Some fun Christmas photos

We've been busy around here getting ready for Christmas. We've made some Christmas crafts,  made some tamales, eaten lots of yummy treats, watched tons of Christmas movies, and wrapped presents.  I've tried to take a ton of photos to put in my DD album and I wanted to share some of my favorites.  I bought these super cute reindeer hats last month and the kids thought it would be fun to wear them this week.  So I decided to do a little photo shoot in front of our tree.  They took one good photo and then they got very creative and made a bunch of silly faces.  My kids are such hams.  They have crazy personalities and they know how to have fun.  I wonder where they get it from?

Christmas Stories

We've been reading a lot of Christmas stories around here lately.  Here are a couple of our favorites.

School Christmas Party

Isabella had her class Christmas party on Friday and her teacher was nice enough to invite all of the parents.  Ian and I decided to go and join in on some school party fun.

Isabella with a goodie bag from her teacher.

The gift she got in the gift exchange- $5 to spend anyway she wants.

In line for food with her friend Madelyn.

Isabella, Aaron, and Madelyn enjoying some Subway sandwiches.

Ian and London (future NKCS students) having some Cheetos for lunch. 

Family Movie Night

We were going to go look at Christmas lights last night but Isabella had a bit of a fever and a headache so we decided to stay in, snuggle up on the couch and watch a Christmas movie.  We ate popcorn and cinnamon M&M's and enjoyed our time together as a family. I'm pretty sure we will be watching a lot of Christmas movies this week.  I have about 10 on our Netflix instant queue and there is no shortage on Christmas movies on TV this week either.  With all this movie watching think I need to stock up on some more snacks. 

The Nativity Scene

I'm pretty sure there wasn't a cowboy or an astronaut present when Jesus was born.  Ian is convinced that there was so Buzz and Woody made an appearance at our Nativity scene this week.  Silly boy.

Christmas Concert

Isabella had her school Christmas concert last night.  She was excited to wear a new outfit and have her hair curled for the special event.  They sang 3 songs and I must say being in 5 recitals has benefited her.  She smiled the whole time she sang.  Then we had cookies and lemonade in the lunchroom before heading home and calling it a night.

At the merriest place on earth

On Wednesday afternoon we took the kids to the merriest place on earth.  They were surprised and excited to go to Disneyland for a couple of days.  We saw the fireworks show, got snowed on (Disneyland snow not real snow), watched the parade, enjoyed World of Color, and we got on tons of rides. The weather was perfect and the crowds weren't too bad either.  We had our first Yule Log dessert while we were waiting for the World of Color show and I must say we are all fans of that yummy dessert.  We were able to cram in a lot of activities in the short time we were there.  I can't wait to go back.  Here are some photos of our trip.