Christmas Eve Part 2

After spending the morning with Anna we went over to Aunt Trudi and Uncle Mike's.

Amelia, Laige, and Liam

Sweet tired girl

Liam playing peek-a-boo with Laige

He really had a good time with him

Then it was time for presents which the kids always love.

Liam loved his robot building kit

The whole first half of the school year Colin would bring in some toy to show Aunt Trudi and any and everyone else while we would drop Liam off.  Well Trudi had asked Colin a few times what he wanted for Christmas and he told her a ninja turtle.  He was thrilled when he got it.

Kiddos

Tired baby girl.

This year for Grandma we got pictures of all the great grandkids and put it in one frame for her.  I think she liked it pretty well.

Holding back tears

Happiness

Loving on my boy

Playing with his new ninja turtle.

We had a great mid-morning/early afternoon gathering and it was wonderful.

1st Movie and Christmas Eve Morning

We took Amelia to see her first movie.  We went to Laughlin, watched Moana and we all loved it!

Sweet gal picking her seat.

She was pretty pumped about getting snacks too.

Kiddos ready for movie time!

She did amazing and only got a little nervous around one part and a little antsy towards the end.

Amelia and Liam after he did her hair.  They were both pretty proud.

Now then Christmas Eve was very rainy in the morning.  Anna puts on an angel dash each year but due to the rain she set up some snacks and activities for the kiddos until Santa arrived.

It was a great morning and the kids loved getting to burn a little energy.

Playing ball.

Then Santa arrived to say hi before he had to jump on his sleigh.

Sweet kiddos

Liam letting him know what he wanted for Christmas.

The kids all sang Jingle Bells with Santa and Anna.  It was the cutest.

Kiddos with Anna we just LOVE her and all she does for our kiddos!

Liam's Christmas Program

Prior to all the Christmas festivities I found an app that allowed Santa to talk to your kids and it was personalized. On a different night over the course of three days each kid had a message from Santa.

Colin's up first

Then Amelia

and Lastly Liam

They all thought it was pretty neat and got excited to see each others video from Santa.

Now then on to Liam's Kindergarten Christmas program.

Walking in

He looked pretty cute and nervous up there

Love him

Here is a little video

Amelia wandered all over and played with baby Christina

they had fun.

It was a cute little program and I wish I would have gotten more pictures but alas I failed! 

Polar Express

On December 17th we took the kiddos on the Polar Express.  They were very excited.  We initially tried to get pictures with Santa prior to our train ride but the line was much longer than it looked.

Sweet boy Colin

My sweet girl and me

My kiddos

There was a storm a day or two before our ride so there was ice, snow, and it was pretty cold when we went.

Family photo

Kiddos with the grandparents and great grandma

Getting ready to board the train.

This guy was so happy to be on the train

My babes

Sweet Colin

Happy little lady

She was so happy the whole ride

Enjoying some hot chocolate

and cookies

Cuddles with my boy

Kiddos chanting and waiting to see Santa

Love this sweet photo of the kids watching intensely.

Meeting Santa

We had such a great day!  We ate dinner at the afterwards and headed home.  The kids crashed fairly quickly in the car.  All in all it was an amazing day!

Colin's Christmas Program

Little Christmas craft we brought home after Colin's appointment.  She loved making it and wearing it!

It was time for Colin's Christmas program and the kiddos put on their PJ's and were ready to go.

Colin was so excited for his performance.

Liam and Amelia trying to see their brother.

Happy boy sitting with his grandma

After the performance it was time for juice and cookies!

Very focused on eating the frosting

Liam had about 3-4 cookies, we had to cut him off, ha!

Big bite!

He was so happy that everyone came to watch him.

Then the kiddos wanted to see Santa

Liam telling the big guy what he wants for Christmas.

Sweet girl and the big guy

She was so ready to jump up and see him

So proud!

He let him know he wanted a bat-mobile. 

His program was great and he did wonderful.

We spent sometime at Sadie's basketball games.  The kids really enjoy playing out in the hallway more so than watching the games.

Giving Sadie kisses after her game.

Awwww...so cute!

and lastly a few more cute pictures caught on camera

Love my kids!