Wook At Dis!

A movie of our Christmas, starting with one present on Christmas Eve.  Preston LOVED all of his presents, but I think the toy computer was the winner. Way to go, Santa! (Yes, Santa left toys, but he also left a note reminding Preston to behave.)

Some of my favorite parts of this movie are all of the "WOOK! WOOK!" moments. If you stick it out until the very end, you can see some sweet peek-a-boo from Callie.

Hope you enjoyed the day with your family!

Carols, Naughty List, and Crawling

We recently watched Preston's video from his school Christmas performance last year, so he wanted to act it out for us again this year. (No program at school this year- BOO!) Here are some songs he wanted to sing. Love the made up words he throws in there...and all of the W sounds instead of R sounds crack me up. I also like how he stops mid-song to tell me how Santa comes in the chimney. Love when he is my sweet boy! (He was a very sweet boy today- must know Santa will be here soon!)

Preston got a special video message from Santa the other day. He got one of these last year, too, but he was on the nice list then. This year it is questionable. Does anyone actually not give their kids gifts on Christmas for being naughty? Doubtful.  Am I mean for putting him on the naughty list for this video? Probably. But he definitely knows he needs to try harder!

Don't want to forget about Callie- she is a wild woman and all over the place at all times. Preston is learning how to distract her from HIS toys by offering her something he doesn't want to play with. Let the sharing lessons begin!

A Christmas Dance

You don't need a shirt to feel the Christmas joy...

Santa Visit and Claps

Preston got to go visit Santa this week at our neighborhood tree lighting ceremony. Santa read the kids a story, listened to their long lists of 'I-wants', and then dazzled the crowd with his sleigh. Not just any old makeshift sleigh...his super-duper-rocket-booster sleigh! Preston was a sweet and patient boy while in the same room as Santa. He literally sat still for over 10 minutes waiting for his turn- you can see a small part of this in the video. Now if we could only transfer that perfect behavior into our everyday lives! We had our magic Santa Cameras installed this week to see if that will help. They are inside the smoke detectors and he has been talking about them frequently.

"Mommy, I see a wed light up thewe."

"That means it's working."

"I'm scawed of the light, Mommy."

"Don't be scared...just be a sweet boy and Santa will be happy!"

Thank you, Christmas, for giving me some leverage over my child at the moment. Stellar parenting? Probably not. But I'll take what I can get.

 

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 And here are some claps from my sweet girl. YAY! 8 months old and full of energy. Crawling everywhere (still almost exclusively army style), laughing, clapping, climbing up stairs, cutting two teeth, putting any and everything in her mouth, pulling up on the couch, following big bro around, and trying to escape from her crib are some of her latest milestones. Sleeping completely through the night is a milestone we're still waiting for. Desperately waiting.