Must-achio to a 1st grade Christmas program!

OH....

our elf....

Ella Jingle has been up to no good lately! :) :)

This morning...Lily comes running into my bathroom....

saying...

'Doesnt Ella Jingle know I have a PROGRAM today!?!?!'

bahaha!!!

Luckily....Mommy knew that it was a washable marker...and it came right off! :)

This was her 'Im going to make the 'maddest' face I can Mommy!' {She looks more creepy like she is going to hurt someone face!} bahaha!

Yet....she couldnt do it! She actually loved that she had a mustache! ha!

See...she cleaned up nice and pretty! :)

No mustache in sight! :)

Here is the 2018 1st Kittystone class!

My little one!

Doing a little dance and song! Lily was PUMPED that she now knows different languages! For example.....she says she now knows Spanish and German! {because they sang the song Feliz Navidad and Oh Tannenbaum} haha! She is such a mess!

She loves singing!

And dancing!

Her little speaking part! She did great! ...and did it twice ....by accident! :)

Love her!

And.....one of my most favorite things...coming home... relaxing and having a nice family dinner! Lily wanted her 'favorite' meal....spaghetti for the win!

OH what a wonderful Sunday!

We had the best Sunday full of worship and fellowship! We had Christmas on Ivy at Church this morning and OH my goodness, it was amazing! Phyllis Taylor {who is amazing and beautiful and I want to be like her when I grow up!} goes to our Church and she started a group that plays the piano together. Well, they played this morning and it was so great!

Alexis also did the Advent candle and did an awesome job speaking her part and lighting the candle!

Then, to cap off the day...

our Sunday school class had our Christmas luncheon! SO much fun! Full of fellowship, food and FUN!

She just looked so beautiful this morning!

She did perfectly!

She is such a brave and great girl!

Christmas on Ivory was just beautiful! Those ladies are SO talented!

Nan and Pawpaw came to Church this morning! I love Pawpaw's tie!

Fellowshipping with our Sunday School class!

We had the BEST time! We had a Christmas game challenge between the guys and us girls!
They were all so much fun but I thought I would share some of my favorite! Oh Christmas tree was this game! :)

It's snowing!...was this game!

Way TOO funny!

Tyler showing off! The guys blew the girls away on this one! :)

And...the Dancing Santa's! Our Sunday school leader and his wife {Mr. Rick and Mrs. Angie!}

We all were dying laughing!

And....the winners! Yep...the guys won! BOY...did they brag about it! :)
Dont you love their trophy! bahaha! {Straight off my kitchen table!} :) :)

And...the loosers! BOO! :)

Such a fun afternoon was had by all!

A Three-esta....and Santa!

Tomorrow those two Ray twins will be 3!

My goodness time has flown!

And...for the record, 3's were harder and worse than 2's! :) :)

We had a great morning celebrating them and the girls loved playing with their friends! We capped off the day with doing our MUST have Santa talk and picture! This may be my last year for Alexis...so Im soakkkkkking it in! So, we HAD to have a Santa picture! I felt like the movie 'A Christmas Story' because....the line was long...and BOY we waited...and waited patiently! :)

Sweet friends! It CRACKS me up how Madelyn {the one behind Cassell} and Lily literally fight over who is going to 'take care' of the twins! They try to 'Momma' them and it is just soooo funny! We have to tell both of them to share the twins and take turns with them! ha!

The ONLY way to get a picture.....and make them sit still...give them a birthday gift! They would NOT take their eyes off of their gifts either! Pictures were NOT going to happen if they had anything to do with it! :)

Sweet twins!

The crew!

Then...shopping....and telling Santa what they wanted! This was them leaving! Its the best I could sneak because no 'real cameras or phones' allowed! :) :) This was them saying bye! ha! We had dinner with Nan and Pawpaw before coming home to Home Alone 3 and wrapping the remaining Christmas gifts! I am DONE with gifts! Whooooooooo hooooo! :) :)

Two turtle doves!

On the 1st day of Christmas....

my....

you know how the rest of the song goes! :)

Tonight SP came with us to eat dinner and then back home so they both could open their Christmas gifts from one another!

The other night...those two decided together that Friday night would be a perfect night...yet didnt confer with us parents! So, Tyler and I {along with the girls} were going to eat anyways...so we invited SP to tag along with us!

We enjoyed Logans before we came home and the two turtle doves opened their gift! Alexis was pumped!

Smiling in front of the jukebox...even though they have really NO idea what that is! Alexis acted like they should be playing video games on it! OH me! :)

I made them smile by the tree! :) ..........................

For a couple of pictures! :)

Then...Lex actually requested this picture! Oh me! :)

Tooooo adorable!

