One more day til Christmas!!!

It's Christmas Eve!! I can't believe it's already here!! We are heading out of town later today, so we let the kids open their gifts from us before we left. (Saved me packing space in the car)





It snowed a little at our house before we left, but nothing like what we were greeted with in Marceline when we arrived.



We had dinner at CoCo & Poppa's, went to church and then came back for more PRESENT OPENING!







A Magic Kit!!!



Boxing Gloves?!?!



Look Out!





DJ Jazzy Brett & Jam Master K try out the Jam Mixer

Now off to bed so Santa can come! Sleep tight!!

The countdown continues...2 Days til Christmas

Today our plans were to get out & about and head downtown to Crown Center & Union Station. We picked up Katelyn's friend, Mikaylah and were on our way! Our first stop was at Fritz's for lunch.





Then on to Union Station for "Junie B. Jones in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells"!



Patiently(?) waiting for the show to start



After the show with Junie B. and May



After the show, we had some ice cream and headed home for some more play time. We drove around later that night & checked out all the crazy Christmas light Raytown had to offer.

The countdown is on...3 Days til Christmas

School let out yesterday. It was cookie decorating & fun today!







These were decorated special by the kids - beautiful, aren't they?

Here's my favorite.



In the afternoon, we moved on to Gingerbread houses. We picked this package because there were five houses. I didn't realize how small and very hard to decorate they were going to be. I think we try something different next year. But we did the best we could & turned them into a village.





Whew - These busy decorators need a rest! More fun planned for tomorrow!

The Halls are Decked

The Stockings were hung on the Mantle with care



The tree was decked out with gifts to share



A special sign for a little boy



In hopes that St. Nicholas would bring him some toys!

The perfect day

It's gray and cold and windy outside. Waiting for the rain or maybe snow. But it's the perfect day for movies, popcorn, snuggling in...together. Just me & my two favorite short people.

Tub toy

Bath time + PVC pipe + imagination = FUN



Of course after taking this picture, I realize how disgusting my tub is - guess I know what I'll be doing today.

It's getting chilly out there!

When I got off this morning, there was frost on my windshield - frost that had to be scraped or at least defrosted for a few minutes. Yikes, winter is on the way!!