Thursday, December 29, 2011

Tae's Christmas

Getting ready for Christmas started at preschool making a gingerbread house with a 3rd grade buddy from a local school

Then making gingerbread cookies with grandma

Helping decorate (the bottom few feet of) the Christmas tree

Being a mouse in the Sunday School Christmas play (remember the part in the gospel of Luke about the mouse in the stable???)

Deciding at the preschool Christmas program that it was just much easier to sit on the risers

 Declaring on Christmas morning "mama, there are lumps in our stockings!"

Loving opening his (and everyone else's) presents

And then spending a few days in British Columbia playing in the snow with our extended family. Here's the sledding hill that starts at the bottom of the Olympic ski jump in Whistler...

 Tae LOVED going fast down the hill...

Pure joy...

And up the hill to try again...
And getting to make his very first snow angel...

Christmas through the eyes of a three year old was delightful! May God bless your continuing celebration of the 12 days of Christmas!

Monday, December 5, 2011

A Tae update!

 Tae at the Halloween Pumpkin Patch

 On a "tractor barrel ride" at the pumpkin patch with his preschool class.

 Tae was an adorable doggie for Halloween! Singing "fall songs" with his preschool class.

Ready for trick-or-treating (and did we mention Tae's new favorite holiday is Halloween? Just days ago, "Mama, when we can go trick-or-treating again?")

Celebrating his 2nd "Bath Day" (baptismal birthday)

Pressing apples for cider!

A walk around the pond by our house.

Tae's favorite park (an elementary school near our house).

Picking out our Christmas tree!

Here it is! Our first u-cut Christmas tree!

Other firsts for us...first 25 lb. turkey we made for Thanksgiving (and our 11 guests).

Jana's first time making lefse (with Mike's parents).

And some beautiful views - an autumn sunrise out our window.

Beautiful, snow-covered Mt. Baker.

May your Christmas celebration be beautiful, too!