School Christmas Party

Although we were extremely sad about the circumstances, Rick and I were glad that both of us were able to attend the kids Christmas party. They were sitting at three different tables and each of them had made gifts for us. We had to make the rounds to each table in visiting with them and accepting our gifts. I can't imagine if we would've had to make the rounds to three different classrooms. God Bless Mrs. Whitehill for taking on triplets.

Making reindeer food

Mrs. Whitehil

Cold Icy Day

The little town of Skiatook was spared the sleet and icy conditions unlike the surrounding areas. Getting out of Skiatook was a hazard but the actual town had minimal slick spots so Skiatook schools were in session on Monday. The kids absolutely insisted on wearing their snow boots to school. They are probably about a half size to small but they've had minimal wear and once again they insisted.

Baylor was insisting on starting a new trend with his hat.

Gagsta Baylor

My snow bunnies

Christmas Gathering Gone Wild

What happens when you place 14 children (13 of them between the ages of 3 and 5) at a table for a two hour dinner? Well, to sum it up... uncontrolled chaos! Our small group, which has actually grown quite large, planned to celebrate the holidays with some ice skating and then pizza at Joe Mama's. However, due to the extreme warm weather they closed the ice rink for the day. Of course which makes this even more ironic is that by the time we had finished dinner the temperature had dropped over twenty degrees and it was sleeting.

As you can imagine, my kids were extremely disappointed but decided to go to dinner and make the best of it. And, well they certainly made the best of it...for them. The kids received their food much earlier than the adults. Once the kids had finished eating, it was extremely hard to keep them in their chairs. Luckily we had the back room reserved which I am sure the staff at Joe Mama's was grateful that our party was out of sight. I have to give our waiter credit. He brought out beads and crayons to help entertain. He even went so far has to bring a large inflatable ball and he began to play with the kids. It didn't take him long to realize the mistake he had made. Holding the prized possession of a ball with almost 13 kids surrounding him and yelling, "me, me,...throw it to me," was quite a site and he fled soon after, realizing he was out numbered. In the end, we enjoyed some delicious pizza and had a great time with our friends when we weren't trying to keep our children in line. Delaney even went so far as to say, "mom we didn't think we were going to have any fun, but we sure did." I am so happy that they have such a great group of christian friends to grow up with.

Vacation crew reunited

Kids Table for 13!

The mommy's... and not pictured, the daddy's

Christmas Parade

It's amazing how much excitement a small town Christmas Parade brings. Although, it was a little confusing with the multiple Santa's. Luckily, the kids figured out that the real Santa was at the end of the parade with Mrs. Claus.

Visit to Santa

We visited Santa yesterday. The kids insisted on wearing their new pajamas. I didn't really have anything special in mind for them to wear so I let them have their way.

PJ Pics

Baylor doesn't want to kiss sister!

Elf Special Delivery

Each year Santa's Elves deliver Christmas Pajamas on Christmas Eve for the kids to wear Christmas morning. This has always been tricky, as we always have guests on Christmas Eve and this year the kids were anticipating the delivery. This year the Elf delivered early so the kids could wear their pajamas throughout the holiday season. Needless to say, they were thrilled to discover their package.

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