December fun!

In my previous "catch up" post I wrote about all of the fun that we have had this month. It hasn't slowed down since. December 10 was Great Bamama's birthday. We had everyone over at our house to celebrate. Since I couldn't get a good picture of her with both the girls, I included both. If only I could photoshop...

Payton's last day of preschool before the break they had a precious Christmas program. The children in her class dressed up like different animals from the Christmas story. After the fiasco at Thanksgiving, I was a little worried. We have talked about her costume, practiced the songs over and over again in the car, but I still wasn't confident. What do you know, she surprised us all! She was front and center. She stood up there like such a big girl singing the songs and doing all of the motions. We were SO proud of her!

Singing "Away in a Manger" as she rocks baby Jesus...PRECIOUS!

She sure made a precious sheep if I do say so myself. 

I know it's blurry, but this was her face when she spotted her daddy. Pure joy.

After the program they completed A Journey to Bethlehem where they had fun crafts and rotations. The first stop was making cookies.

They also made two Christmas ornaments and listened to a Christmas story in her classroom.

Big girl writing her name all by herself.

That Thursday we went to Callaway Gardens to see Fantasy in Lights. We hadn't been in several years and we just knew the girls would love it. Of course it didn't disappoint, but Harper fell asleep half way through since it was so late and past her bedtime. Sleeping is much better than a screaming baby on a trolly full of people though. :)

Saturday before Christmas we had Jonathan's dad's side of the family over for Christmas. Of course I started taking pictures before I realized the camera wasn't on the correct setting.

This picture is so typical it makes me laugh.

All the kids wanted to do was play in the ice.

Sunday night Trippi and Lisa came over to exchange gifts. I adore the way the Harper is so patiently waiting for her daddy to put her toy together.

More to come!