Christmasy

Justin got some new tools (pre-Christmas Christmas gift) and decided to make my dad a butterfly house.  Here it is. He did everything....holes and all. I thought it turned out great!

 A friend gave us a family fun night at Chuck E Cheese.  It was the kids 1st time going and they had a blast.

 Elias got to enjoy some of the rides too.  He was enthralled with the marshmallows on this one.

 We stayed the night with my folks one night and Olivia decided to have a coloring contest for us. She drew all the castles and we had to color them.  She and Isaac were the judges. See if you can figure out who did what.

Again, Olivia drew the castles. Not a contest, but still fun.

 Then we went to Dollywood to enjoy the lights and see an ice skating show. Justin and I got to ride the Wild Eagle for the 1st time. Front seat. In the dark. Very cool.

This is just another thing that Justin made out of legos that I think is way cool.  It's a train station for squinkies. I'm constantly amazed at his creativity and engineering skills with the kids' toys.

 My friend  Katie and I took our boys to the kids' science center in Oak Ridge.

 Fun with trains, a play house, rocket ship and more.

 The fire alarm got pulled (school field trip was there) while we were there so we had to wait outside for awhile.  We had lunch and played on the playground. 3 fire trucks came, but there was no fire. Oliver was certain he "saw smoke coming from the roof".  Isaac made sure he told Justin when he got home from work.

 Olivia's last day of school before Christmas break was only 1/2 day so after I picked her up, I took the kids to the zoo for the indoor Christmas activities. We saw Santa and made an ornament.

 There was not a whole lot to play with so we didn't stay long.

We had Christmas with my parents before we left for Missouri. Elias liked all the paper and bows.

 There we are. THANK YOU very much Grandma and Grandpa for all the awesome gifts!

 There it is again.

 Merry Christmas

 This is what happens when Justin goes to the dollar store for some of the kids' Christmas presents.

I must say, we did have some great laughs with these teeth.