping. The mall was a mad house, but it was still fun to be out with the crowds (for an hour, then we were sick of it). We took the kids sledding later that day and had so much fun! It seems like a pain to get everyone all geared up and ready to go, but it's always worth it! Steve attempted to snowboard down the hill and crashed, I thought I would die laughing! I also tried to "snowboard" down the hill on a sled and I totally crashed too...It doesn't look like it hurts when I see other people fall, but I hurt SO bad! The snow wasn't fluffy, it was like ice! I had jeans on and I spent the rest of the time watching from the car, trying to get warm! We came home and made the kids hot cocoa and felt like good parents.....Then we left them again. :) To go to the store to get groceries for a delicious turkey dinner with the Geislers! Merry Christmas everyone!!!

The Twilight Before Christmas

What did I do all week?

Well, on Monday I volunteered in Zach's class. Steve was home sick, so Ryan just stayed with him. I love going to Zach's class, he is so excited to have me there and he will let me give him hugs and kisses. It's also nice to see how he's doing in class among his peers. He is doing great in reading and I'm so proud of him. He got in trouble a lot 2 weeks ago and got a note home every day, but the past 2 week he's gotten all stickers on his conduct card. Go figure! I did say he couldn't play the DS if he got a note, maybe that worked!
On Tuesday I got my Mom's Christmas gift and card and mailed that off. I also worked in the afternoon, then took Bree to dance, then went back to work that night.
Wednesday, I actually worked out...Shocker. Then that night I went to my work Christmas dinner at Christopher's downtown. It was really fun and the food was delicious! Steve stayed home sick, but 3 other gals didn't have their husbands, so it was kinda like a girls night out, fun!
On Thursday, while Ryan was at school, I got out all of the supplies to wrap presents. I used to really enjoy this, but now it hurts my back so much, so I dread it. It felt good though to get a bunch done. Thursday night was the first night we were all home as a family and it was really nice. I finally sat down to watch my shows and Grey's didn't record, bug! So I settled for Survivor and Friends reruns.

I have been enjoying Christmas shopping with Steve and on my own while the kids are in school and Ryan is at preschool! I was supposed to be shopping yesterday for my kids, but I went in T.J. Maxx for the first time in forever and got a little carried away looking for myself! So I called Steve when I was done and let him know that my Christmas was done and he was very happy about that because usually when he shops for me it's the wrong size or he spent more money on something than I would have.
Bree and Zach had their Christmas program at school and it was really cute. It was called Santa Goes Green and the songs were actually really funny! Each grade did a different song and Bree and Zach sang their little hearts out! The pictures that I took didn't come out very well at all, I need a new camera! Nothing else too exciting going on...just enjoying the Christmas season, I love it!