Christmas!

On the mad dash up to Christmas day this year there was much fun to be had and goodies to be eaten. Unfortunately, no snow. It was a brown Christmas... to that I say pppptttthhhhhhhhh!!!!! Oh well, it was still a lot of fun, and I'm sure that we'll get our fill of old man winter here in a week or two. 

The last couple of weeks were filled with Christmas programs, Christmas parties and Christmas cookies... did I mention that there were goodies to be eaten? The Preschool had a nice program and it's fun to see the kids try so hard to show off the songs and gestures they've learned. I asked the girls to sing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" in between songs, but they wisely declined to do so. After the program we had cookies.

The Mom's of Multiples club featured a early visit from Santa... and we ate cookies.

Krista and the girls made a Gingerbread house... on an unrelated note, someone brought cookies to work.

Christmas Eve we went over to Erma and Kevin's house so the girls could exchange presents. I seem to remember cookies being present; nope, we had cheesecake. We got home and just missed "Santa" flying thru the skies of Billings. After the girls went to sleep, Krista wrapped the last of the presents and then we started assembly of their doll house. As we drifted off to sleep I still had visions of screwdrivers dancing in my head.

Christmas Morning came @ 0700. I'm betting that this is the last time we get to "sleep in" for the next 10 years! It was a flurry of activity as the girls went about the task of determining what presents were theirs, comparing with their sisters and then maybe playing for a moment before setting off to the next gift. The doll house was a big hit as was just about every My Little Pony that was opened. Clothes, games and puzzles rounded out the gift giving. Not loosing sight of the "Big Picture" when asked at Dinnertime, "who gave us Christmas" Audrey, Madison and Zoie responded "God gave us Christmas". Somewhere an athiest that drank a can of Red Bull lost his wings.

Zoie the Bag Lady

Madison "PEEK A BOO!"

Audrey w/Mom's shoes

Not sure what's happening here.

filing in for the Christmas program at their Preschool/Church.

"Take me out to the Ballgame..." sing it with me!

nice program and a wonderful message

This is the house Babes made

future architect Madison

The girls were happy to announce that their house is completely recyclable... NOMS!

Waiting patiently for the gift giving to commence.

mine!?! mine!?! mine!?! mine!?!

Twas the night Before Christmas...

They were much more adept at ripping the paper off this year.

Zoie probably took more time opening her presents than the other two.

Princess Celestia, probably Audrey's favorite present.

They each received a pony in a purse from Grammy.

A purse AND a pony!?!

It's sooo fluffy!

hello... where's my cookies!

Deck the Halls!

As is Christmas tradition we went out in search of the perfect tree. I chose one, Krista chose one so the tiebreaker went to the girls. The girls chose my tree, so I took them out to dinner (bribery is awesome). We stopped on the way home to reattach the tree that was now trying to ride sidesaddle on the Excursion. I said to Krista, remind me not to pull under the carport as we would probably slice the tree in half. I got distracted and dang near did it anyhow, good thing the anti-lock brakes work! A few days later we moved the tree inside and started decorating. The girls were pretty excited about the festivities, plus they all got a 'My Little Pony' Pinkie Pie ornament to put on the tree and for the icing on the cake, Krista had finished up their new fancy dresses.

Pinkie Pie ornaments!!

Birds-eye view of the decorating process.

Hams in their new dresses

Group hug!

Not exactly sure what that face is.

Girls and Santa

Audrey loves her waffles... this time starting with the middle.