Christmas Day 2008

Our Christmas tree

We begin every Christmas with someone reading the story of Christmas from the Bible. This year Skyler read it.

Jordan and Rachel after opening their presents.

Heidy showing off her Paints!

For 3 years Skyler has asked for something and this year we decided to give it ...... a family vacation... (like the Griswalds.... I hope NOT) , to Disney this summer. She got to announce it! She was really excited. We will ALL go this June or July!

Heidy and Mark put together her Beauty Salon. Skittles had to help. But she was taking a moment to look at herself in the mirror!

Doris stopped by to see us and give us a gift. How sweet, she is leaving the 30th. We loved having her in our home last year.

We really missed Milady and Chad, who had to stay in Florida since she is VERY pregnant with their daughter to be born in January!!!

Christmas Eve 2008 Part 2

After our service tonight at chruch we came home and the girls got to open their one package, which is always Pajamas.

Christmas Eve 2008 part 1

Tonight we went to church and the kids that were there sang and a young man from our church that is in college spoke. Here are a few pictures....

Christmas pictures with Maci 2008

We try to do this every year. Heidy and Maci are best buddies!!

FFF # 31 theme - HO HO HO --- Seeing Santa and Heidyism......

On Friday the 12th Wee Kare Pre School went to sing Christmas songs at the bank. Heidy was fine through the first couple of songs. Then it happened, she saw HIM!! Then she twirled around as fast as she could, looking for a place to go. Miss Cynthia, the pre school director, got her and was holding her until I got to her. She told me that Heidy was looking desperately for a place to hide, until she grabbed her. When I got her, this is what she looked like.....

Poor girl!! I felt sorry for her!! She buried her head in my chest and never looked up!!

I videoed the rest of the program even though Heidy wasn't in it. As soon as it was over, I sat her to the side, because we were sitting on the floor, so I could get up and as soon as her feet hit the floor she ran under neath the refreshment table that the bank had set up!! ( A friend took this picture)

The Heidyism....

After we were all done and getting our coats to go back to the preschool, I had Cynthia to hold Heidy. I then snuck over to Santa and talked to him ( I knew who it was) I told him that Heidy was terrified of him and Santa told me it was ok that several kiddos were scared of him and it was ok. I told him that she had said if he didn't have a beard she would sit on his lap, and that I would ask if Santa would shave his beard off for her to sit on his lap and he said YES he would!! When we got in the car to go back , I told her that I talked to Santa and that he wasn't mad that she was afraid of him, that it was ok. Then I told her that he said he would shave his beard off if she would sit on his lap, she was floored, He would do that for me??? She asked that about 3 times. But she said she wouldn't sit on his lap anyway.

Then my sweet little girl told me I was the "bestest mom in the whole universe" for talking to Santa for her and finding out he wasn't mad that she was afraid of him.

I love this girl!!!

FFF # 30 -- No Theme -- So ... Decorating the Tree

These are a few pictures of Heidy helping decorate the tree.... She had fun. We have a "charlie brown" tree, now. We have had a 9 ft FULL tree for years and I was kind of tired of it a couple of years ago and got this one and I LOVE it!!

Concentrating!
I love this one of her...

Here comes Miss Nosey Rosey.... Skittles.
See, Skittles is helping!

This is an ornament that my Grandmother gave to me when I was about 12 and it has to go on my tree every year.... There were 6 of us grand daughters and my grandmother bought a set of them, a 6 piece set and gave each of us one. I found that out as an adult, when I saw a set in an antique store. But I love it.

First school boo boo

They were at play time, Heidy was riding a toy that you lay on your tummy on or you sit on and she did a chin plant on the floor!!! Of course, this was a day I wasn't there! Miss Kelly put ice on it and held her until she stopped crying, which they told me wasn't long!

Poor baby!!! I felt so bad for her, but she is tough!

FFF # 29 Theme -- anything we want -- Thanksgiving Feast

Heidy's pre school had their annual Thanksgiving Feast for the kiddos.... This year Heidy's class were Indians, but they made Pilgrim place mats. Here is the turkey we made for the kids to eat. They also had applesauce and mashed potatoes and corn and a special dessert. They loved it!!

Here is my favorite little Indian!!Another picture of her.
It was fun!! A cute thing that Heidy said at Thanksgiving when we went to Mark's folks, where we had Christmas... She kept asking Carlette, my great sis in law, when the feast was, not dinner.