First Christmas in Utah

The girls got up early today, but were patient as we made them wait until 7:00 to open the tree. Sleds and shovels top the welcomed gifts list. Buddy slept late, but even then had difficulty keeping his eyes open all day.  Sonia and John made us Christmas dinner. The girls loved playing at their house, and forcing John to read Dr. Seuss books.  Everyone fell asleep in the car on the way home.

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve, and we are ready.  Stockings are hung by the chimney with glee, and so on and so forth.  Lily decorated some sugar cookies for Santa.  We've got carrots for the reindeer, and a quick note to the jolly old elf. Let's hope he gets here before morning!

Christmas Play

The early grades of Lily's sunday school put on a Christmas play after mass today. Lily was one of the 'stars'.

Santa's lap

Emerson Elementary's Christmas celebration.  Every class had a few different songs to sing, but Mrs. Tiburccio's class was the best!  After the assembly, Santa Claus visited her classroom, and all the kids got a turn on his lap. 

2 Year Olds can Sing, kinda

Wasatch Presbyterian Preschool's Christmas concert!  Sophie's class was the youngest and (obviously) the cutest. Every class had a different uniform -- here her class is in their golden halos :).

Fossils

Following in her mom's footsteps, Lily took a turn as teacher today.  She gave a 15 minute presentation to her class on fossils: the different kinds, where they come from, what they're made of, etc.  She did an awesome job, as we all knew she would.

Deck the Halls!

Everyone helped out decorating the tree.  The plastic plant is a few years old now, and 1 of her 3 built in light strings didn't work.  Chuck spent lots of time fixing them.  Now 2 of her 3 built in light strings don't work.  We put on an extra string of lights.  Those don't work either.  But Lily & Sophie had a fun time, and Levi was awfully excited trying to reach the ornaments on the bottom.

Knit Diaper

If you're looking at this picture and thinking, "Why is Levi wearing a sweater for a diaper?", you are not alone.  I caught Leah knitting something in secret.  When she wouldn't tell be what she was doing, I figured she must be making me a Christmas present, so I let it drop.  A few days later, I discovered that she was actually knitting a wool diaper and expecting my only son to wear it! It's all the same to Levi, and I'll admit that it does work surprisingly well, but it looks ridiculous.  I'm glad he's too young to be embarrassed.