The Ducks and Turtles are coming...

Tonight the kids were re-arranging their furniture around the front door. When I asked what they were doing, they said, "We are watching for the ducks and turtles." So, I guess in the rare instance a duck or turtle passes by our front door, they will be there to watch them. Goofy kids! They get all their stuff arranged just right...

Playing the waiting game...so far, no turtles or ducks have walked by...
we will keep you updated...

They also had their Christmas Party today at school.

Here is a picture of all of us at the party.

They got to eat yummy cookies (Mimi's sugar cookies-Thanks, Mimi!), drink juice boxes and they did a book exchange. I know they will miss school for the next two weeks during the Christmas Holiday.

The Nativity...Revised...

While the kids were playing at Mimi's house, they were very interested in the nativity scene she has out in their room. Of course, they had to add their own twist to things...

(this took about an hour to finish)... As you can see, there was lots of hay in the manger...there were many more animals than originally thought (pigs, lions, tigers, horses, a cow, and a sheep)...horses were watching over Baby Jesus... and the (wounded) lion, with a huge band-aid on it's back, was conversing with Mary, Joseph and the Sheppard...
Tonight we took the kids to see Christmas lights in the neighborhood and Emmy said, "I saw Baby Jesus...and Mary and Joseph...and the Sheppard, too!"

Polar Express

Tonight the kids wanted to watch "The Train Movie" (Polar Express). I put it on for them and they decided to arrange their chairs "like a train".

Emmy kept complaining because she could not see... Tate was VERY excited about the movie.

Tate relaxing a little, so Emmy could see the movie.

They put the chairs this way and Tate said..."Wanna talk, Sissy?"

Playing

Emmy checking out an ornament off the tree.

Tonight when we were watching the movie and they were talking about the North Pole,

I asked Emmy where Santa lives

and she looked sraight at me and said, "The mall!" Too funny.

The Trains at North Park

On Wednesday, Honey (Aunt Julie) took the kids to North Park Mall to see the trains. The kids had a great time looking at the ducks, turtles and trains. Plus, they got to throw "peee-nies" in the water. Thank you, Honey, for showing Tate and Emmy a great time.

They love spending time with you and your gang! :) Watching the ducks and turtles
Emmy in her Santa dress. (Thank you Mimi for the cute outfits!)
Tater

Watching the trains

Posing in their train hats

We Miss Our Daddy...

Here at the Greene house we are missing someone very important this week...DADDY!!! He is hunting this week and we are really missing him. The kids don't have anyone to wrestle with and Mommy has no one to help with the "mouse situation" in the garage. (Let's just say, he owes me! :) ) We are so glad Daddy is having a great time, but we are ready for him to be home. After all, how could he possibly stay away from this thing we call "the craziness" much longer. The silence in the wilderness must be driving him crazy. :)

We love you, Daddy...come home soon.

Oh, Christmas Tree...

On Friday night, we decided to put the ornaments on the Christmas tree, so we got the kids dressed in their cute pajamas (thanks, Mimi!) and started putting the ornaments on the tree. The kids enjoyed it for a while, but got bored with it quickly. I did manage to get some cute pics...


Just for comparison, here they are last year with the tree...