Christmas Tree!

Let me start back a little, to the end of November when Little Dude had his parent conference night.  His teacher gives each kindergartener a little booklet that they go through and do different things to show their parents what they have accomplished up to this point.   Little Dude did GREAT!  Except he forgot what patterns were.  :)  Here are some pictures of what he did that night.

Showing Dad how he can do his math.

Showing off his printing.  LOVE the Printing Without Tears program.

Showing all the parts of a book.

And his last activity was to read his parents a story.  He chose "The Runaway Rabbit".

And now some Sprout photos....

Sprout in a box.

He LOVES it!

Waiting for someone to give him a push.

Uncle D came to visit.  The last time the boys saw him Munchkin was a baby and Little Dude just a toddler.  They warmed up to him quickly and he entertained them by showing them videos of his little dogs.

We put up the tree on Dec 2nd.  Sprout didn't do any decorating...but he did investigate!

Munchkin was a conscientious decorator.

Placing everything just 'so'.

Little Dude is a little more freestyle decorator.

There were wrestling matches during the break.

All right, an explaination about the next two photos.  Sprout has decided he likes scooching on his back by lifting his bum up and pushing off with his feet.

And while he's doing this he yells, "Ahh!"

Sometimes the wrestling matches involve everyone!  Little Dude and Munchkin are very good at being careful of Sprout.

I think we were watching Sprout and Munchkin wrestling at this point.

Ta Da!  Our completed tree.  Our next door neighbours haven't been in Canada for very long and this was the first year they were having a Christmas Tree.  So, she didn't really have much in the way of ornaments.  As we decorated we set aside some ornaments we weren't emotionally attached to and gave them to her.  Made me realize just how many ornaments I am emotionally attached to!

The tree lit!  Munchkin's favourite part.