Merry Christmas

We had a great Christmas this year. Lillie got a two wheeled scooter from Santa and Sophie got a Sofia the First castle from Santa.
Lillie woke us up at 7:15 on Christmas morning to open presents. They loved all of their presents and we had fun playing the games and putting their toys together too.

We took this picture of the girls on Christmas eve. Lillie's smile looks funny in this picture because she had a loose tooth and it was hanging at a weird angle. She finally lost that top tooth tonight. The tooth came out too late for us to sing, "All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth."

Santa and Nativity

Today, we went to see Santa and we saw a Christmas miracle. Sophie did not cry when she sat on his lap. She has cried the last two years.

Lillie and Sophie told him what they wanted for Christmas. After, we went to decorate bags and write a letter to Santa.
Later this afternoon, Lillie played an angel in the Nativity play. She played angel 2 and 3. She whispered in Joseph's ear and she appeared to the shepherds.

Earlier this week, I joined Lillie on her class field trip to the Delano Homestead at the Kalamazoo Nature Center. Most of the field trip was outside and it was only 5 degrees outside.Lillie got to grind grain, make candles, fleece wool, make gingerbread cookies. 

Happy Thanksgiving

Grandma and Grandpa came to visit for Thanksgiving.

We had a great week. We played games, watched Lillie at gymnastics, went shopping, went to see the movie "Frozen" and updated the mantel on the fireplace.