We started our celebrations around Thanksgiving with the whole Beavers crew (Uncle Kenneth, Aunt Kristen and Bristol were here from Indiana). It was so wonderful to see all of the cousins together - they had the best time!
Next on our Christmas to-do was our annual visit with Santa Claus at the Pease's house. Benjamin climbed right up into his lap without hesitation and told him he wanted a Buzz Lightyear. Our visit also happened to be on Benjamin's birthday, so he got an extra candy cane :) Sissy was a little less excited about the Big Guy, but after some thought and glances from the kitchen, she decided that she would sit in his lap if her cousins and her brother did, too. She happily told him about all of the Alena stuff she would like for Christmas!
We had lots of theater experiences with the kids this Christmas, as well. We enjoyed Rudolph with Aunt Rachelle, Uncle Keith, Avery, Ady and the Karras family, and also took both kids to see The Nutcracker with Papa and VieVie. They loved both!
On the 23rd, we went to Papa and VieVie's house to bake and decorate cookies for Santa. Vie got the kids adorable Christmas aprons and they had so much fun cutting the dough and decorating (and eating) the baked cookies. It was around this time that our fun was stumped just a bit because we discovered lice on the kids...not a fun way to go into Christmas, but after treating them both, doing 1000 loads of laundry and vacuuming everything I could possibly vacuum, we knocked it out. Ick! I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy.
We enjoyed a church service on Christmas Eve and then joined our Beavers family at Mimi & Grandbuddy's for our annual supper and Christmas celebration. The kids had a blast, as always, and opened more presents than I could count.
Santa came to visit, of course, and the kids were thrilled. They were also excited to open Mama & Daddy's big gift to them because they found out that we're GOING TO DISNEY! I don't know who's more excited - them, or Derek and me! We headed to Winston-Salem that afternoon and had dinner with the Suttons at Uncle Ben and Aunt Sally's house.
To finish it all up, we traveled home to Apex and went to see Moana, followed by dinner out - just our little family of four. It was a fantastic holiday season full of good food, fun experiences, and so much special family time.
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