12/2 Colleyville Tree Lighting Celebration

Raine and I went for a carriage ride (Carter didn’t want to go so he and Daddy played carnival games).

Awkward family photo with Santa!

12/3 was a very busy day . . .

First was the Lion’s Club Breakfast with Santa.

Next was the Richey Christmas Cookie Run (I didn’t get any photos from the “run” but here is Raine and I in our t-shirts).

Finally, we decorated the Christmas tree (this is the first year that we have used our fake one instead of buying a real one).

12/15 School Christmas parties

It’s still a mystery to me why Carter’s class room-mom thought it would be a good idea to feed doughnuts and marshmallows to a room full of 1st graders and then give them all a whistle, but that’s what she did. It was raucous!

Daddy, Carter, and Me at Ms. Feaster’s class party.

Ms. Feaster’s class. Carter is standing up, the second child to the left of Ms. Feaster.

Raine’s class party was much quieter; they each tied a fleece pillow.

Ella, Me, Raine, and Daddy at Ms. Seifried’s class party.

The girls of Ms. Seifried’s class. Raine is in the top-right corner.

12/17 Ward Christmas party

It took some serious bribing to get Carter to sit on Santa’s lap!!!