Emily's Pre-School Program

Emily had her first Christmas program last Friday at her preschool. Her class has been practicing all month. I can't imagine 2 teachers trying to get 17 3 and 4 year olds ready for a program. God bless them! They told us we could get there at 10:15 to get seats. They program didn't start until 10:45. I got there at 10:20 and it was packed. I tried to get an isle seat so I could get some good shots of her walking in but that didn't work out so well. Brent didn't come with Mason until right before it started so he didn't have to sit to long. Brent's parents and Aunt came to watch too. A lady sat next to me who had a little baby that was about 3 months old. Mason was totally infatuated with the baby and kept wanting to touch the baby and say "awwwww." Well when I told him no he had a melt down. Brent's dad scooped him up and took him out! Fun stage!I found out later they watched from the back of the sanctuary. I was glad grandpa got to see his girl!

They program included Emily's class, 1 other 3-4 year old class and then 2 classes of 4-5 year olds. The first group were Reindeer and sang really cute fun songs. The second group were Elfs and 1 little boy was Santa. Then Emily's group was last. The little boys were Shepard's and the little girls were Angels. They walked in 2 by 2 to the song "Mary did you Know." I LOVE that song. When Emily walked by she was holding a little girls hand who saw her mommy and got sad. We heard Emily say to her "It's ok don't be sad I am here." I just thought that was so sweet. She is such a loving little girl :) The kids did SO much better at their Christmas program then their Halloween program. Pretty much all of them sang and did their little motions. Right before the very last song Emily finally spotted us in the audience! She had a big smile. Then she tried to get down and when she realized she had to stay up there she got her sad face and didn't want to sing of perform anymore. The last 2 pictures below you can see in the one picture she is really excited and the next she is sad. Over all she did a great job and we were all so proud of our little angel!

Deck The Halls

We put up our Christmas tree this year the day after thanksgiving like we do every year. We took that tradition from my side of the family. It's so neat when you get married how you to take traditions from both sides of your families and make your own! The kids had so much fun decorating the tree. Emily did an awesome job. She even spread them out all over the tree. Mason liked it as well but has a hard time not touching them. Both of the kids think they are toys that they can take down and play with. He broke a bulb of mine from when I was younger yesterday. He thought it was a ball and threw it across the room. I was sad but couldn't be upset with him. He just a baby and dosen't understand. He's doing a lot better.

Everyday Emily is asking me if it's Christmas?? She is so excited this year. She really get's the whole Santa thig. She said when she meets Santa she is going to ask him for a Buzz, Woody, Jessie & Bullseye. She was playing in her playroom earlier and I heard her singing. She is learning songs for her school program. She was singing a song I have never heard before but it was so sweet. She was singing "Happy Birthday Jesus, Happy Birthday Jesus." It was such a sweet sound.

I am so excited about Christmas this year!!!