Christmastime!

Christmas is next week, and we've been feeling pretty Christmassy around here!

I snapped a few cute pictures of Ella admiring the snow village. 

And Eric telling the kids a Christmas story

Carter had his little Christmas program at school last week. I was very proud of him how he stood on stage and sang all the songs. He did great! And Ella loved watching, too!

 
We took the kids to see Santa this week. Carter was looking forward to telling Santa what he wanted and did just that. Ella was excited to go see him, but when it was our turn, she clammed up and didn't want to sit with him on his lap. So we opted for the rocking horse instead, and she was VERY happy about that.... as you can tell! She did get a little bit brave once the photo was taken and told Santa that she wanted a reindeer. Hmmmm. ??

Yesterday was Carter's last day of school before Christmas break, and he had a class party that Ella and I went to. Here he is making a Christmas tree craft.

 And creating a yummy Christmas tree snack. (Ella had to, too!)

 And playing a game with his classmates

 Classroom party craziness!

 All the kids popping their snow balls and making it snow.

 Ella loves going to Carter school, and especially into his classroom. She fits right in and thinks she's part of the class, too! HA!

Carter made Christmas gifts for Eric and me. Love these! The plate is so special because I remember making these for my parents as a kid. In fact, if you go to my Mom's house today, she still has them all in her cabinets. My kids' usually eat their meals off of them. So happy to get my first one from him!

 And he painted the picture frame.... the light bulbs are his finger prints. The picture was taken on pajama day at school a few weeks ago. Perfection!!  

Looking forward to family Christmas celebrations this weekend and Santa coming next week!! ;)