Christmas

Christmas Eve

Luke singing Jingle Bells at Grandma Lori and Grandpa Sheldon's Christmas Eve party. 

Opening presents

Christmas Eve back at home

The kids in their Christmas PJs. 

Christmas morning

Luke got a basketball hoop

Halle loved this baby doll she got from Santa and turned into a little mommy.

The one thing Luke has been saying he wants for Christmas all month is a "Christmas cake." Sure enough, Santa brought him his very own Christmas cake! He was so excited.

Later on Christmas Day at Great Grandpa Bob and Great Grandma Lee's house. Luke and Halle got this fun table from Grandpa Dave and Grandma Dixie.

Luke all tuckered out 

Grandpa Sheldon says...

Today is the Sunday day after Christmas. We had a good Christmas and went out to Lindsay and Cory's house Christmas morning before the kids were up. It was about 8 AM and we could hear them in the other room but we all sat on the couch (Me and Mom and Jamie) because we didn't want interrupt them in getting ready. So we were just sitting there and Cory came out first he saw mom sitting there and completely shocked him and scared he because there were people sitting in this house. I was kind funny. It was fun watching the kids open their presents and I think it was very helpful for Lindsay and Cory that we were there because there were still a few item that needed to be assembled and that was pretty hard to do with the kids running around.

Anyway, we opened presents. Luke got a basketball hoop and a basketball, some Disney Winnie the Pooh bear toys and several other things. Halle got a ball also which seemed to be her favorite thing, she also got a toy stroller, crib and baby doll and some other little things. Luke also got his cake he has been asking for. And they got some books.

Present Attack

Friday night Daddy and I stayed up late wrapping presents. I put all the presents for grandmas, grandpas, white elephants for Christmas parties under the tree. I thought we might as well try it out and see if they could make it past an attack from Halle.

Luke woke up in the morning calling into us frantically, "Mommy, Daddy, Santa came!!" He was so excited. Poor guy was a little disappointed when we had to explain those weren't presents from Santa and that he still had a week before Santa would come.

As for the presents, they are now in a box in our garage. Halle thought stepping all over them and ripping the bows off was really fun. Finally after she opened one this morning I came to my senses and moved them. What made me think we could get those presents by her? Not a chance!

About Halle's climbing - by Grandpa Sheldon and Grandma Lori

Halle is into climbing big time. She has to climb on everything she can. She is always on top of our table and whatever else she can be on.

Grandpa Sheldon wrote a letter to uncle Jake on his mission and said this about her climbing in it:
So Halle is a CRAZY climber – that’s all she does is climb on everything. If there is a chair it takes her no time to be on top of it and then right on top of the table. She never stops climbing! Last night when we were tending at Lindsay & Cory’s house while they we are the Mormon Tab concert. I had to stand next to Halle and make sure she was safe because she kept climbing on their couch then she would climb up on the arm of the couch stand there for a minute then jump (drive) onto the couch. She is seriously lacking for fear. If this keeps up she may be the first girl in the family to clear the wake. Who knows maybe she’ll be going huge into the flats!!!

Grandma Lori wrote this:
We tended for Lindsay and Cory last night while they went to the Christmas concert. Halle kept stepping on Lindsay’s nicely wrapped presents. Have we told you that Halle is a climber? She is a really good climber and has really good balance. You will always find that little stinker on top of tables, on the top of the backs of couches and anything else she can think to climb on top of. It’s scary.

Grandma Lori says...

We tended for Lindsay and Cory last night while they went to the Christmas concert. Halle kept stepping on Lindsay’s nicely wrapped presents. Have we told you that Halle is a climber? She is a really good climber and has really good balance. You will always find that little stinker on top of tables, on the top of the backs of couches and anything else she can think to climb on top of. It’s scary.

Holiday fun

At the Ferguson Christmas party

Riding the train around the mall

Making Christmas countdown chains. Notice the Rudolph Luke is holding - his new favorite stuffed animal. 

Our Christmas tree. Ornaments are only on the upper half, otherwise the kids would pull them all off!

At the Grand America to see their Christmas displays and Santa. They had this little bobsled car the kids thought was really fun, and Halle loved sitting in it. 

Visiting Santa and Mrs. Claus! The kids were both scared to sit on their laps by themselves so we jumped in the photo with them. 

Grandma Lori says...

So Halle is quite the little climber and attacker. She is a definite go’er and doesn’t want to slow down and take it easy for much of anything. Obviously one of Halle’s favorite places must be Costco because Costco is one of her favorite words - but she says it more like “cawco”. She likes singing “Popcorn Popping on the Apricot Tree”, she kind of follows along and always lifts up her arms and hands to say “pop”, “pop”. That seems to be her favorite part.

Last night Halle showed us how she can shrug her shoulders. You know how you just lift up your shoulders? It was so funny on a little baby. She shrugs them really high, over and over and it looks so silly.

Glasses Obsession

Do all kids have an obsession with glasses? Because these two sure do. Luke is starting to grow out of it but Halle is totally entralled with them. Whenever she sees glasses she HAS to get her hands on them to try them on or she starts whining and pointing and throwing a little tantrum. I love it when she puts them on upside down :). The kids often end up breaking the glasses...good thing they are just cheap reading glasses.

I get a kick out of them wearing the glasses every time. They just look so cute and studious with them on. Grandpa Sheldon took these pics a few weeks ago and sent them over to me a couple days back and I thought they were so cute.

Little Halle is quite the character and is always running around with lots of energy and getting herself into trouble. She learned to climb onto the couch – next she climbed onto the end table, from the couch – next she fell off the end table right onto the wood floor. So I moved that table away from the couch.