This Christmas was wonderful! My mom and sister were able to come down and since Christmas day happened to fall on a Tuesday this year, Michael actually got a 3 day weekend!
I let Collin help me make our annual cake balls this year. He really got into it. I might have to bake more with him next year.
Christmas Sunday we went to Michael's parents house for dinner.
The food was delicious and it was such a relaxing visit.
Buddy's legs, Laura, Ken and Mikey
Becky, Uncle Richard and Aunt Cheryl
My niece Tiffany won best dressed that night. Isn't she adorable?
Ken and Amy
Collin was spoiled of course.
Check out his head light from grandma Boyd :)
Tate was passed around and loved all the attention.
It really was a fun night. Collin was pretty tuckered out when we got home.
I got up in the middle of the night to feed Tate and when I went to check on Collin this is what I found. Just in case two big bears aren't protection enough, he's got his bat. I seriously don't know how he slept like this. I did NOT move him though. I've learned my lesson :)
Christmas Eve we went to hear my Aunt Patti sing at her church Christmas program. Sadly the only pictures I took were of Tate's outfits. I retract my statement that boys clothes aren't cute because these are adorable!
Unfortunately, Tate ended up not being able to wear this particular outfit due to an eruption
(from the mouth)
So we dressed him in the back up outfit. The cutest thing about this one was the bear face stitched on the bum :)
After the Christmas program we rushed to my grandma's house because Tori and my mom were coming in!
They were going to spend the night with my grandma so we chatted for a few hours before heading home. Collin hooked up with his Aunt Tori right away. She hadn't seen him since he was 6 months old!
My mom warned her that Collin makes nick names for people so whatever he calls you the first time he sees you is the name you're stuck with. When we introduced Tori to him we said, "This is Aunt T." (Thinking this would be easier to pronounce than Tori) When we pointed to her and asked him what her name was he said, "Boo boo." And her name has been thus since. I have no idea how he got boo boo from Aunt T but at least it's better than the nickname he gave to my little brother, ruff ruff. :)
Christmas day was packed full of family fun!
And of course, the day we actually WANT Collin to get up early, he sleeps in!
Santa brought him a basket ball hoop which he really likes.
And mommy and daddy bought him extra track for his trains. Not sure who has enjoyed this more, Collin or Michael. Collin plays with his trains for hours!!!
I love this little boy. Thomas shirt, car shoes, and of course his toy trains. He doesn't go anywhere without them.
We started Christmas Day back over at Michael's parents where we had another delicious meal.
This has got to be my favorite picture of the day.
Collin got more presents from grandma. Books! I was pretty excited too!
We left Bill and Anne's around 5 to go to our 2nd Christmas get together with my family.
The boys fell asleep on the way there and we were really tempted to just leave them in the car :)
Look how peaceful they are!
Tori and the boys watched a movie
While the rest of us ate and talked.
Tate with his grandma Peeler
My mom and sister came home with us that night and when we got up the next morning we had Christmas part 3!
Collin opened his presents from grandma and grandpa Peeler, a lightning McQueen track and more books!
And several little zoo animals from Aunt T aka Boo Boo :) Tori had also gotten him those Lightning McQueen shoes he was wearing in the other picture.
This little boy was in Heaven!
Tate fell asleep. Guess all the action wore him out. Our old family friend, Norm, came to visit us a few weeks ago and brought Tate that huge bear. He gave Collin one too when he was born.
And I just had to throw this picture in because it makes me laugh. :)
We enjoyed every minute spent with family!
School
Tuesday: H is for Hands
The week before Christmas we learned the letter H! I had some hand stickers laying around the house so I let Collin stick them to his H page. I love how Tate is always watching Collin and laughs when Collin talks to him. I hope that's a sign of them being good friends.
Wednesday: H is for House
Collin did this house activity page that you can find on the Preschool Alphabet website under the letter H.
We were also studying the color brown this week so we took a little walk and went on a stick hunt.
Do you see the white tailed squirrel in the tree? Collin was pretty excited about it.
Once we gathered our sticks we brought them home and did some stick art.
Very fun and VERY free :)
Thursday: H is for Hats
Of course we had to gather all the hats in the house and try them on!
You can never wear to many hats
Even Tate got in on the action.
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