Christmas Morning

 

 

Merry Christmas from our little elves!!!

Christmas Par-tay

Christmas Eve eve, Sherrie invited a bunch of families over for a par-tay. It was super fun. We ate Café Rio tacos and had some yummy desserts. We did a gift exchange, As Seen on TV style, and the kids ran around and played like there was no tomorrow!
Good friends. Good food. Good times!

What would a party be without picture taking?


This was my Christmas gift to my friends. Since we just ended the Health Challenge a few days before, and have been trying to eat healthier, and have been bombarded by cookie plates and homemade treats, I thought….tis the season to be healthy. Hummus and baby carrots. Yum!

What’s Café Rio without homemade tortillas?

Do you know how hard it is to take a decent picture? Seriously?

Don’t let Miss Parleigh fool you. She was a pill. With a capital P. But, I don’t blame her. She was having a rough week fromeating dairy. She only let me hold her…and she cried and cried and cried if anyone even thought of holding her. Oh well, she’s back to her happy self—all dairy out of her system. Remind me NOT to introduce dairy when we have parties planned!


Gift exchange. I got a battery-powered fly swatter, an alarm for my door, and some benderoos!

I love this girl. She is too.much.fun!



Parker apparently had a loose tooth. He’s wiggling it. About ready it yank it out, or so it looks! What’s up with my boys losing teeth? It fell out the next day!


This, my friend, was Parleigh’s mood for the past weekend. I think I captured it pretty well, if I say so myself. Talk about a cranky, needy, baby. I’ve never ever heard her cry so much. Darn you dairy products! Darn you!

Annnnnddd….if you made it through this far…here’s what I made for Parker’s teachers. I thought about doing a gift card…but I’m a homemade type of girl!

::Redskins::

It was, as my dad would say, male bonding time, at FedEx field in Maryland for a Redskins game with Ben, Benjie, and Justin. They went on Christmas Eve early early and made it back in time for the annual Lineberry Christmas Eve dinner and also to help get the kiddos snuggled into their beds!

What would football be without tailgating? {You can answer that, really. Cause I don’t know the answer!}

Check out the mass of people! Holy moley! Good thing they had awesome seats!

Parachuters! How cool is that?

They had so much fun! Ben was so excited when he was telling me about it. He can’t wait to go again!

Imagine what it’s like getting out of that place? The stadium seats 82,000 people! {Not that there was that many people there, but still!}

Christmas PJ’s

Bright eyed and bushy tailed….these three kiddos are ready to see what Santa brought them!

Aren’t they the cutest little elves you’ve ever seen?

Mr. Wiggly Tooth

This morning I looked out the window and noticed that our Cleveland pear tree is finally changing colors---to yellow. A few weeks ago Ben questioned why the tree handed changed a pretty color this year. You spoke too soon!
And I love our grass this fall. It is GREEN!

About a week ago Preston brought it to our attention that his tooth was wiggly! You would have thought we told the boy he was going to Disneyland, he was SO excited. Parker gave him a great big hug, and they were both laughing and hugging and smiling together! It was a “warm fuzzy” moment for me—a reminder that this is what it is all about! The little moments that bring love and happiness into our lives.
This evening at dinner time, Wiggly Tooth aka Preston, wiggled his tooth far enough forward that it started bleeding. I honestly didn’t think we would make it through dinner time without him swallowing it. But we did. And we made it through bath time and teethbrushing time—he was very cautious. When we were reading books, I guess he was in the process of wiggling his tooth with his fingers, when Parleigh’s head bumped his head and he pulled his tooth out!
High fives all around! Preston was one happy boy!

I overheard Parker talking to Preston:
Parker: Preston, you might get $1,000 for that tooth!
Preston: Really? I might!
You wish, son. You wish!