Christmas morn

Welcome to the madness!

The Night Before Christmas

Twas the night before Christmas

When all through the house 

A strange pan started popping 

It was louder than a mouse. 

As it popped louder and louder 

Little ones who couldn't take the heat 

Ran from the kitchen 

Until it was time to eat. 

Later with the children all snug in their boxes 

Ma and Pa tried to outsmart the foxes.... 

Wait, what?

Merry Christmas

Trying to slow things down today.....

Wishing you and yours a happy holiday season.

The Penguin PJ pic

After several attempts, there might be a couple decent ones.

Check out the antics of the ornery blond boy on the left.

Hope you all have a happy holiday.

Happy birthday Tater Tot!

Today my oldest girl became a 9 yr old. Not that she hasn't been acting way older than 8 for months now but today it's official. She was too impatient to wait for her actual day once gifts arrived in the mail from Grandpa, so we celebrated early with presents and an Oreo ice cream cake.

Gifts for hair and makeup, what every too big for her britches 9 yr old girl needs.

That Cousin Thang

Mia has blended right into the cousin mix quite nicely. 

Teagan and her are like old buds.

What sup dude?

Give me a fist bump, sort of.

Hey, I'm ticklish, man.

Don't muss the hair. I worked on it all morning.

No more pictures, seriously.

Welcome to the madness

that is the annual cookie bake.

Didn't actually take any pics of the process this year.

Adding a new little person to the mix meant that Aunt Krista was basically one on one with the little peep while I rotated around the table and kept the pans going into the oven.

Letting young folks roll out their own cookie dough is a bit tedious and requires some hands on assistance.

Hence, the lack of pictures.

We also got a late start due to some cranky girls in the family so it was a bit of a rush.

But my older peeps managed to finish all the cookies after everyone went home.

I'll let you guess which ones are their masterpieces. I don't want to take all the credit.

A change up in scheduling because of bedtimes and school tomorrow meant no Polar Express this year.

Not sure that anybody but the grown ups really cared.

We also took the annual penguin pic this afternoon too, but with 25 takes, a little creative editing is in order.