Let the Christmas Festivities Begin!

Christmas is officially in full swing for the Selph's. =) And before I get way behind on blogging about our Christmas fun I had to go ahead and hit on the highlights of what we've been up to before things get really crazy.

 

My last day of school was Wednesday and we had the cutest little party for our preschoolers. We have great parents and they were so generous to me! They really made me feel special and loved. Then, Garrison's last day of school was the next day on Thursday. I helped with his party that included Christmas Bingo with m&m's, a book exchange, and yummy food and treats. It was a fun couple of days. =)

On the first day of our break the boys and I had a laid back day at home. (Not sure you can call any day with 2 busy boys laid back, but it was as laid back as we could get...) Garrison and I made oreo balls and the 3 of us had lots of play time. Plus we did laundry and started packing.

Then, Friday night we had a family date night at one of our fav restaurants. We had never been there as a family of 4 before... only for date nights or special occasions with other friends/family. Austin made things interesting but we enjoyed every bite nonetheless. After our delicious dinner we went to make a quick picture of the boys in "Santa's Chair" on the square. Garrison has been fascinated with this chair and talking about it for days. So even though it was frigid out, we braved the cold for pictures. Precious.

 

After approximately 10 seconds in Santa's chair we decided to quickly move over to the sweet little sleigh... except Austin decided he was frozen and wanted no part of it. Ha!

 

But Garrison was a trooper and forced a smile even though he was going numb from the cold... 

 

Until approximately 3 seconds later when he decided he was COLD and ready to be done. So we hurried back to the car to thaw out!

 

Today we went down to Barnesville for the Piper Family Christmas gathering at my parents house. It was a lot of fun and we enjoyed tons of good food. We had what felt like hundreds of appetizer style foods... it was a treat! And we loved celebrating and catching up with family. My boys had a ball!

 

We got in a family picture too. =) We had a few missing but most of the gang was there. (Terrell took this picture since it was with our camera... but he was in other ones!)

 

Austin got to have just a little play time outside but the temperature seemed to drop fast so he had to come in early. It was fun while it lasted though! Garrison was too busy playing with the big boys to have his picture taken. (And can I just say.. big boys are rough! I am NOT ready for all that in my future. But I'm guessing I don't have a choice...)

 

And of course we opened presents and enjoyed more play time. We had such a fun day! And the best part is that we were able to come home at a decent time and get settled in at home. Yay!

Tomorrow the real craziness of Christmas begins. We'll head back to the hometown for church and Christmas with the Selph's. We'll spend the night with Terrell's family tomorrow night and wake up to a Christmas Eve breakfast with family and friends before heading across town to spend the night with my parents. We're very excited about all the upcoming festivities, but it's been oh so nice to be home tonight with a chance to relax and take a deep breath before we dive into everything tomorrow. Let the Christmas festivities (and craziness) begin!