Almost Christmas!

Christmas is almost here - let the count down begin. James asks almost daily if it's Christmas! It is sure an exciting time around our house!

The monthly picture of the boys - they are getting so big! It's hard to believe that Eli is soon one!

My boys take a break and play on the computer together.

Eli enjoyed his first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. It's one of my favorite TV programs and I love watching it Thanksgiving morning.

Tobias making some tasty side dishes for our Thanksgiving meal. We celebrated Thanksgiving with 2 other families and it was a very fun day!

Eli and I are excited about all the delicious food on Thanksgiving.

Eli enjoyed Thanksgiving leftovers - especially the ham.

My future architect or maybe engineer! James and Tobias love to build things together.

Another one of James' creation at school - a car made with feathers, toilet paper tube, and construction paper. James explains how he built it while we eat breakfast.

James had a music performance at school.

Tobias and I really enjoyed enjoyed the concert - although the talent is still a bit undeveloped in the 4 and 5 year olds!

We all have our own Christmas stockings. James was excited to show his brother that he has his own stocking too!

My men work together to put our angel on top of our tree this year.

Decorating our Christmas tree as a family.

We have a child friendly Nativity scene that the boys enjoy playing with, especially Eli!

Comments

Debby said…

Looks like everyone is ready for the holidays. Such an exciting time for little ones. The boys sure are getting big. They change so much the first few year and you can see the maturity that James is acquiring.... onto another year soon.

December 6, 2012 at 8:52 PM

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