Christmas Day!

Christmas day was great! We had a nice relaxing morning at home. I think Macy was most excited for the juice box sticking out of her stocking, and once she found the chocolate candy in there we could have stopped for the day. She was satisfied!

Of course that wouldn't be any fun. We opened gifts and were all spoiled. Highlight gifts were Macy's Dora Back Pack and Barbie Car, a Fiat 500. Chris got tools and things to change the oil, and I got some clothes.

 Macy loves these little people. Originals from the 80s!

 Looks like Chris is the excited one!

 I don't know why Barbie has Blue Diamond Almonds in her passenger seat. Doesn't she know she'll get nut breath and annoy the others passengers in the car??!

 Breakfast was the usual deliciousness of steak, eggs, pancakes, bacon, toast, fried cinnamon apples, and orange juice.

 These bows were stuck to her all morning long. Note: those are her Frosty pajamas.

Napped and ready to head to Grandparents Lamont. Again we were spoiled. Macy got a toy doll house, Chris got a ladder and circular saw, and I got a waffle maker. 

It was a great day filled with family and fun. We did open the morning by reading Luke 2. We are grateful for the birth of our Savior and grateful for the wonderful family we have.

The Legislative

Just before Christmas we went to the Alberta Legislative Building to look at the lights and get some free hot chocolate. They have underground walkways open to the public and it was a pretty cold night when we went. One of the walkways is the Members Hall and is of all the past Alberta Member's of Parliement. We saw N. Eldon Tanner (he even had a display all about him), and then we searched for my great grandpa James Hansen who was an MP for Taber. Here I am pointing to him standing in front of the very building I was at. It was pretty cool.

 They usually have musical performances each night and serve free hot chocolate. We were too early for the performance, but got some hot chocolate. These pictures are taken with Chris' IPOD, so they are pretty terrible quality, but you get the idea.

 Chris and all the kids, minus Paisley: Macy, Henry, Anderson, and Ruth.

Macy in front of the big tree. It was big!

I guess I should get blogging...

Christmas break was wonderful! It was so nice to have time off from work and school and just be together as a family. We did a lot, so I suppose it is about time I start blogging about it. We spent Christmas in Edmonton and had a lot of fun with the Lamont crew. Everyone was up for Christmas so Grandma's house in Beaumont was busy. We are almost outnumbered by kids, which of course makes the holidays that much more fun.

Christmas Eve we went swimming in the morning with the Leishman's and the Coulam's. Macy figured out how to swim on her own with her puddle jumper and loved it! She was non-stop moving. Chris and I enjoyed the freedom again of the water, without constantly having to hold a little one.

 Christmas Eve we had porcupine's, strawberry spinach salad, and buns for dinner with sparkling cider and nanaimo bars for dessert. Macy got new pajamas from Frosty and we got The Lion King as our family movie.  Macy went to sleep and we relaxed (tried to watch Netflix, but apparently so was everyone else in the world because we couldn't sign on!) and played some games, and prepped ourselves for the excited of Christmas.

Telus World of Science!

A big thanks to Grandma and Grandpa Cutts for our Christmas gift passes to the Telus World of Science. We checked it out today and had so much fun. First we went to the Star Theater (like the planetarium) and watched a Holiday Music and Magic film. It was fun with good music and cool pictures to go along. Macy enjoyed it, especially the train that went to the North Pole!

After the show we checked out the kid’s area. They had lots of fun interactive stuff. We checked into the airport, went through security, checked our baggage, boarded the plane, and then ended up co-piloting it! 

Next was the water table. Macy loved this and laughed the whole time. It reminded me of the fun times we had at the McWane center in Alabama.

Last we checked out the tree house. 

Macy and I in front of one of their many Christmas trees.

We only went to a part of the museum, which is the benefit of having an annual pass. We can check the rest out later! Thanks again Grandma and Grandpa!

Santa!

This afternoon we went out with Grandma Lamont, Uncle Spencer, Aunt Pam, and cousin Paisley to see Santa!

Macy knows who Santa is and that he says 'Ho Ho Ho' and that he will be coming to her house soon. She recognized Santa right away and was excited to see him.

 While waiting for Santa we met his head elf and took a picture with him.

 This Santa was great! I really think we got the real deal. His beard was real and he was so jolly and nice. He invited Macy to sit on his knee or to sit on the arm of his chair. He was so happy that she came to see him now because he wanted her to know that when he comes to visit at Christmas he will do it when Macy is asleep, so she won't be able to see him then. I was glad he clarified this because I was worried that Macy thought Santa was coming to her house to play with her. Santa is so smart. He knows just what to say.

Macy did play shy and mostly just wanted the candy canes that were in his sac. But she did do better than her cousin.

 Paisley did that class kid scream. It was loud and it was clear she did not want to sit on this strange man's lap!

They both were happy though to get their candy and get back in the cool car they were riding!

It was a lot of fun. This Santa was at the Sherwood Park Mall and you brought your own camera to take pictures with him. So great!! We'll have to make this an annual occurrence!

Macy's Room

 After we got back from Fort McMurray I painted what used to be Chris' work room and we moved Macy into it. I painted the dresser at the same time and was so happy with how it turned out. I waited on posting pictures because Macy still had her crib in there and I didn't love the overall look with the brown crib. About a week ago we moved Macy to a big bed (the box spring and mattress are still on the floor) as she was wrecking the crib mattress by jumping on it all the time. I got this great bedding set from Superstore and I LOVE how the room has turned out!

Such a big girl!

 p.s. she is playing with her toys known as Grandma and Grandpa!

WEM

A couple of weeks ago we took advantage of a free afternoon and Galaxy Land's free under 3 to have some fun family time. It had been awhile since we'd been with Macy and she was definitely more into the rides. She loved riding on the cars and helicopter and since it wasn't too busy we rode them a lot!

 On the horsey!

 I got kicked out the helicopter after this picture. It actually moves up and down as it goes around and around, and I didn't meet the weight requirement!

Riding in style!