Christmas in Pictures

Christmas Eve

The kids COULD NOT WAIT to open the fluffy presents that came from Grammy Su and Grampa that they were just sure contained their Christmas jammies. They were not to be disappointed!

And here is Toby enjoying his Chrismas Eve Present, a new bed with blanket and stuffed bone. He must really love it because the bone was destroyed and had to be thrown away and he continues to tear multiple holes in his comfy bed, which Mom has to keep repairing!

Night out in Minneapolis

Our family favorite place to visit in Minneapolis is the Target building, of course! Here the kids are with Brent in the 'Great Hall'.

Then we visited the Macy's display on the 8th floor of Macy's. Even thought we are disappointed that they have the same display every year, we always enjoy the Santa's Workshop displays and the cute little elves.

Jamie delivering her letter to Santa!

Sidney delivering her letter to Santa!

There is nothing better than sharing one of your favorite things with your favorite people. So, we couldn't wait to take the kids to our favorite Musical of all time: Les Miserables! Over Thanksgiving, we watched the movie Les Mis with them so they would know the story and understand. Then we spent several days in the car listening to the songs and retelling the story.

So, the kids were prepped and ready to enjoy this amazing production. (They even knew when to close their eyes and ears for the parts that were not appropriate! This wasn't much consolation to my friends who couldn't believe I took my kids to 'that play', but to each their own!)

We all loved the night, the musical and most of all being together! Now if we could just get those songs out of our heads - Sid and I have been signing them for weeks!

Secret Santa Party

Sidney has a wonderful class this year with some amazing new friends: Annika, Alexandra, Tiffany, Ella and Lily. Most of these girls she has never been in class with before. At the beginning of December the girls decided to be 'Secret Santas' for each other. So, they drew names our of a hat and planned a get-together at our house to open the gifts and celebrate Christmas. They had a great time, opening presents, doing Christmas crafts, building pyramids, eating hot chocolate and cinnamon rolls and GIGGLING!!