Breakfast with Santa

It's amazing how Santa is everywhere.  We had the pleasure of having breakfast with Santa in Springfield, for a fundraiser.  Ryah was excited that she was going to get another present from him.  Even though she wasn't as friendly with this Santa- she was still so adorable sitting on his lap.

Christmas Program

Look at this ADORABLE GIRL!

 

This picture was taken the night of Ryah's Daycare Christmas Program.  She had been practicing her songs for past two weeks and was excited to get to see Santa at the party.  Here are the pictures from the evening.

 

Singing Jingle Bells

What a joy to see all these kids dressed up and singing Christmas songs!  They all did a wonderful job.

 

Here comes Santa Claus...

 

So ready to sit on his lap

Telling him she wants a doll

 

She would not leave his side

 

 

AND... A KISS FOR THE ROAD...

 

(Matt and I were shocked she did this- she knows who to be nice too!)





Decorating the Christmas Tree

I was excited to get the Christmas Tree decorated this year, since Ryah is older and was excited to see all the lights on the tree.  Each year it is such a chore to dig out all the decorations, and then have to put them all away a month later- but making memories for Ryah, makes it worth every minute.

Matt, Ryah, and I all decorated the tree together.  I had a hard time not telling them where to put the decorations- Ryah was matching all the ornaments and putting them together on the tree, and Matt was decorating more of the back of the tree than the front, but the tree was still beautiful!

Ryah always gets to put the 1st ornament on the tree

Ryah's ornament from Ashley (from when she was a baby)

Family portrait

  Kisses!

Daycare Halloween Party

Well, I am back at blogging and am going to play a quick catch up...

This year the Daycare Halloween Party was held a few days after Halloween, since all the kids were sick on Halloween, and even though the party was delayed, all the kids enjoyed getting in their costumes again.  The kids did their "spook walk" again down to the neighbor's house.  She had saved some goodies for the kids- since she missed them on Halloween.  I thought that was so kind of her!    I was able to sneak out of work a little early to join Ryah at the party.  Missy and Rhonda always have a great party for the kids!

Ryah and Olivia enjoying cookies

 Ryah's cupcake we decorated

Happy Halloween!

Ryah with her kitty mask that she made



Blog update

I just wanted to give everyone an update on the blog.  I have run into a little problem with uploading pictures to our blog.  It is stating I have reached my maximum storage capacity for photos, and can pay to "add additional storage."  At this point I have not decided what I am going to do (create a new blog, pay to continue this blog, etc)... I am going to check with a few of my "blogger friends" to see what they are going to do.

Thanks,
Me :)