December 16, 2010

It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas

One of our favorite Christmas traditions is the Lebanon Horse Parade.  Each year, we bundle up the kids, make hot chocolate, and shiver with our friends, Jeff and Amy, as we watch the horse-drawn carriages.   
Sami and Brandon cuddle during the parade.
Lauren and her buddy Luke
Samantha and Sidney
The girls visited with Santa during a special breakfast at my school.  They also made ornaments and played games.  It was a great morning. 
Sami was a little uncertain about sitting on Santa's lap, but it didn't take her long to warm up to him.
Lauren had no fear.  She could have spent the whole morning talking to him.
It looks as though we may be in for a tough winter.  We've already had a snow day this December.  Not that I'm complaining!  Of course, I may feel differently if the days have to be made up in June. 
Lauren made a snow globe on her day off.
 Sami has been playing Christmas carols on her harmonica...well, sort of.  She sure loves it.
This is a classic Sami fashion statement.  She always wears her headband across her forehead.  If we place it on top of her head, she "fixes" it.
Here they are, proudly posing in front of our tree.  Only a few years ago, Brandon and I reminisced about our own childhood memories with every ornament we added.  Now our tree is covered with homemade ornaments by our own children.  I like the change. 

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