It's beginning to look....

....a lot like Christmas! Enjoy these picture of us getting ready for the 25th :)

We had a bout of pink eye + allergy to the drops + scratch on the lens for April.....so she's looking down or wearing sunglasses for a few pictures. We are thankful that she's feeling much better now! Two weekends ago (as April was still not feeling great) we got our tree:

Only Chloe made it to church to make her gingerbread house. The other two made theirs at home:

Of course, our dancing Santa is out and providing lots of fun! :)

Last Thursday Peter had his Christmas program at preschool. April was home for the last day of her eye issues, so she got to tag along!

On Saturday we took some family pictures in front of the tree. Everyone is getting bigger, so when you add mom and dad in....you can't really see the tree anymore ;) Here is one of just the kids!

In the afternoon, we went downtown to see Santa! The girls were telling him they didn't know what they wanted, but Peter had a whole list of things.

Sunday was the start of the week, but the end of our Christmas-weekend! April and Chloe were both in the Nativity skit our church put on. April is behind Joseph (who is on the stool) and Chloe is a sheep:

April was a horse and did a fantastic 'neigh' right on cue! :)

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