December 28, 2010

Christmas 2010

Merry Christmas family and friends! This year was better than ever. Nana, Papa and Aunt Abby made their way down from Iowa on Christmas Eve. We enjoyed some cookie decorating together and hanging out. We went to Christmas Eve church service, where I was in the live nativity scene. I was a golden star! I basically had to stand for about 20 minutes and wave a star on a stick around. It was fun and I'm sure I made mom and dad a little nervous when the "live" baby Jesus stood in front of me. No worries I made sure to keep the moving star away from the baby's face. Then we headed off to a family dinner and back home to open one gift before the big day. I had to be quick as Santa was on his way so it was off to bed. I left Santa a sweet treat, sprinkled the lawn with reindeer food and drifted off to sleep.
I was up bright and early and headed downstairs for the big day. I was so excited as Santa left me several goodies off my list. The batman cave, batman action figure and legos were just a few of my favorite goodies. Guess what Aunt Abby and nana/papa bought me......trampoline! A BIG one for outside. We have to wait until the weather is better to put it together. I can't wait to bounce around on that thing! It was a great day filled with presents, memories, giving, eating and just hanging out!
The next day we headed to Lebanon to visit with Mimi and cousins. I was super pumped and couldn't wait to get there. The weekend consisted of another Christmas gathering with presents again...love that part. More legos to build, remote control car, and a robot! I tell you I really like all these new toys. The next 2 days we spent together playing around and went to a children's museum, which was really neat. I enjoyed exploring all the experiments with my cousins. I was sad when Tuesday arrived and we had to head back home. We spent the rest of the week hanging out as a family and trying out all of my new goodies. What a great holiday 2010 was! I appreciate my family for traveling, spending some special time together and making memories. I also learned this Christmas that it's not just about presents, but giving as well. I donated some of my piggy bank money to the salvation army ringers and even bought gifts for my extended family at Santa's workshop. Happy holidays and happy 2011!








December 19, 2010

Cookie Exchange




What 3 better ways to celebrate the holiday season than a cookie exchange, Santa and a room full of girls. One of my mom's students from her class invited us over to their house for a cookie party. What a fun time! We decorated sugar cookies, yum-O and then had a little visit with Santa. Then we enjoyed some play time with some very sweet 5-6 year old girls. I was the only boy and loved every second of it!

December 5, 2010

O Christmas Tree

Busted...I was only trying to help!

finished product

December 4, 2010

Breakfast with Santa





Guess who I ate breakfast with today.....Santa! I was so excited to sit on his lap and let him know all the things I needed for Christmas. The list was rather long this year so we will see what he brings in a few weeks. I even did a little shopping for my family members on my OWN in Santa's Shop!