Christmas 2006 in RSM

This year we decided to keep Christmas low key and simple by staying home. Erin's parents came over on Christmas Eve to spend the night. Erin and Beth cooked a great Christmas Eve dinner for the guys after we came back from church.

We used some of our Christmas money from my parents to buy a GeoTrax train for Zoë. Erin and I were putting the train together on Saturday, and we realized that we bought a ton of accessories but we forgot the train! This forced us to run out to Toys R Us on Saturday night to buy a train, something that you couldn't pay me to do again.

I created a new Kodak Gallery called Christmas 2006 to show off some pictures of our family, Beth and Ralph, and some of the presents. I think that Erin and I like the train more than Zoë, although she likes playing "Godzilla" after we work hard to set it up.

I am trying something new. I am trying to upload videos to Google Video so that we can share them. I uploaded three videos, and you should be able to click on the link to download.

1. Zoë's First Christmas Recital. Zoë's pre-school class sang "Jingle Bells". Minutes before she was to perform, Zoë was crying and didn't want to sing. If you watch the video, some of the other kids don't want to be there either. We had to bribe Zoë with a chocolate chip cookie and a green balloon.
   
2. Happy Birthday Jesus! We put a candle in a pumpkin pie and sang "Happy Birthday" on Christmas Eve.
3. Zoë playing with her GeoTrax Train. This is a video that we shot of Zoë playing with her new train. She didn't have as much fun as Erin and I did.

Let me know if you can't see the videos or if you want me to sent it to you another way.

Snow in RSM

Just so that we can let everyone back East know that we feel your pain, Zoë got to play in the snow at a shopping center near our house. The shopping center sponsored a fenced in area with snow, sleigh rides with Santa, and face painting with Mrs. Clause. Zoë was excited at first to play in the snow, but it was cold and she fell down. She left before our five minutes were up, after waiting in line for 15 minutes. But the reindeer face paint was a big hit!

Getting Ready for Christmas

After a rough and pregnant summer, we are looking forward to the relative calm of the Christmas Season!