New and Improved

While the kids were sleeping, Tyler and I reupholstered Tripp's chair. And he loved it. It use to be Kassidy's chair, but somehow Tripp clammed it. He freaks out if Kassidy sits in it.

Kass loved it, and was a bit jealous, so when he took a nap she took over "THE CHAIR"

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After:

Stumpy the Snowman!

Snow that finally stuck! Kassidy has been wanting to play in the snow... but there hasn't been any! This morning we all went out and had a snowball fight. I wasn't sure how Tripp was going to react, because Kassidy didn't like the snow till she was 3, but he loved it!

Another Christmas has come and gone!

Christmas came and gone, and I always feel sad when Christmas is over... I might just leave my tree up till Tyler tells me to take it down. This year was the first time we were not surrounded by family. I did pretty good though. I kept my self very busy and tried not to think about it. Although, when I heard my dad was playing Santa thats when it hit me, I wanted to be there!!! I remember when I was little, my dad was Santa! (not that I knew it was him) Well here is a little preview of our Christmas, and my homemade gifts that were tons of fun to make!(and by the way, I got the ideas from others, cause there no way I could have just thought this stuff up!)

Our Little Family

Im always amazed at the amount of trash after christmas

Santa ate the cookies!!

Felt Truck (this was tons of fun to make!)

Santa gave the kids gloves, but didn't realize Tripp is a Lefty!!!

Magic Cape and accessories

Kass was so dead, Tripp pushed her over and she didn't move!

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve at the Kelly's:

First we started out with making one more last and final gingerbread house. Kassidy has made so many she has a small village!!!

Then Tyler wrapped his present... umm are you serious?? He ran out of one and just added another. Didn't understand that one. LOL!

After making over 200 christmas cookies this christmas season, I was ready to tap out. Then I received a message that Santa doesn't want store cookies, he wants momma's sugar cookies LOL! So one last batch was made today!

Finally after a long day of fun and excitement we had our hot chocolate and popcorn and watched The Polar Express! Such a good movie. Well they both passed out watching it!

Nativities

There was over 700 Nativity scenes to see. They were all amazing. We saw one small enough to fit inside a walnut shell.

Sweet Mary

The Angles

Tripp of course didn't want to dress up!

Sleepy Boy

Tripp must be growing cause that boy has been sleeping a ton. A few days ago he took a nape and slept almost 4 hours... And still went to bed early. Then yesterday I went to go put something away in my bedroom and as I was walking down the hall little Tripp was sleeping on the floor right next to his room. I guess he was on his way to bed and just couldn't make it! Poor thing!

Shirley Temple

Put Kassidy's hair in rags. It was so fun, she loved it! And when we took them out...

Shirley Temple!