A visit from St. Nick and Snow

These are actually pictures of our first snow - Miss M had lots of fun throwing

snowballs at me (this was when I had vertigo so she had a little bit of an advantage on me)
Miss A didn't like the snow on her. She wouldn't leave her mittens on and the snow was just too cold for her hands.

St. Nick visits December 6th

Ever since I was little St. Nick has always paid a visit to our home the night of December 5th. Filling our stockings with fun little toys, treats and fruit. I have tried to do this tradition now as a mom, but Mr. K doesn't really get it. So I've not really kept the tradition up. When my little sisters heard that I wasn't going to put the stockings out this year they were appalled. Breaking a long running family tradition!?!? Shortly after our phone conversation I received a wonderful box in the mail full of all sorts of little goodies from "St. Nick".
I am happy to say, St. Nick did stop by our house (I didn't get any coal for wanting to cancel the tradition and Mr. K was super excited about all the travel size things he got in his stocking)
My girls were thrilled!!! And Miss M is already talking about what St. Nick might bring her next year.

A fun tradition

On Christmas Eve, my Mom gives all the girls a new pair of Christmas socks that we are to wear on Christmas Day, so that no matter where we all are, we all have fun Christmas socks on.

Visions of Sugar Plums...

A fun new family tradition that my sister and our families do
(now that we have kids), is decorate gingerbread houses.
Its a great way to kick off the holiday season
Thanks Lyn and Jeff for a fun afternoon!

Good example of what was REALLY going on while
decorating these houses, I think more went into our tummy's
than on to our houses... :) YUMMY!

Marlee's house

Ella's house

Ella and Marlee

(Don't they look like they are singing Christmas songs)

I Love Christmas!