Christmas 2011

December was a fun and busy month. We started the month off by decorating the house for Christmas. Jaquelyn had one very specific request. She wanted to decorate eggs for Santa. I am sure she just confused Easter & Christmas, but I thought it was adorable & obliged her request.
Jaquelyn had a "parent viewing" class at dance one Saturday. Here she is in her dance class.
Afterwards the kids pretended to be puppies in the back of Auntie Beth's car.
As always, we helped decorate the Christmas tree at my mom's. Here are the kids after the decorating was done.
Benson had HUGE hugs for Opa when him & Gin & Paul left. It was so sweet.
Here are a couple pics of the kids brushing their teeth one night. Can you see Benson's black eye? It was his first (from the corner of Jude's train table)
but I bet not his last!

Jaquelyn was the sheppard in her classes Christmas concert.
So cute! And she did such a fantastic job.
Here is Jaquelyn's letter she wrote Santa, with cookies & eggs!
Santa left them a letter & a bit of a mess!
Benson with his new backpack on Christmas morning.
Jaquelyn in front of her dollhouse on Christmas morning
We drove out to St Denis on my birthday & the boys came for a sleep over the next day. We had a pizza party!
The kids had a blast, as usual, with their Auntie Suzanne

They were very excited for New Years Eve!
Story time with Papa
We drove home Jan 2nd...this was the sunset just after crossing the Alberta border. Nice to come home to!