Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Oh Christmas Tree...

The kids have their own tree this year. They had so much fun making decorations to put on their tree.


A very kind doctor in Raymond let us come to his tree farm and cut down two trees. We played hide and seek in the trees, like I used to do when we'd go to get our Christmas tree when I was a child. The only difference was the huge holes in the ground here...the Doctor sells his trees for landscaping so they dig up the whole root ball which can be massive. I was a little afraid Austin would trip and fall in one of these. I kept a good eye on him. Justin had fun jumping in and out of them. I love traditions.

Madeleine's 6th Birthday

Grandma Baker was here for Madeleine's special birthday. Madeleine had a busy day with school, piano, and a School activity and was afraid she would not have time to celebrate her birthday and wanted to take the whole day off of school. Well, we compromised and at lunch time Grandma picked her up and took her out to eat. She came home and we decorated cookies, she decorated her cake, and spent time together. It was a wonderful family birthday.

The kids loved filling the cookies with chocolate.