Christmas Time is Here...

Our kids performed in our school's Christmas Celebration this past week.  Jonas and Bethany both sang "Go Tell it on the Mountain" with sign language.

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We had our gift exchange at school and Santa came to hand out the presents!

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Jonas got a super cool monster truck and silly string from his special friend, Will.  Kyle asked for pancakes, and was really excited when he got them!

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Christmas parties were underway this weekend, starting with a Thompson party at Aunt Marie's and Uncle Larry's.  We got to visit with lots of cousins, and Jonas ate tons of treats.  The self-playing piano was a hit, too!

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Here Comes Santa Claus!

Santa knew that Jonas wasn't going to be home on Christmas morning, so he left him this note the night before Christmas Eve:

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Jonas was super excited when he read the note.  He left some cookies, M&Ms, and milk for Santa, some reindeer food for Rudolph, and headed to bed.  He told me he was just going to pretend to sleep so he could see Santa come....and promptly fell asleep within 3 minutes.  Grandma and Papa came over early Saturday morning to watch Jonas open presents.  Here's Jonas when he first woke up - 

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All Jonas asked for from Santa for Christmas was a blue stuffed bear...he got 4!  Now he has a little blue bear family.

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And of course, he got many more presents that he was super excited about.

This ultra excitement is over some little capsules that turn into tiny sponge animals when you put them in warm water.

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Wrapping paper angels!

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Operation - love this game!

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Beyblade battle with Papa

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It was a great morning, and Jonas went to have even more fun with his daddy Christmas Eve night.  Merry Christmas, everyone!

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Festive Friday

Today was Christmas party day at school.  Which basically means super hyper children super excited about Christmas!  It's my favorite day of the year...here's a picture synopsis of the day.  Enjoy!

We start in the morning with some play time and gift exchanging.  This year I got each of the kids a light-up Christmas necklace and a fun Christmas headband.

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Then we meet up with our Special Friends for a pancake breakfast in the gym.

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Singing some Christmas carols

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Santa came to our school!  He handed out all the presents to each of the children.

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Jonas' special friend got him a really cute "lion monkey"!  Jonas loves it and has carried it everywhere with him since this morning.

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The classic "Throw a wet paper towel at the snowman" game...needless to say, the kids loved it.

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My adorable class

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We made "reindeer food"...this is the kids doing the reindeer dance to mix everything up!

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Decorating Christmas cookies

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Story time with Mrs. Lindsay..."The Grinch"

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Making wreath ornaments

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Many, many thanks to Mrs. Lindsay and Mrs. Becky for planning activities for today.  We all had a great time!

Christmas Pageant

Jonas was an angel again this year in the Sunday School Christmas pageant.  Although Giraffee had to be with him most of the time for support for some reason, he did a really good job!  Unfortunately, I couldn't get very many pictures since I was directing the kids.  This will give you an idea of the overwhelming cuteness, though :-)

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Festival of Lights

We brought the kids to the Festival of Lights on Saturday.  I actually didn't get any pictures of lights...weird huh?  But...here's some other cute ones!

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This snowsuit was like a baby straight jacket on Abby...hilarious!

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Great Grandma Vera and Jonas in line to see Santa.

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The kids list for Santa - gum, pickles, a blue bear.  I kid you not...our kids are weird!

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Jonas was picked during the game show to be a contestant.  He had to throw and try to catch a big blow up rocket.  He didn't catch it, but he had a great throw that his teammate caught!  

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Team huddle:

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They also drove through a big light show, saw a magic show, and saw some reindeer...but somehow I forgot to take pictures of all that!  We had a great time, as always!

Christmas Time is Here!

Jonas and I decked the halls last week...well, we decked our apartment :-)  Jonas was a little distracted by ALL the BOXES full of COOL STUFF!!!....so, he wasn't actually very helpful.  But, we did have a great time dancing to Christmas music and getting in the holiday mood!

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Christmas Morning

Jonas woke up at about 8 AM Christmas morning. (I woke up at 5:30! Who do you think was more excited?!?) Great Grandma Vera slept over, and Grandma and Papa got here really early so they could open the stockings Santa left them, too. Jonas was perfect all morning, and even thanked Santa for his presents.

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Jonas was the "director", which meant that he got to decide who opened a present next. This is a picture of the look he gave us every time he was deciding. It was hilarious!

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Jonas added in that he wanted Spiderman at the last minute - I guess Santa was able to pull it off!

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Jonas stopped all the action about halfway through for Papa to read him his new planet book.

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These 3-D glasses came with a new shark book Jonas got in his stocking. They are even shaped like sharks!

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This was the favorite toy of the morning. The dinosaur has a ton of sensors - so you don't even have to press buttons for it to do stuff. It's pretty awesome!

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Jonas got me some presents, too. He got me some cute Christmas socks, a green hair tie (my favorite color), and a pretty Christmas bracelet. And the best part about it is that he picked them out himself! Here's a picture of me (wearing the presents) and Jonas.

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Dinosaur meets Buzz Lightyear

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A video of Jonas playing with Dinosaur:

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