Tis the Season

This has been a wonderful holiday season for our family.  It has been so much fun to see our little ones get excited by the sights and sounds of Christmas.  This was a fun holiday for Casey.  He really started to understand who Santa Clause is and about the birth of baby Jesus.  We have had a blast sharing stories, songs and traditions.  

We made it out to the Greensboro Christmas Parade.  I know there's a parade around here somewhere, hmmm.... 

Here is a family photo taken before the parade... and the snow...

Gary laughed at me for putting so many layers on the kids.  But my goodness it was cold!

During the middle of the parade it started to snow!  The temperature continued to drop so we left about that time.

Here we have one worn out little reindeer... I mean boy.

Casey helped decorate the Christmas tree this year.  Maybe next year we can convince him to spread out the ornaments and not put everything on the same two branches!

This year we decided to try our luck with visiting Santa at Christmas Castle at Castle McCulloch.  I have to say that we had a wonderful time!  It was such a neat little event and no long lines to wait in!

So this is what a kitchen looks like on Christmas eve!

And this is what a counter top looks like after my first ever attempt at make rolls from scratch!

Christmas Eve is not complete without baking cookies for Santa.  After looking through a cookbook Casey decided he wanted to make Santa cookies.  Here is his handy work at the decorations (with a little help from Mommy)!

And then we have Christmas morning... the look of surprise at the toys that Santa left!

A happy little girl with her Santa toys!

Not only was it a white Christmas but Samantha got to see her first big snowfall!

The day after Christmas... the toy tornado has blown through our living room!

To back track a second... Here are some of our Christmas meals:

Breakfast Casserole for breakfast.

Stuffed ham for dinner.  Along with mashed potatoes (thank you Chris and Jessica), corn casserole (thank you Dad), candied yams (again thank you Dad) and peas.

And don't forget about my homemade potato rolls!!!

And for dessert a White Chocolate and Strawberry Tiramisu... with tea biscuits instead of lady fingers (because I could not find lady fingers at the store) and without the strawberries (because I forgot to put them on my shopping list).  It actually tasted a little bit like cheesecake... very tasty.

Back to the day after Christmas.  Enjoying the toys...

One of Casey's favorite gifts came from his Uncle Chris and Jessica...  a super boy cape!!!  Our son is no longer just Casey but is now ... SUPER CASEY, To The Rescue!!!!

Up, up and Away...