Kindergarten Christmas Concert

Lane had his first Christmas concert!  It was probably the cutest thing I have ever seen (besides baby Luke :)

I once told Lane that when my kids sing it makes me cry, because it makes me happy. So he watched me throughout the concert and when he got home he asked if it made me cry :)  OF COURSE it did, because mama is a cry baby!  He did a great job and had a special part playing the triangle! Thank you Riverside music teacher for helping the kids put on such a great show!

 This is both the kindergarten classes...how cute are they!!??

 The teacher told them to wave and get it out of their system so they wouldn't wave during the songs :)  

 jazz hands!  

triangle man!  SO FUN!

Merry Christmas!

Guess who....

Guess who's belly button fell off, so how he can wear real clothes!! :)

LUKE!

He's thrilled about the whole thing :)

These are a couple weeks old now, but I still needed to add them for posterity!  I just LOVE LOVE this little face!!  He is now 4 weeks old and is starting to smile....oh.my.goodness!  SOOO CUTE

2 weeks

Me and Luke took a month off of church, and on our two week mark, we did a little photo shoot at home.....

i should have been SLEEPING....buuut...oh well :)

So here's a little baby luke fix for you! 

2 week old Luke

little helpers

On one of the nice days before it snowed again, the kids helped me outside.

This was luke's first time playing outside. He helped me fill up the firewood cart..

he checked out the sky and trees

He didn't even mind the pink bib I accidently left on him

Lucy helped bring wood from the shed

then she taught macy the ropes and how to get around the wood shed

"and watch out for the gas can...." she's saying :)

Lucy is an awesome helper these days. This is how she puts away the silverware...

She knows where everything goes....then she stands on the counter and puts away the dishes I hand her from the dishwasher!!! 

You couldn't hire help this cute anywhere :)

hands

Scott got to pour a floor in our little shop, so we decided to let the kids leave their marks...

Macy, not sure what's happening to her..

 ta-da!

 lane's print

Lucy's print

Cute little hands!!  I almost brought Luke out to do his hand....but.....this was RIGHT after he was born, and it was COLD outside :)

Let Christmas Begin!!

The day after Thanksgiving, we always go get our tree!  I LOVE black friday!! :)

Lane showing off his monkey hat!

macy was a trooper out in the cold!

Lane picked a great tree this year!

Daddy getting it ready to cut

cute Lucy

Dragging the tree up the hill!

the onlookers!

Going back across our bridge to the backyard!

Lane's pretty strong to be able to help carry the tree now!

The snow we had all melted, and it was actually somewhat warm out!!  So we played outside for a little bit.  This is our "finished" fort!  There are two slides, swings, a fort, a pirate deck and a swinging bridge!  Next year we'll put siding and windows on the fort part.....awesome!!

Playing on the trampoline!

The Christmas decorating didn't quite get done on Friday, I'm waiting till Lane goes back to school on monday, and the girls to take their naps to finish :) BUT the kids did decorate the tree, and it looks beautiful!! :)