Sunday, December 7, 2008

Getting ready for Christmas

The Settlemoir family is getting ready for Christmas. Caden and Cole are super excited, and so is Kelly as this is her favorite time of year. Our house is completely decorated and ready for the big day. We have a lot of fun Christmas activities planned for the next few weeks.

First, we celebrated Thanksgiving with Grandpa, Grammy, and Mariah (Curt's parents and sister) at our house. We had a fun day and lots of yummy food. We didn't take many pictures though. The girls were busy in the kitchen, and the boys were busy playing and watching football. Here the boys and Grammy are getting in the Christmas spirit by reading a Christmas book.


Caden and Cole enjoyed decorating the Christmas tree. This year, we broke tradition and put up our tree before Thanksgiving.



Caden put on the finishing touch with Daddy's help.


Our handsome boys



We celebrated Curt's birthday on the 3rd. The boys helped Curt open his presents.


Caden helped Mommy bake a snickerdoodle cake. Cole helped with the decorations.


Happy birthday, Curt!


Cole celebrated the holidays at Funshop. Here he is sitting with "Santa" and Blue.



Cole and Mommy at Funshop Christmas



Our church hosts Breakfast with Santa. It is a fun event, which includes pancakes, cookie decorating, stories, music, and Santa. Here are the boys greeting Santa with their lists in hand.


Cole surprised us by sitting on Santa's lap. After all of the Disney character experiences, he didn't have a problem posing with Santa. Caden is asking for too many toys and games to list. His main requests are Star Wars toys, Transformers, and games. Cole would like Star Wars toys and a Spiderman paint book.


After chatting with Santa, the boys enjoyed story and music time. Then we decorated sugar cookies. Cole wanted to eat the decorations straight off the spoon. Caden made a sugar mountain on top of his cookie, and he enjoyed every bite.




Here we are in front of our church's beautiful Christmas tree.

Papa, Nana, and the boys in front of the tree

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