December 19....shopping

Hubby and I spent the day finishing up Christmas shopping! We had a great "day date", lunch and shopping in stores that we never go in with kids, it was a great day today!

December 19....My first teapot and Tea time

My first Teapot!!

Ethan opted for milk....

We enjoyed our tea!

Ethan then joined us

Love that this cup is bigger than her

Watched the Toot and Puddle Christmas as we sipped tea

Yes, that is right I finally got my first teapot! I know I am married to a Brit and I didn't even own a teapot! Well now I do thanks to Linda! Last night at my parents Christmas party we do a gift exchange where you can steal gifts, well of course my niece got this gift and didn't really want it so when my name was called I stole it from her, then the sugar and creamer was another gift that Saul stole (for me) from someone else. But a few people later and it got stolen from me! Oh I was so sad, but Linda my dad's cousin was the one who stole from me and at the end she came up to me and said Merry Christmas and handed me the teapot! An early Christmas present yeah and I love it! So tonight we made tea and snuggled on the couch for a Toot and Puddle Christmas special! It was a great night, movie watching, tea and rain, what more can I ask for!

December 18....Alanis Christmas party

Me and hubby

Karla and Aunt Tami

My beautiful niece Alycia and Randy

Renae, Kandice and Aunt Judy

Uncle Randy and his daughter Kandice

Alycia, Vanessa, Jon and Jessica

Watching the gift exchange

Only my brother would get this! Funny!

Tonight was the annual Alanis Christmas party at my parents house. It was a night filled with fun, laughter, chatting and eating, lots of eating! I look forward to this party every year, reminds me of the big Christmas' we had growing up, glad I still get to have a big Christmas with my family! I love my family, they are really the best!

December 17....movie night The Incredibles

Nothing to do with Christmas but the Incredibles was on TV tonight so it was a movie night for us Williams! No pictures of us, sorry, but it was a fun night and I liked this movie!

December 16...Christmas tree craft

Today was our Christmas tree craft. I cut little circles and the kids glued them in the shape of a Christmas tree. Then they got to decorate them. Ethan of course wanted all stars on his and Taelor went a little crazy with stickers, I love that she put a star on top of the tree though and presents under the tree. While doing this project we re-read about the Christmas tree and how it got started. I love crafts and I love that I do them with my kids!

December 15...Miracle on 34th Street

We snuggled on the couch and watched Miracle on 34th street (thanks to my Secret Santa at work that got me the movie). Not really sure this was a hit for Ethan, Taelor liked it though, but of course it was another movie with a lot of questions from the peanut gallery. I never knew that watching all these Christmas movies would mean that I would have to really explain Santa...real or not real? Just believe!

December 14... Angels

Tonight was an Angel craft! The kids thought it was funny that I traced their feet and Ethan thought it was even more hilarious that I put his face on his foot, his exact words " my face can't go on my foot, that's silly". I love that Taelor "painted" her toe nails I mean her angels body! The kids know that Angels protect us and that they are always around us, Ethan wonders why he can't see them. Sometimes I find myself going into way more detail then I need to with a 2 year old! But I am glad they know about Angels and that God sends them to earth to be with us!

December 13.....The Star

Tonight we learned about the Star! The kids really enjoyed this craft and now this great string of stars is on my tree at the bottom....gave up on having my tree just be for ornaments!

December 12...Letter from Santa

The kids received their letters today from Santa!!! Yes they were so excited ( I know you can't tell by the look on Ethan's face...he had just woke up!). Thanks to my sister Vanessa who always tells Santa that these two have been good! Ethan was wondering why his only said something about his Woody doll because that same day he realized he also wants a Mac Truck from Cars! Oh goodness, guess Santa needs to look for one of those too!