Christmas with the Umscheid's

Christmas with the Umscheid's was our 3rd Christmas on Christmas Day! We started off by celebrating with just Jeff, myself, and the boys, then we headed to my Grandma and Grandpa Umscheid's for WAY too much food, and finally after the boys took a nap, we had Christmas with my parents, brother, and his girlfriend (and yet MORE food...ugh). To say the least, I would describe the boys as happy, lucky, and spoiled rotten, but we wouldn't have it any other way!

Christmas with Our Little Family

On Christmas morning, the boys woke up, excited to see what Santa had brought for them! There was some question as to wether Santa would come to our house or not because the boys were not always on their best behavior, but they must have ended up on the "Nice" list after all because Santa brought more than enough toys to make the boys happy!

Christmas with the Duvall Side

On Christmas Eve, Jeff, the boys, and I headed to Cherokee to celebrate Christmas with Jeff's parents and brother. The boys were quite excited as this was their first opportunity to open presents!! We had a great day, good food, and the boys scored pretty good on presents, too!

Snowday!

Since Mother Nature dumped 11 inches of snow on us overnight last night, I had no school today! I love snowdays, but with it being so close to Christmas break, I would have rather gotten in another school day so we don't have to make it up in the summer, but oh well! It was warm enough that after naps today, I took the boys out to play. They LOVED all of the snow!! Logan climbed around in the white stuff like a pro, but it was just too deep for Landon. After getting stuck a few times, he contained himself to the driveway and sidewalks, which were much more manageable for him! We also took a sled ride around the block, as there was still plenty of snow on the streets, too! We had a fun time playing outside, but after about an hour, I had no problem convincing the boys that it was time to come in, so they must have been getting a little cold, too! Of course we came inside, only to watch A Christmas Story for about the 100th time!! Oh well, I guess there are worse shows they could be addicted to!

More Pics of Logan's Preschool Xmas Program

Logan's Preschool Xmas Program

Today was Logan's first "program" he's ever been in, and all went well!! He had his preschool Christmas program, and I really worried that he wouldn't sing any of the songs or do any of the actions, but he DID sing some and do some of the actions! He's such a stinker...unless he knows exactly what to do and how to do it, he really has no interest in it. After the program, Santa came to visit the preschoolers and we all had cookies and juice...it was a fun time!! 4 out of the 10 kids in Logan's class go to my mom's daycare, so, bless her heart, she gets them to and from preschool 3 days a week! We are so lucky she was willing to do this (mostly because her grandson was one of the kids needing a ride to preschool)! Now we've got one Christmas program down and one to go. His Sunday School program is coming up on Sunday, so hopefully he does as nice of a job there as he did at preschool! His friend Grace (also in his preschool class and goes to my mom's daycare) goes to Sunday School with him, so that helps out a lot that he has a buddy to go with! I'm sure I'll be posting some pictures of that program soon!