Christmas Fun

My mom sent us a paint-your own nativity. I told David that he should paint it (he's the artistic one in the family) and let Baylie paint one piece. Apparently, he heard just the opposite. Guess which piece is David's? I'm all for encouraging children in art, but my Type A personality will have to do some touch ups on this one.

Baylie had a blast.

Jalen tried his first popsicle - to mixed reviews.

We had a church Christmas party themed around Bethlehem. Our kids were adorable in their costumes - while they lasted.

Jalen actually got excited dressing up, but the head piece only lasted about two minutes.

And there was no crying this year with Santa. Baylie agreed to stand by him, but told me in advance she would not sit on his lap. I'm fine with that. Why do we tell our kids not to talk to strangers and then ask them to sit on some strange guy's lap?

Baylie has always said she was going to ask Santa for a candy cane, which was great with me. All of a sudden right before we got up to Santa, she said she was going to ask him for a bike. I said "What's a bike?" She said, "I don't know."