Christmas a bit early

We love this season and all the fun things to do. Phoebe attended her 2nd Angel Tree Breakfast at church. The Christmas Angel comes out and tells the story of Jesus' birth and then all the kids get to have their picture taken on the angel's lap. Long, long ago, I was the Christmas Angel so I had hopes that Phoebe wouldn't be fearful when it came time for pictures. You'll see there are none... There was a live nativity outside - a bit chilly but Phoebes still enjoyed seeing the camels and lambs.




I think her favorite part was playing on the stage afterwards. Here she is with Baby Jesus.




Check out her cute little halo!



Here's a rare picture of her with a ponytail. She's too much of a wiggle worm for me to get them in. Her hair is getting so long - Auntie Kate says she has a mullet but we love her little curls.

Nana, Papa and Cousin Lucas drove up from Georgia for the weekend. While Nana and Papa were visiting Chris, Corrie and Bailey in Kokomo on Saturday, we took Lucas and Phoebe to the Children's Museum. I think Ryan had as much fun as the kiddos!

They had a special Santa's Village section - Phoebe got to groom a reindeer. Do some ice fishing.

And race Lucas down the snowy slide!

In the basement, you can look up inside this huge glass sculpture. It's hard to say who was fascinated more!

We did a little Christmas shopping afterwards and THIS is how my child likes to spend her time in Target. Where are her parents!?

It was fun to have Christmas a little early. Although we'll miss our bi-annual trip to Tennessee to see our Georgia family, it was nice to skip the drive!

Phoebe got ALL kinds of fun stuff. Food to go in her shopping cart, a dog in a purse, a tent, megablocks, books, the list goes on and on. Needless to say, I'm thinking we should postpone round two till February...

Phoebe didn't fall asleep till 10:30 - just too much excitement. She managed to enjoy her gifts even more the next day and took a pretty decent nap, too!

We think Phoebe may be having a growth spurt. She woke up one night this week at 1:30 and didn't go back to sleep till 4:45 - wide awake and c-r-a-z-y. And she's had SUCH a good appetite lately - which is rare for her. Yesterday she had a snack of goldfish on her way home, consumed an entire banana and then still managed to polish off her mac and cheese and peaches at dinner and then ate two fruit sticks afterwards. Yumm-o!

And the holidays wouldn't be complete without a Christmas program at daycare. Phoebe's class is a bit young, but we made sure to capture the moment on film. She's in the far cart, back row - staring at everyone, not jingling her bells. Gotta love toddlers!