Christmas Day 2006

As you can imagine, Christmas morning was pretty chaotic at our house. Here is an example of what the living room looked like:


We also got a lot of great presents. I got a racetrack from Santa and Cameron got a Cars The Movie game for his LeapPad. You can also see his kitchen in the photo above. We have made a lot of egg dishes and even some steaks. Below, you can see me in my space suit.


I am now entering the lunar module for our mission to Mars.



Love,
Ben

Christmas Eve 2006

Sorry for the delay in updating you on our Christmas festivities, we've been very busy. Here are some pictures of us after we went to church on Christmas Eve.




Love,
Ben and Cameron

Snow!

We finally had some measurable snow in the Twin Cities today. Here is a picture of us shoveling with Daddy.


Love,
Ben and Cameron

Happy Birthday, Jesus! Party

Today was our "Happy Birthday, Jesus!" party at Joyful Noise. Mommy came in to help out. Here I am decorating a cookie.


We also had story time.



And we had a gift exchange.



It was a lot of fun.

Love,
Ben

Storytime with Santa

We went to bedtime stories with Santa at the Borders in Arbor Lakes last night.



We both wore our cars PJs. Here is Ben.



Here I am.



Ben sat on Santa's lap, but I was afraid at the last minute and freaked out.



Love,
Cameron

MapleRidge Christmas Program

I know it's Wednesday, but last Sunday, we had our Christmas program at MapleRidge Church. I was a Shepard with my friend Alex. Here is a picture of me.


Love,
Ben

The Best Part of Baking Cookies...

Is testing them.

Love,
Cameron

Tour Guide Guys and Gals

Yesterday, Cameron and I dressed up as tour guides and gave "Safari-searcher" style guides of our darkened family room and basement. We even gave Grandma and Grandpa a tour over the phone.



Love,
Ben

Lots of Christmas School Projects

Here is a big catch up of school projects from us from the past week. We were very busy.


First, we have the story of the candy cane that I made at Joyful Noise.


Then, from left to right, we have a decorative bead candy cane we made in school, a candy cane I made this morning out of pipe cleaners and a real candy cane.


Here is a gingerbread man that Cameron made at school yesterday.


Next is a manger scene that I made at Wednesday night church.



These last two pictures are of a gingerbread house I made on Wednesday at school. On the outside, it looks like a normal gingerbread house, but on the inside, there is a secret gingerbread boy.

Love,
Ben

Joyful Noise Christmas Program

Today was our Christmas program at Joyful Noise. We sang a number of songs. Here is the last one we sang, "We Wish You a Merry Christmas."



Love,
Ben

New Haircuts

Today, we went to Kid's Hair and got haircuts so that we look handsome for the holidays. Here is a picture of my brother.



And here is a picture of me with my spikey new hair cut.



Love,
Cameron

Spending Time on the Potty

I am now going potty on the potty more and more often. In fact, one of my favorite things to do is to get a book and have a seat.



Love,
Cameron

Our Gingerbread House

This year, we made a gingerbread house. The roof fell off a few times, but we eventually got it to stay put with a little structural engineering.






Love,
Ben and Cameron

School Projects: Polar Bears and Christmas Trees

Here is a picture of my two projects yesterday: a polar bear made of dried shaving cream and a Christmas tree.



Love,
Ben

School Projects Catchup

Here are two of my school projects that I have been delinquent in posting.


First, we have my Indian corn. This was hanging in the hall way at my school until Thanksgiving.


Second is this penguin. He has a cute little beak.

Love,
Ben

Our Visit with Santa

Today we went to the downtown Macy's and saw Mary Poppins and visited with Santa. Here is our picture!



Love,
Ben and Cameron

Me and Peanut a 5 Years and a Week

We finally remembered to take my picture with Peanut. So, here I am at five years and a week.

Love,
Ben

Monster Jam

Last weekend, we went to see the Monster Trucks at the Metrodome.


While we couldn't take any pictures inside, we can show you the Monster Truck toys that we got th next day. I got a new Grave Digger toy and Ben got a new Blue Thunder toy. We are also holding our old Monster Trucks - I have Full Boar and Ben has a Grave Digger.

Love,
Cameron

My 5th Birthday Party with my Friends

I had my first "friends" birthday party yesterday at our house. I had seven friends from Sunday school or Joyful Noise over. It had a Cars theme.



Our first game was to play "Pin McQueen on Mack the Truck."



I didn't do so well.



Overall, my guests were pretty good at the game.



Then, after we all worked on our souvenir Cars frame craft, everybody lined up for a Lightening McQueen, Mater or Doc Hudson tattoo.



Everybody enjoyed their pizza and lemonade lunch...



Then we had some cake and ice cream...



And then we opened presents while we watched the movie. It was a lot of fun and I got a lot of nice presents.

Love,
Ben

Our Advent Calendars

Advent started on Friday. This year, we have two advent calendars.



We have this one that has chocolate each day...



And we also have the LEGO advent calendar this year.



Each, day, we get lots of pieces that will help Cameron and I eventually build a lot of the stuff you see here.

Love,
Ben

My 5th Birthday

Monday was my birthday. We started the celebration on Sunday, while Grandma Diane and Grandpa Tommy were here.



I had lots of great presents.



Cameron got me Spencer, one of Thomas' engine friends.



I got a lot of fun stuff.



Cameron was feeling a bit left out, so he made Daddy take his picture.



After dinner, I had an awesome birthday ice cream cookie sandwich from Culvers.



It was delicious.



I blew all of my candles out!

PS: More birthday coverage to come soon!

Love,
Ben