Our wild and crazy Christmas!

Our Christmas started on the Friday before the 25th. We hosted our annual Stocking Stuffer Party with several of our friends. We had about 25 people here, and we all pigged out on cookies and pie. Our stocking stuffer party is unique as far as I know. Every year my mom and I head out the week after Christmas and snatch up all of the stocking stuffers we can find for under $1 or $2. We usually have five boys, five girls, eleven women and ten men. We look for stuff for everyone. This year we had gag gifts and all kinds of other goodies. Most of the guests bring stocking stuffers, too, so our big camoflage (yes, we're rednecks!) stockings are filled to the top.

On Saturday we had our Christmas at Nana and Papaw Gary's house. The food was great, the kids got too many presents and we all went home happy! What could be better?

On Sunday we went to my Uncle Bob's house to celebrate with him and his family. We ate chili dogs and talked and talked and talked. We hardly ever get together with them and I just hate that... They live in Sherwood, which is only about 45 minutes from here, but somehow we never meet up...

Monday we didn't do too much. It was Christmas Eve, but it was a perfect day to relax. We had to get ready for Santa!!!

Santa came to our house sometime Monday night. We all slept in, but once the kids were up it was all fun! Katie got a "Streak -n- Style" so that her hair can be all different colors, a set of hot rollers, a cutting tool for her artistic endeavors, and some clothes. Reese got a couple of toys and some great clothes. Her favorite gift from Santa was a 'Fridge DJ' radio made by Leap Frog. She hasn't put it down since she got it! The girls both got a computer to share. Santa took my mom's old computer, painted it pink and set it up with all their games. They loved it. My mom and daddy came up for breakfast, and we spent the rest of the day just hanging out.

Katie's Christmas program at school

Katie's class did several, and I do mean SEVERAL renditions of Jingle Bells for their Christmas program. It was actually pretty cute. They did a 'Country Jingle Bells'(Jangle bells, jangle bells...), a 'Rock n Roll Jingle bells', a 'Soul Jingle Bells', a 'Spiritual Jingle Bells', an Indian 'Jingle Bells' and several others. Katie was one of Mrs. Ellis' "ding-a-lings". She got to ring the handbells for the song "The First Noel". She did really great! My pictures weren't very good, but here is the one that halfway came out...

So be good for goodness STEAKS!

Katie is getting ready for her Christmas program at school. If I have to hear Jingle Bells one more time I think I will lose my mind...

I have heard some interesting lyrics come out of her mouth. My favorite is her rendition of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town".

"You better watch out, you better not cry, you better not pout I'm telling you why! Santa Clause is coming to town.

He sees you when you're sleeping, he knows when you're awake, he knows if you've been bad or good, so be good for goodness STEAKS!"

I love it.

Here are a few other "Katie-isms" that crack us up.

"Gracias!" - to the Asian girl in the Chinese restaurant. Katie thought she was Mexican...

"Are you going to take down her door, too?" After I slammed my bedroom door during a fight with David.

"Don't go in there Daddy, she's gonna yell at you!" After the same fight...

"We've been to Miami, is Papa Nort going to HIS-ami?"

"Daddy, stop driving my mama crazy!" On the way to the VA Tech stadium when David was backseat driving.

"Mama-Day" - What Katie called David for the first two years of her life... Never Daddy, always Mama-Day...

"I want to watch a woooo-beeeee!" It's movie time!

But you promised you would put the dot com on my computer, too! Katie talking to David about adding internet access to her computer.

But, mama, I just can't help it! I'm a talking machine! Katie after getting in trouble for talking in class.


I will add more as I remember them, so keep checking this post!