My parents, Scott's parents and brothers and KR came over to celebrate Christmas. It was so nice to have everyone over. We were all spoiled with lots of gifts and loads of food. Bea loved being at home and showing off her room and new should shrugs.
Christmas morning was such a treat. We ate some "christmas oatmeal" (Scott's idea) and had some divine coffee cake from Annie and then moved onto Santa gifts! Bea was a little slow to open her gifts, but really got excited once she saw what was underneath.
Christmas Eve is one of the main highlights of the season for me (and hopefully Scott and Bea). As usual, my pictures are random and don't really tell the full story. Bea, Leo and Emmett reallly enjoyed themselves. Lots of climbing and LOTS of exploring Grammie's pantry.
Just a few random pictures leading up to Christmas Eve. Bea made lots of seasonal crafts at daycare this year, including a pint-size gingerbread house. She now likes to pull and rough up her hair at the end of a meal, hence the Nick Nolte picture. And lastly, we went on a looong Christmas Eve morning walk and then out to lunch. Bea was in heaven, boppin' to the holiday tunes waiting for her food.
The infant rooms have there own little yard to play in and Bea loves it. She cries and maybe throws a teensy fit when it's time to come inside. It is nice and grassy and soft. I think Bea must be a little grossed out by the twigs texture though. These pictures are from the summer. You can see the toddler play area next door. Now that Bea and some of the other kids are getting older, they go in there to tear it up.
It is hard to tell if Bea tags along with the boys, or gets right in there. I have a feeling she rallies them together. This is Brent, Malcom and Joey.
Bea absolutely loves her teachers at daycare. In the picture above there is Miss Liz, Miss Jenny and Miss Druesilla (Sarah is missing). Friday was Miss Liz's last day, she has a great opportunity elsewhere. She will be greatly missed and her shoes will be hard to fill! Miss Liz was also the photographer at daycare and her departing gift to all of us was all of her pictures. She spent hours and hours organizing her pictures from when each kid started. So I am going to try and share as much as I can. I looked through them the other night and there were some chuckles and some tears. Thank you for everything Liz!
