The kids set out cookies and milk for Santa and carrots for Rudolph (sorry Dasher, Dancer and crew--you're out of luck this year!). When they woke up the next morning, the first thing they wanted to do was check to see if Santa ate the cookies. They came into the living room, glanced briefly at the presents that Santa left them, and made a beeline for the plate. Santa was a bit of a messy eater, leaving lots of crumbs on the plate.
Once it was established that Santa did indeed eat the goodies they left, they turned their attention to the gifts under the tree.
Once it was established that Santa did indeed eat the goodies they left, they turned their attention to the gifts under the tree.
Here's Ethan modeling his new rain boots. He loves wearing them around the house. Seriously, he probably puts them on several times a day. Maybe he's just happy that he has a pair of shoes that he can get on and off all by himself. Now we just need some rain to splash around in.
One of the gifts from Mommy and Daddy was a huge box of art supplies to be shared by both kids. In the box was a foam crown for each kid to decorate, and Kaitlyn couldn't wait to do hers. I think this was the first thing she played with after opening her presents. I like the craft stick embellishments :)
Gran and Papa Bell joined us later in the morning, and the kids had fun opening a second round of presents.
The day after Christmas, we left for Memphis to spend a few days with Jeff's family at Jess' house. The cousins had a grand time playing with each other. And we got to celebrate with Jeff's parents as they had their 40th wedding anniversary! Congratulations, Greg and Linda!
Our kids got to go bowling for the first time. I knew there were bumpers for kids, but who knew that there were these cool ramp things too?!?! The ramps made things a little more fun for the kids and gave the balls enough momentum to knock down several pins. Kaitlyn even picked up a couple of spares :)
Our kids got to go bowling for the first time. I knew there were bumpers for kids, but who knew that there were these cool ramp things too?!?! The ramps made things a little more fun for the kids and gave the balls enough momentum to knock down several pins. Kaitlyn even picked up a couple of spares :)
With the exception of a couple of elderly leagues, we had the whole place to ourselves :)
After bowling, we went to the Collierville square where the kids could climb on some old train cars that are open to the public.
It kind of looks like a train is bearing down on our unsuspecting family, but I assure you that these tracks were inactive and all the trains were not moving :)
Passing some time on the square by catching up on the daily news...
Mimi and Papa with all four of their grandkids.
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