Preschool Program

The hardest part of the program, is waiting for it to get started...

 Just killing some more time...

 Ahhh...and there is our little Angel. Looking confident. Ready to sing this year??

 Once everyone get's lined up, the kids sing 4 songs. The whole program takes approximately 13 minutes. However, this year our little Angel actually SINGS (a few words), and does a few hand motions!! Way to go Connor!

 After all that hard work there are cookies, and lots of coloring to be done. By even the smallest of people.

Cheers!

Christmas Tree Assitant

Connor was a great Christmas Tree Assistant this year.

 He helped pick out a nice looking one..

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 and did a nice job decorating for us.

 Check out the finished product. 

Much more evenly distributed ornaments this year.

 The girls on the others hand...well lets just say "assisting" was not really their thing. They were more into, touching, removing & general destruction. Look: I even caught them in the act!

Jingle

 

That's right folks. Santa sent us our very own Elf. In case Santa has never sent an Elf to your house, let me explain. He shows up once a year around Christmas time to check in with our family. When he first arrived, he won over all the children by bringing us some delicious "North Pole" food like gingerbread cookies, powered donuts, candy & hot chocolate. In fact, now the only thing Connor "really wants for breakfast is Winter food, like Jingle eats." Yes, I agree that does taste much better than whatever Mom usually makes.

 

He usually sits somewhere where he has a good view of the house, and he watches to see if we are naughty or nice. He especially LOVES all things Christmas. 

It is his favorite time of the year, after all.

Sometimes he does nice things for us like fixes toys (Elves are good at that) and this year he hung up our stockings (because he really likes to see the house decorated for Christmas, of course).

 We have noticed that Jingle can be a bit mischievous too...

 ...so we've been working hard trying to teach him how to behave correctly. Occasionally, Connor will just start shaking his head and laugh. I'll ask him what he's doing. "Oh, its just Jingle. I CAN'T believe he...(fill in the blank)...drank all that syrup RIGHT. FROM. THE. JAR." He really is just so crazy, that little Elf. We can hardly wait to see what he'll do next. Be careful if you plan to visit or stay the night. Rumor has it he likes to play pranks on adults too.

I bet you have been wondering...

 ...what we have been up to lately. Well, thanks for asking. We have been mostly busy doing the regular stuff like jumping our wiggles out (going really well, thanks), learning to share (could still use some improvement), and having some Winter fun (sort of a hit or miss).

There was the Winter trip to the zoo...

 Where everyone wanted to walk, but at least 2 tiny people could not manage to walk fast enough, far enough, or in the same direction as the other two people, so sadly had to be quarantined against their own will (which is starting to get nice and strong) in a stroller.

 We've been baking cookies here and there...

 Enjoying some new matching pink snow suits...

Yikes! sorry for the blinding night vision reflectors:(

And wondering if our so-called identical twins are really identical.

 I mean seriously, can't you just see so much difference between them? I can.

 

 Last but not least, we have been getting ready for Christmas! Wait until you see what Santa sent us early this year. Connor can NOT believe it, so get ready to be surprised!