Once more, more Christmas

These are pictures of Chloe at the Christmas tree lighting ceremony and Sam at his Elf Christmas program at school.

Here's two pictures of our Christmas crafts we did with the kids. We made snowball soaps out of grated up Ivory soap bars. I won't be making those again. The kids got kinda messy with them.

Then we covered styrofoam balls with gumdrops. I love the way they look when they covered tightly in them. They hold up also. I have a larger one that I made a few years back. We pull it out and hang it on our fan/light at Christmastime. I love it! The ball without any gumdrops is Sams creation. He did have gumdrops on most of his, but then decided he liked the "spikey ball" better.

More of Christmas

I'll start with the Christmas Eve jammies. They weren't Christmas themed this year. I had a hard time finding pj's for the kids. Lexi's were probably too skimpy (especially for winter time) and Chloe's will probably fit her better next Christmas. Colby loved his though. We call them his man jammies.

So, here's the kids in the hallway waiting to come out to see what Santa left for them. Notice Colby on the ground crying. He perked right out of it when he saw his car.

The aftermath of it all. It didn't take long for Lexi to lay on the ground. Next thing you know Sammy was laying under the table. Colby was still happy in his car. I'm not sure where Chloe was. I even looked through the pictures and didn't see her in any. I know she was there, all of her gifts were opened :)

Here's a closer shot of Chloe's cute baby doll. It's blurry, darn camera ~ couldn't be the photographer, has to be the camera!

Santa came to our house!

Guess my kiddos were on the nice list this year. We have these elves that I've bought over the years. They are the cutest elves ever made & yes, I'm happy to say that I am the proud owner of four of them. We have a little story about Santa and the elves.

When Santa arrives at our house, he sprinkles some magic dust. The magic dust makes the elves come to life while Santa is there. They tell him whether or not the kids made it on the nice list and they let Santa know what the kids want him to leave them. They will know if the elves come to life or not. In the morning when they wake up, if the elves talked to Santa, then they always are in a different spot.

This year, when the kids woke up, the elves were sitting on the couch, each holding one of the kids stockings. Their stockings were filled with the normal goodies: candy, little toys, toothbrushes and of course makeup for Lexi. The kids all went through their stockings before wanting to open their presents. The kids all received a stuffed puppy alongside their stockings. I'm pretty sure Santa got a super good deal on them from the Hallmark store, probably only paying $1.50 each :)

Santa left each of them an unwrapped gift also. They each were happy to see what he brought. Lexi got a camera and a scarf, Sammy the bike and helmet he had asked for, Chloe the cutest baby doll in a crib with a highchair and Colby a Little Tykes car.

Tomorrow I'll fill you on their reactions and post some pictures of the kids. But, for now, I'm off to try to win some more prizes online!