Christmas Eve at Nana & Papa's

We went to my parent's house for Christmas Eve. Anson's parents were in town and joined us!

Nana and Papa got Lily, Dillon and Lacy a huge train set!

Uncle Jamie being silly!

A few videos from our evening...

Making Christmas Cookies!

We made our Christmas cookies today! Lily really loved cutting them out and decorating them. Dillon new favorite word is "cookie."

Only 5 more days until Santa comes...this household is super excited!

Christmas Party at Dance Class

I love Lily's dance class. This past week, Miss Mary Lyn gave them a little party during their class. She gave them cookies and punch. Each girl brought in a gift to exchange with another girl in the class. It was as much fun for me to watch as it was for the girls.

Going around in a circle around the presents. Mary Lyn then says stop and they get whatever present they are in front of.

Lily about to open her gift

She got coloring books, crayons, markers and stickers. She loved them and has played with them every night since.

Giving Mary Lyn a hug and getting a little treat bag from her.

Santa Photo from Tower City

Here's the photo from Kringle's Inventionasium. Dillon wasn't too happy about sitting on Santa's lap, and Lily looks unimpressed, but we still bought the photo since it's cute.

4th Annual Trip to Tower City with the Waybrights

Today we went to Tower City with Jen, Ken and Zack for our annual trip to see the Toy Soldier and Mr. Kringle's Inventionasium. We met them at Bob Evans off Rockside Rd. this morning.

Lily and Zack opening their gifts from each other
Zack got Lily some My Little Ponies. Lily got Zack a Diego DVD and a John Deere toy.

Zack got Dillon a fishing puzzle

Family Photo at the fountain at Tower City - waiting for the show to start

The kiddos

The Waybrights

Watching the show

Watching the show

The toy soldier

Photo with the Fairy Godmother and Toy Soldier - he's so tall. Anson shouldn't have stood next to him! Ha-ha

Bruce the talking Spruce!

Inside Kringle's Inventionasium

Lily and Zack were really listening and taking it all in :)

The think tank - to think of creative ideas and thoughts.

Our tour guide asked Lily what her favorite animal was. Lily said a zebra! Anson and I laughed. We thought for sure she'd say a kitty cat or a jaguar!

Playing at one of the fun stations.

Lily and Daddy made a silly puppet. Lily wouldn't hold it, though. It frightened her.

Making snow! New station this year where the kids mix water and a special powder to make snow. It was really neat.

Lily made a snowball!

Building toys. We broke the no binkie rule today and allowed Dillon to have it. He was really tired and cranky and it made our lives easier for the day.

Building a tower and waiting our turn to see Mr. Kringle.

I'll post their photo with Mr. Kringle later this week. It wasn't a good one, though. Dillon was crying and Lily wasn't really smiling. O-well. It's still cute.

Eating their suckers from the Sweet Factory.

Back at home, playing with their new toys from Zack!

Video of the kids watching the Toy Soldier show.