Our Christmas Season begins with the annual visit to the Festival of Trees. We indulged the kids this year by allowing them to get their faces painted. It was too cute! I am glad I out my Frugal nature aside and let them do it!
Miss M the Snow Princess and J the Snake!
J wrote his letter to Santa!
Little Miss rode the train. J deemed himself "too old" for the train this year. Made me a little sad, as he has been riding this train since he was a year old!
A few weeks later, my baby girl turned 3! Where has the time gone? We had a family gathering, complete with a Minnie Cupcake cake.
M and her Aunt Neicey!
My baby girl!
Fast forward two weeks to Christmas Eve. We took Dad and Butch to church with us. It was a lovely service and dad got to see the new church we have been attending!
Then there was Christmas Day. Miss M got her own DVD player for the car.
She is really into Minnie Mouse this year, can you tell? and Princesses....
J got his own "ipad" aka a Kindle. Does everything he wanted it to do. Plus the first thing he did was read the book I bought for it! BONUS!
J wrapped up in an Angry Birds blanket while playing Angry Birds on his Kindle.
Then we headed off to our nephew's house for brunch. Actually it was breakfast--that is how early we were there. It was delicious! We got to see the Brennan side of the family and snuggle with out great-nephew D!
Grammy (Aunt Terry) and her grandson and her niece!
Of course, D got some CAPS wear! GO CAPS!
Great Grand mom and her great grandson D!
You can tell I was wearing down- Super tired. I hardly took any pictures at my sister's house. She and I hosted Christmas at her house. Which means she did most of the work and I helped pay for the food!
Miss M and my niece, hiding in the blanket!
We gave my dad and his fiance' Butch a calendar. They loved it!
(Did I ever mention that my dad is getting remarried?)
We had a super fun time that day but thought we'd extend the fun.
The next night the alumni of our high school was hosting a happy hour at a local restaurant. Since my dad, sister, brother and I were all in the same town all at once, we decided to go! ( My dad is a former teacher there)
We hung out with some former teachers and mostly just had fun hanging out as siblings. How often does that happen? NEVER!
Last but not least, My besties, Amy and Christy and I got together for our "friends" Christmas. Our brood has grown to 7 kids, aging from 8 years, down to 9 months. (Judy- if you read this, the little guy on the left was born the same day as your Will)
It was impossible to get all of the kids to smile so this is the best picture we got!
So there you have it. Our Christmas in Fast Track!
J wrote his letter to Santa!
A few weeks later, my baby girl turned 3! Where has the time gone? We had a family gathering, complete with a Minnie Cupcake cake.
My baby girl!
She is really into Minnie Mouse this year, can you tell? and Princesses....
J got his own "ipad" aka a Kindle. Does everything he wanted it to do. Plus the first thing he did was read the book I bought for it! BONUS!
J wrapped up in an Angry Birds blanket while playing Angry Birds on his Kindle.
Great Grand mom and her great grandson D!
You can tell I was wearing down- Super tired. I hardly took any pictures at my sister's house. She and I hosted Christmas at her house. Which means she did most of the work and I helped pay for the food! 
We gave my dad and his fiance' Butch a calendar. They loved it! 
We had a super fun time that day but thought we'd extend the fun. 
