December Phone Dump

Making Christmas crafts.

"A Winter's Tail" Day at the Western North Carolina Nature Center.

Just when I thought I couldn't be more proud of him-- he got an award :)

I drop Carver off at school a bit before 8:00 every day. Then I have about a 20 minute gap before I can drop off Carson. He likes to take car line selfies :)

Carson's (last) Christmas program at Montreat Monring School. He GREATLY anticipated this program, practicing his songs all day long. He did a spectacular job. 

Carver's class has a binder with profile pages for each kid. This is Carver's picture...

Carson was "helping" me sweep. And he complained a bit about how sweeping was hurting his back, etc. But he really did try so hard to help. 

Cocoa and Carols at Biltmore Church. Actually it was at the local Harley Davidson shop (ha!). It was an odd event. Carson thought the caroling was "too loud."

Seeing Santa at the Harley place. 

I cleaned and organized the pantry!

Carver had a tooth that was barely hanging on. I was sympathetic....but I do not do loose teeth. So I held him for moral support and turned my head away and squeezed my eyes shut, and he pulled it himself :)

Carson's Christmas party at school.

Pizza Hut for lunch after his Christmas party. 

Carver's Christmas program at school!

Snacks in Carver's room after the program.

I introduced Carson to the massage chairs at the mall. He thought it was hilarious.

Christmas craft day at Becky's house. We planned crafts and ate lunch and the kids played outside. It was a perfect day!

Going to see the Christmas lights display. We left the house before 6:00 p.m. and stopped at Culver's for a quick dinner. Then spent well over an hour in line to get in to see the lights. I think we got home at about 10:00 p.m. The lights were great and the kids were pleasant, but this probably won't be an every year activity. 

We kept Creed for awhile before Christmas. The boys love and adore him...and he went to bed with Carver every single night.

More crafts...

It was really nice being home this year for Christmas-- and the very first time we have ever celebrated Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with just us. It was a night of sweet family time as we got ready to head out to the service at our church.

All ready for Christmas morning. 

Mid-morning on Christmas day we headed to Daniel's parent's house. We ate lunch with all of Daniel's extended family (who we usually only see every couple of years). The boys played on their new Big Wheels and we stayed the night there. The next day we got up and the boys and I began our trek to Baltimore (with a stop-over at Lyle's house in VA).