The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

Our church had our biggest Christmas pageant yet yesterday, and it was lots of fun. Here's a picture of most of the cast. Osten was a turkey, and Marci was a mouse this year. All the farm animals gathered at the barn this year!

It's getting more and more difficult to get a good shot of Marci and Osten together. This one was somewhat on the sly, and it was the best I could do.

Cuties!!

In my opinion, the barn animals always take the prize for cuteness . . . followed close behind by the shepherds and angels!

Christmas Cookies

Marci has turned into quite the little Mommy's helper lately! She was so excited to deliver cookies to our neighbors and insisted on doing all by herself.

Busy Little Elves

After sitting on Santa's lap, the kids couldn't wait to sit at his big desk and color in their new coloring books.

What busy little elves!

A Word with St. Nick

We went to see Santa today. The kids were so excited to tell them their top three picks for Christmas. They both are still adamant about having a BB gun like Ralphie from Christmas Story. Thankfully, Santa was in the mood to speak his mind today, and he told them, plainly and simply, that they are too young. Thank you, Santa!

Self-Confidence

Tom and I often marvel at Marci's innate sense of self-confidence. Just the other morning, I was fixing her hair which is usually a bit of a battle. In an effort to reward her cooperation, I told her she was pretty. Her response? "I know."

Okay! I guess our next task will be to keep her ego in check.

Small Observations

Lately, Osten has been sharing lots of his interesting observations. And they usually come up at rather randomly. The other day on our way to school, he and Marci were talking about their aunts and uncles. And then Osten burst out with this,

"Uncle John is Daddy's brother. He's bigger and stronger, but our daddy is hairier!"