ARGH! I've been so behind on posting photos since Thanksgiving, so please pardon the mess! I'm trying to catch up bit by bit on some of the holiday fun. Just keep in mind that many of the photos will be out of order, so please read the captions to figure out what is what and when these events occured. My apologies. Life just doesn't ever seem to get any less-busy. It's crazier day by day.
Oh! A happy note! My first real furniture arrives here on Tuesday! I'm so excited! I can't wait to get my livingroom group in the door and also to paint the guestroom and buy a mattress for the bed that is being delivered to that room. I'm so tickled!
(There are far too many exclamation points in this post. Eeep!)
Sunday, January 08, 2006
Ivan's Kindergarten Christmas Party
Ivan's class poses with their Rudolph noses for a quick snapshot. 
The Winner is a Loser?
The room moms had the idea to get the kids to play musical chairs, and Ivan was one of the last 2 children left, so you'd think he'd be happy to be a winner. The game, however, was twisted in that the kids who 'lost' were ushered over to the Christmas tree to pick a book to unwrap. You can see Ivan is getting annoyed that he is winning the game too much and not getting to go over and pick a present. At the end when there were 2 kids left, he just got up and went over and grabbed one of the last unwrapped books out of desperation. Poor guy. :-/
FOOOD!
Ivan and Bo settle in for the party chow down. Juice, pizza, and all-you-can-eat cookies. Everytime a room mom would come around with the cookie tray they'd look at Ivan with pity, "OH! You didn't get a cookie yet?" and they would give him another cookie, which he would eat before the next cookie pass. I think he ate 5 cookies that way. *sigh*
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care...
Ivan next to his stocking, wearing the scarf he got from his teacher for Christmas.
A Very Berry Christmas
I had to grab this shot for the neighbors down the street. Alex was the only child with blue all over her face, and you can see her mother is pretty proud of that. ;-) Cute and sticky!
Ivan and Mommy Pause for a Pose
I usually forget to have someone snap a picture of me with my kids at these events, but this time I remembered. (Thanks Angie!)
Christmas in Wichita Falls
This section of photos below are from our Christmas visit to the grandparents in Wichita Falls on Christmas day. It was a very enjoyable visit for all, and the children were delighted opening all their new presents too.
Great-grandmother and Her Camera
Most years we end up with photos of each other holding up our cameras. I managed to sneak a shot of her with the camera down this year. ;-)
Playing Chess with Uncle Larry
Michael has been teaching Ivan chess, so (great-) Uncle Larry wanted to get in on the fun and see test Ivan's new skills.
Playdoh Bears
The kids wanted to play with some of their new Christmas gifts, so we broke out the playdoh kits with parts to make bears and robots. Fun!
Proud Girl
She climbed all the way to the top, reminding me several times, "I can do it by myself! Don't help me!"
New Year's Day
The kids had fun out in the backyard. Can you believe 80° on New Year's Day?! We could smell smoke in the air all day from the fires that were popping up due to the super dry weather and high winds.
I'm Batman
Bianca enjoyed wearing Eddie's Batman mask at his house so much we had to buy her one of her own.
In Disguise
Bianca wore this outfit to dinner one night recently. A purple princess dress over a normal day shirt with yellow pajama pants, Elmo hiking boots, and blue Bob the Builder work googles. Let's just say we pick our battles, and this was not one of them. :-)