And...then finally the best part! Alexis loved everything he got her!

They were getting 'over' pictures by this point! bahaha!

SP loved his gifts too! :)

They played several rounds of Jenga before time to go! Such a fun and memory making night with two sweet kiddos!

OH....Ella Jingle!

Sooo.....

every Christmas season...

that elf of ours....

Ella Jingle....

does something....

that gets her in SUPER trouble with at least one...if not both girls!

Well, this week....it happened!

So, Lily was NOT happy that Ella Jingle took her panties and put them 'all OVER the house!' {per her!} She came stomping into my room just mad as could be that Ella Jingle did that to ONLY her panties! {As she was checking to make sure Ella Jingle didnt take the panties she was actually wearing} bahaha! Lily goes..'Mommy....that is SO inappropriate that she did that! I am SO mad right now!' bahaha!

I asked Lily if she would have been mad or thought it was funny if Ella Jingle had done Alexis' instead of hers?!? Well....Im sure you know the answer to that! She goes...'Now that would have been funny!' {OH me...that girl of mine!} :)

OH...Ella Jingle! {She has done this before...but I guess either Lily doesnt remember or she thought it was 'appropriate' before!} ha!

That elf! Please excuse the other clutter on the table! Gearing up for our Sunday school class Christmas party!

She REFUSED to let me take a picture of her....because 'I am so mad Mommy!' :) She would NOT turn her head and look at me to take it!

Well....then she turned real quick at one point to check to see if I was still standing there....and I got this picture! bahaha!.....and I got this look too! :) :)

A glance into the week!

Week re-cap!

A look into life lately....we have been gearing up for Christmas, wearing our Christmas attire...and just trying to stay warm! We are having a pretty chilly winter so far! Goodness...Im ready for spring and summer!

Today marked Fall commencement at JSU so Mobbs and I were ready to Marshal! And....super proud of Tricia as she was graduating!

We survived graduation! It was cold...but not as cold as I thought it would be! I didnt freeze to death!

These two were suuuppper excited that Ella Jingle brought them Vineyard Vines Christmas shirts! They sported them this week to school!

They love having Ella Jingle! Every.single.morning. Lily searches for her. The first thing she does when she wakes up! :) :)

Wordless Wednesday!

I just love this!

Alexis' tooth post Tooth Fairy!

Soooo...

the day has come!...

Alexis lost a tooth.....her 1st tooth post knowing who the Tooth Fairy is!

The first thing she handed me yesterday afternoon was a baggy with her tooth in it! She lost at the Community Center after school! Mrs. Janice helped her pull it and she said that it didnt hurt a bit! :)

So, when we got home....

She comes up to me and whispers {so Lily couldnt hear her, per her} 'Mommy, soooooooo.....do I still get money since I know you are the Tooth Fairy!?!?!'

So....I had to {because my heart exploded} run over to my wallet and pulled out a $5.00 and gave her a big hug and told her that the Tooth Fairy still loves her!

She was so excited!

Im just NOT ready for them to grow up!

So now, Lily is dying to loose a tooth! I figured she would have at least one or two that was at least somewhat loose...but nope...they are all still snug as a bug in a rug in that little mouth!

Alexis has two other teeth that are loose so she should be loosing them soon too!

We celebrated with Baja for dinner since she lost her tooth! {Not really....it was just quick and easy and I didnt feel like cooking!} bahaha!

And today must have been 'wear your Christmas sweater' to work day...that we didnt know about but did anyways!
I love Mrs. Paula! She is sooo fun! Her sweater is awesome! It lights up...and has my favorite movie on it! I love Elf!

Wrap up to a busy week!

We started the week busy...

and ended it very low key!

It was a super cold....full rainy and nasty weekend! It wasnt worth getting out so we kept it minimal all weekend and it was super nice!

The only 'bummer' was having to take Lily to the doctor due to her having strep. She has handled it like a champ, though, and it hasnt seemed to phase her! So, all we did on our Saturday was Lily and I hit the doctor! Today, she wanted to go to Church so she sat with us so she wouldnt expose the other kids. She loved being in 'big Church' with us! I just love our Church at Christmas time! It is just sooo beautiful! Lily loved it too! She sang most of the songs to since she knew them so it was so nice to have a little side-kick with us this morning!

As I type this, we are all curled up watching Frosty the Snowman! Perfection!

She looks adorable...even doing a breathing treatment at the doc!

All curled up....warm and cozy...watching Christmas shows!

NO where else I would rather be than this spot with Lilybug beside me!

Even sick...she is still a snow princess!

She looked so cute for Church this morning!

She is growing so fast! Love her!

Love!