Sunday, November 25, 2012

Santa Express

Saturday we went down to Jackson, Missouri to ride the Santa Express with Mama, Papa, Aunt Amy, Uncle Darnel, Aunt Kara, and all the kids.
 
Dane was so excited and Reese was in such a happy mood.  We were so excited about the day!
 
It was chilly so Reese wore his new hat.
He looked so cute!
 
We got on the train and the boys were all smiles.
 
Aunt Kara made some Polar Express mix for all of the kids (marshmallows, Golden Grahams, and chocolate chips)
 
Aunt Ashley and Uncle T.J. couldn't come, but Trey was able to come along anyway!

 
Baby Trey checking out his Polar Express mix.
 
The kids gathered at one table.
 
Reese hung out on Daddy's lap a lot.
 

 
Reese loved looking at everything.
 
We heard footsteps on the roof and everyone thought it was Santa's reindeer landing.

Next thing we knew Santa was coming on the train.
 
 
 
Daddy and Reese
 
Once the train got moving there were a lot of activities for the kids.
 
Dane got his face painted like Rudolph.
 
 
We played Christmas Bingo and Dane won a cute Polar Express ornament.

 
More Bingo...
 
Waiting for the conductor to come punch his ticket.

Reese just loved Dane's red nose.
 
We had a sing along and Dane and Trey got red blocks to hit on the table as we sang.
 
Reese hung out with Papa for a little bit.
He got some bells to ring during the sing along.
 

 
Finally it was our turn to see Santa.
 


We tried to get a group shot.......

 
 Santa read the Polar Express and the kids went and got Hot Chocolate.
Dane's was a little hot, so he kept blowing on it.


 
Santa then had to leave and he went running out the back of the train!
 
This is the second year we have been on this Santa Express and we love it! 
 
The kids had the best time.
It wore our little guys out!
 

Thanksgiving 2012

We had a great Thanksgiving!  We enjoyed the day with family and the boys had a blast!
 
Reese snuggled with his Daddy while I got things ready to go to St. Louis.
 
 Sweet brothers
 
 We tried a picture by the fireplace.....
 
but Reese just walked right out of the picture.
 
The boys loved my mom's Thanksgiving decorations.
 
 
Dane loved the candy corn and peanut mixture she had for a snack.


Reese was all over the place.
 
We had some time before dinner and it was so nice out we decided to go to the park by my parents house for a little bit.  Mama and Aunt Katie went with us and Aunt Katie took some pictures of the boys having fun.
 

 

 

 
 


 
 
We love this new little park.
 
Right after we got back to Mama and Papa's house everyone else got there.
 
We tried for a quick picture of the kids.

Reese was checking out Baby Trey.

Then Trey checked out Reese.
 
Dane was so excited that Aunt Amy gave him her phone to play games on.
 
 Reese's cute little turkey bib lasted about 5 minutes on him.
 
Delaney and Dane hanging out and playing games.
 
The evening ended with a movie for the kids while the girls planned our Black Friday shopping trip.