A White Christmas

A couple days before Christmas Kansas City got some snow.

Brian got to use his new snow blower and the kids got some good playing time in.

 Silly face snow clothes picture

 Colin is in heaven outside in the snow...Mags on the other hand, lasts about 5 minutes and wants to come in.  I don't even bother to bundle up myself any more since I know i will be coming inside with her soon.

Colin and Brian cleared the driveway, did some sledding and came in with very rosy red cheeks, requesting some hot chocolate.  Sounds like good snow playing to me!

 Since the kids are on break from Pre-K, Meemaw came in early this week to watch them for a couple of days.  Too bad Brian and I don't get any time off for Christmas break!  At least we have family around that is ready and willing to help out.

We went to Christmas Eve mass at 2:30 at the downtown Cathedral.

The timing worked out great, even if we could hardly get  spot to sit.  

I was totally stressed getting there with both kids (Brian was meeting us all down there), but it all worked out and mass was beautiful and we were home by 4:30.  We had the rest of the evening to enjoy and that worked out perfectly.  The kids opened one gift - some new pajamas, and we had snacks and veggies for dinner.  They had a great time setting out cookies and milk for Santa and wrote him the cutest note.

 Silly face picture

In case you couldn't tell, Colin's silly face was him "burping".  He's such a boy!

 Our beautiful family

We said goodbye to Buzz the elf on Christmas Eve.

Maggie was fighting a temperature and was already headed up to bed, but Colin wanted one last picture with him before he went back to the North Pole.

Our Christmas morning was great.  Colin came into our room at 6:45 and we headed downstairs a little after 7 when Maggie woke up.  We opened our stockings and had cinnamon rolls and breakfast casserole.

Santa brought the kids Ninja Turtle and Hello Kitty sheet sets, dream lites, and a bounce house for the two of them to share.

Colin got a few more Ninja Turtle toys and Maggie scored with a clock and some Hello Kitty accessories.

The kids got a few more movies and some books.

We had a wonderful Christmas and spent some time with Brian's family in the afternoon.

We really do have such good kids - they continue to amaze us daily.

Merry Christmas everyone!