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A little snow...lots of fun!

Merry Christmas!

 First thing Christmas morning, before the kids woke up!

 OOHH, more gifts over here!

 Oh, yeah, love ripping the paper off!

 Best gift ever - an empty brown box ;)

 Trying on one of the gowns from mommy and daddy.

 A snack after church before the gifts at nana's.

 Accessories to go with the gown.

 The onlookers.

 Having fun with one of the crafts she got.

 Helping Uncle Bill put the tool bench together. 

 A laughing toy for a smiling boy.

 Ah, naptime for everyone.

 It really wasn't painful, promise.

A great holiday was had by everyone.  

(PS - I seem to be missing Christmas Eve, so if someone could send me those, it would be great!)

Rose's Ballet Review

So at the end of every session in ballet, the parents get to sit in on class to see how their kids are doing.  Rose is improving greatly each time I see her class, especially since we switched dance studios.  

Please ignore any bad/shaky pictures as I was also holding John!

Also, Rose had the stomach bug the day before, so she was a little tired at the end of the day.

They get to dress up based on whatever actual ballet they are studying.  This time it was Nutcracker pieces, and they were so cute.

A Nativity Scene (Updated)

Rose was selected to be Mary in a living nativity at her Atrium holiday celebration.  It was really cute seeing all the kids act out the birth of Jesus.

(Found some more pictures on my camera, I only had the phone pics before)

Some holiday clips

The first part of the clip is from the light show we went to with our friends...ignore any weird comments!  The second part is John dancing to the funny toy grandma got him.  We had to put a limit of three times a day that the kiddos could push the button for him.  

John's On the Move!!!

Household, beware!  The baby has figured out how to move!  He mostly just scoots backwards, but he is now trying to figure out the crawling position.  The baby gates are going to have to go back up soon I guess.

Rose's take on Advent!

Size Comparision

This is the same little girl from before...John still outsizes her by a lot.  He is now 22lbs!

Some Christmas Family Fun