Jaxson Cleaning off the Fence

Isabella Sledding....

Our outside winter adventure..... Well not really, just out to the yard, but Isabella thought the little hill on the side of the house was pretty cool with the new tube she got for Christmas. Jaxson on the other hand doesn't like anything about winter, doesn't like the cold, doesn't like the snow. While Isabella was sledding he was cleaning the snow off the fence. Maybe in hopes that if he brushed it off, it would be gone and spring would be here, oh I wish.....

Gingerbread Houses and Sugar Cookies.....

So this is our sad excuse for a gingerbread house, the hard part was done, the pieces came baked and cut, all we had to do was mix the icing right. Well we mixed the icing, assembled the house and then I thought I would add a bit more water to thin it out a little to spread easier on the roof, well............... It seemed I thinned it too much and Isabella informed me "the roof is sliding off!". Most stayed on, but some did slide off, but I said it was icicles. Then we were onto making sugar cookies for Santa. These actually came out well and I was rather impressed with the outcome with the gluten free mix. We rolled and cut and baked. Then we frosted and sprinkled. Santa loved them and left only crumbs.

Isabella's School Christmas Party

So Santa made a surprise visit to Isabella's Christmas party/concert and she didn't freak out !!

Jaxson and Elmo

On Saturday we also went to a holiday fundraiser to help fund the building of a new playground in the area and guess who was there...... Santa, the kids wouldn't go near him, Clifford the Big Red Dog, weren't really phased by him ( they never really watch him on TV), but then there was ELMO !!! Jaxson was stalking him around the store, "where's Elmo, where's Elmo?", so we tracked him down and got this awesome picture

The Season's First Snow

Now it wouldn't be December or Christmas in New England without snow on the ground or in the air. This past Saturday it finally felt like December. It already feels like Christmas, as I type this I can hear Isabella singing, "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer had a very shiny nose and if you......... la la la la......" They have them all hyped up about it from school, she knows all the familiar holiday songs for her holiday workshop on Monday. I am told Santa will be there ! She was scared of him last year, we'll see what this year brings. So here are a couple of pictures of the kids playing in the snow Saturday night before bed.

Decorating the Christmas Tree

I don't think I will ever get this blog thing..... So look at the pictures from the bottom to the top for the right sequence. So the kids each got a new ornament for Christmas.... Isabella a ballerina and Jaxson a Elmo. So we decorated and decorated..... Isabella and Jaxson thought all the ornaments that go together need to go on the same branch. I should have taken a picture of one of "their" branches. And how do you like Isabella's outfit, I guess it is all about self expression, she thought the shirt and skirt matched perfectly (teapots and butterflies). To each their own I guess.