We were looking forward to the Plano Christmas Parade. This is the best one of the year, all the high school bands play music and many of the floats were quite impressive. Santa of course came by at the end. Ford yelled several times, "Santa, it's Ford, I want a remote control car." Jake was mesmerized into silence!
We helped Daddy put up the lights and our favorite, the Snowman.
We celebrated Benjamin's birthday at a Candy Land Gym Party. We also had lunch with him on his actual birthday.
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| All the kids had a blast on all the different stations throughout the gym. |
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| Such a cute cake! |
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| I helped with baking some cookies for the party. |
We visited Santa. Ford told him he wanted a remote control car. Jake was so excited he couldn't get any words out, so Mommy helped him express his wish - Lego Lightening and Lego Francesco.
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| Santa gave Ford and Jake a pencil, stickers and erasers. We also got to paint a wooden train car. |
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| Jake, Santa and Ford 2011 |
We painted some "stained glass" ornaments.
We also decorated cookies and a gingerbread house. This was the day before Christmas Eve and Jake woke up with a horrible ear infection. He wasn't feeling very good that day, but between naps, he came in and helped a little with the gingerbread house. Thankfully he felt back to himself on Christmas Eve.
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| Our finished house! Poor Jake just wasn't feeling great. |
