Santa, Snow, & Snapshots

Santa has started showing up in unexpected places lately. Jack had his school holiday program last Saturday at the high school and Santa showed up in his sleigh! Brooklyn wanted nothing to do with him, and Jack decided to pay a visit to St. Nick once he realized he was handing out candy canes.

The program was a "Breakfast with Santa." Grandma C. and Grandma and Grandpa T. made it over through the ice storm to eat some pancakes with Santa and then watch Jack sing a few Christmas songs. It was fun to watch and the kids did a great job. They had hand motions to all of the songs, so I can't say Jack actually sang anything. He looked like he was concentrating too much on the motions! We found some reindeer antlers when we were going through decorations the other day so we just had to try them on Olivia. Check this out...

"What in the world?""Move over, Rudolph!""Okay, seriously?"

"If I just shake my head a little harder, I know they'll come off!"

We had our first big snow yesterday. We probably only got about 2-3 inches, but it doesn't take much to get the troops out playing. Sorry about all the pictures - I just couldn't decide!

My Snow Angels...

Jack

Brooklyn

Okay - to truly appreciate the next photos, I need to give a little background. When we moved to Macomb, Zac decided we needed a little something to break up the backyard from the cornfield. He decided to create a "berm." Personally, I had never heard of this and thought it was kind of a silly idea. Anyway, Zac continued to pile up all his grass clippings and dirt from the other landscaping and built this berm. It's basically a long pile of dirt that he planted flowers and shrubs on. Anyway, it's probably only about 3 feet tall, but the kids made the most of it and had a great time sledding down it. Hey, it's definitely a short walk back to the top of the hill and I don't have to worry about them running into any trees, right. And, it's finally brought a purpose for this berm that we have in our yard!

Woo hoo!

Push!!Notice Brooklyn is getting more of a thrill sucking snow off her glove than sliding down the berm.

What a little snow bunny!

And last, but certainly not least, here is Olivia sitting inside in her snowsuit watching the kids play outside! We had actually just gotten home from picking up Jack. I didn't just put her snowsuit on to watch out the door. I'm not that much of a crazy mom!