Our elf Scout showed up like clockwork on December 1st to watch over the kids and fly out at night to report back to Santa. The little guy always whips the kids into shape leading up to Christmas.
One of our new activities was a gingerbread house making contest at Briarlake Baptist. It seems like we do everything there except actually belong to the church?? The kids had a blast and made a pretty good looking house too (sorry the finish photo did not turn out).
The Lego King got into the holiday spirit by building a Christmas village to display in the Lego room (dining room) throughout the season.
We enjoyed the holiday program at Midvale and got to listen to different "holiday" songs from around the world. Catie was proud of her performance in spite of the fact that she was the only kid not wearing red or white... nice going mom and dad!
This was our year to make the trip to Grandpa and Grandma Moe's house in Eau Claire. The kids love visiting and exploring the house, finding old toys from when their mom was a kid. Here they are raring to go as present opening time was approaching on Christmas morning.
Abster was excited to open one of her too many presents!
Catie had a blast going through her stocking and finding all the little creative treats that Santa selected just for her.
Abby is into winter hats and thought this one was a winner!
Jackson doesn't care much for receiving clothes as a gift but who wouldn't want to be Clay Mathews!?!?
Thanks Uncle John!
One of our outings was going to the indoor waterpark for some indoor water fun. They have all kinds of huge slides and a cool lazy river. These huge water playgrounds are all over Wisconsin, kind of like Waffle Houses in the Southeast.
Usually, you can count on a white Christmas in Eau Claire, but this year there was no snow when we arrived. In fact, there was no snow when we went into the waterpark. We were surprised to find several inches of the fluffy white stuff on the ground when we left!
A Christmas Miracle!
Catie got to visit her buddies Calvin and Sierra. She was so excited to be reunited with her hairy friends. She took them for walks, and fed them but did not pick up their poo during the walks.
She found a new friend Alli the cat...Alli is the boss of the household. So she and Catie had a lot in common.
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