Princess Play

Christmas got the girls fully stocked in dress up stuff. After dressing up, Cora would ride her horse and wave her wand. Cate loves to eat the clock. Good thing she did not turn into a pumpkin at the strike of 12!

CHRISTMAS

After Cora opened her BIG CHAIR from Maw Maw Linda and Paw Paw Duane, we headed to Chillicothe Christmas Day. Paw Paw Duane had a HUGE SNOWMAN waiting for us!

Grandpa Duane keeps track of how much everyone has grown each Christmas.

Cate keeps track of how much she can pull on clothes or hair.

The Grandmothers had their hands full. Aunt Molly tried to save all the little ones from Uncle Wade.

The next day, the girls woke up Grandpa Duane by screaming, "Sun's a burnin' ". Everyone enjoyed that, expect Grandpa! AJ had fun with Cate's new tutu :)

Christmas Morning!

Christmas Eve

TIME TO OPEN PRESENTS!

That evening we got all dressed up for Christmas Eve service in Billingsville, MO.

It was extra special this year, because Cate was the Baby Jesus, Cora was an angel, and Mom and Dad were Mary and Joseph in the Pagent.

COOKIE!

Maw Maw Carol had all the grandkids making cookies, even Cate and Kade. It got a little out of hand and by the end of the cookie making, everyone was screaming "COOKIE!". MaMa and Aunt Jenea had a little to do with that :) Whoops!

Christmas play

All sorts of toys and the kids played the most with Maw Maw's mixing bowls and measuring cups. Cate loved the singing rocking Santa and Cora decorated Daddy with Santas. Needless to say, we had to get them OUT OF THE HOUSE! So, we took a little drive to see Christmas lights.

Reindeer Food

Cora made reindeer food at preschool so we spread it out in the yard. She put some sparkly stuff in the food so they could see it from the sky.

Happy 35th Daddy!

Cliff turned 35 on Dec. 21st. Cora said his present was a secret and she was not going to tell him what she got him. 20 seconds later she told him, "Dad, we got you a Quesadilla Maker". She just could not keep a secret! Cliff and I got a pretty good laugh out of her not keeping a secret.

Preschool Program

December 21 was Cora's Christmas Preschool Program and Cliff's 35th birthday! Cora did a great job on stage, as did all the children. She was the Mother in both of the skits she was in. The first skit was "No more monkeys jumping on the bed" and the second, " Three Little Kittens". It was pretty special to see our little girl up on stage and acting so grown up :) BRAVO!