Christmas Part 3

On Christmas morning we woke up and drove to Cincinnati to enjoy the rest of the holiday.  I forgot to take pictures, but the boys and Leo had a blast opening the third round of gifts from santa.  These pictures are from visiting the train exhibit at the museum.

Santa's Visit

We were so lucky that santa took time out of his busy schedule to visit us at mimi and papa's house on Christmas eve.  Just like before, Will loved sitting on santa's lap, but Miles would rather enjoy him from a distance.  Though, they all did get into dancing and singing with santa!

Christmas Part 2

Our first part of Christmas vacation was spent in Grosse Pointe.  We had so much fun.  It was great to see the boys and Hannah enjoy Christmas so much!

Christmas

As a tradition, we always travel to Grosse Pointe and Cincinnati for Christmas.  Before we leave, we always spend the first day of our break at home and have santa come to our house for an early visit.  This year was really fun because both Miles and Will understood and were very excited about santa's visit.  We left cookies, milk, and carrots out the night before.  As always, the highlight of Christmas was seeing their adorable faces when they realized what santa had left them.  Priceless!

Festival of Lights

This is another fun family tradition.  We love going to see the lights and animals at the zoo every year!

Polar Express

Will took part in a very special cooking class up the street.  They made some yummy treats to eat for dinner and dessert.  While they were eating, a special guest arrived...Santa!  Santa read them "The Polar Express" while they enjoyed their special treats.  Will loved it!!!

Will's Concert

Will had his first school concert for the holidays.  Each preschool and kindergarten class sang one song for the audience.  Will's class was in charge of singing Dreidel, Dreidel.  They did a great job!  The weeks leading up to the concert, Will practiced his song over and over until he had it just right.  It was fun to hear him laying in bed at night singing his special song.

St. Nick

A family tradition is a visit from St. Nicholas the night of December 5th.  You leave out your stocking and he fills it with treats if you have been a good boy or girl.  I always love seeing the stockings the are made by great grandma hanging up on the mantle at Christmas time.

Christmas Lights

Every year we drive around and look at all of the beautiful lights in the neighborhoods.  This year we even ended our fun adventure with a glass of hot chocolate (or sippy cup if you are Miles :) ).

Christmas Crafts

Grandma, grandpa, and Leo came up for a weekend visit.  Grandma brought lots of Christmas crafts and goodies to enjoy.  The boys worked very hard on their ornaments that they had to pass out at Christmas to all of their family.

Locker Soccer

Will still loves attending his weekly soccer class on Saturday mornings.  We are excited because Miles' will be starting soccer in January.

Christmas tree

Our christmas tree this year was beautiful!  We went a few days after Thanksgiving and had a wonderful choice of trees.  The boys had a blast checking all of the trees out and driving home with our tree on the top of the car.