We had a Holly Jolly Christmas!

Jace
On Christmas morning I walked by the tree and looked on the counter to see if Santa ate his cookies. That was the first thing I noticed, then I saw the bean bags that mama made us, because they were too big to wrap. I ran into Daddy and mama's room and told them thank you, and that Santa came. Bella woke up shortly after and we found our bow and arrows that Santa brought us, under our stockings (which he also filled). I got a Batbot, a new book, new movies, the game Sorry, a new puzzle, a new toothbrush and a race track ramp for my hot wheels.  I had an excellent Christmas! Papa and grandma came to see what we got, and watched me shoot my real bow. It is so awesome! We played most of the day, but went and visited our old neighbor, miss lori that was alone on Christmas too. Daddy and mama both had to work the day after Christmas, so we went to papa and grandma's. On Wednesday, after workout, we went to Ashland with some friends to go ice skating. We all wore our new super hero shirts that miss Audra made us.  I used the cheater for a bit then skated all by myself. I had a few good crashes, but that didn't slow me down. I had so much fun! Mama packed PBJ and other snacks, then we played on the playground and slept all the way home. We helped mama take down all of our Christmas decorations and clean the house. We are gonna start off the new year with a clean house:) Daddy took us down to the Greenway for a bike ride while mama went for a long run, it was cold but we had fun!

Bella
I woke up on Christmas morning and Jace showed me my beanbag mama made. I was excited, but Jace kept telling me to look in my stocking and open this and that. It was pretty crazy, but I was so excited to get a new baby, a Mr potato head, a paw patrol puzzle, new toothbrush, book and movies! Jace had to show me how to shoot my toy bow, but I really enjoyed putting my paw patrol puzzle together. I showed it to papa and grandma when they came too! I took my new baby to papa and grandma's and decide that I wanted to ice skate with the boys in Ashland. Mama got me skates, but was shocked to see me having so much fun. I didn't want to leave the ice only for a quick snack. The ice was so slippery and it made me laugh really hard. I kept hollering at Jace when he skated by "Good Job Jace ".
We had fun on the playground and I wasn't really ready to leave, but I slept on the way home. I helped take the ornaments off of the tree and had fun riding on the back of daddy's bike on the bike path.

It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas!

Jace
Daddy had to work the day after we got home from the dalles, and we stayed home and played with all of our new toys. Then Sunday, we went to a Christmas party at Ryne's house. We played games, had snacks and got new Christmas books. Mama is still working 2 days, so we went to papa and grandma's and went to the wildlife safari! On Wednesday, mama took us to medford and did the trolley light tour with Miss Audra, Demian and Aven. We saw the Grinch and Santa, he was a nice Grinch though. Bella sang the song that he was a mean one:/ The next day we played at home and I ducked into the bathroom to avoid getting my picture taken by Bella with her toy camera, and I split my head right open:( I put ice on until it stopped bleeding, then mama put a steri-strip and butterfly bandaid with a captain America bandaid on top. That worked great until Bella threw a book at me and it hit me right in the eye and made it bleed again. Daddy and mama had a date night, and Carly came over to play with us. We played games, ate dinner and then I helped with dishes and clean up before bed.

Bella
I'm gonna pick up where Jace left off since December is so crazy busy! After workout, we delivered 2 Christmas baskets to needy families and then went to the Rogers house to visit!  We got them new books for Christmas and they got us books too. We love the ones we got! Saturday, daddy and mama did the 12 days of Christmas workout and we ate popcorn in the playroom with Zane and Lucas and made a gigantic mess! Then we headed home to make garlic mashed potatoes to take to papa and grandma's for Christmas eve dinner. We packed everyone's bean bags and treats in the Jeep and headed to roseburg for an early dinner. Auntie lori had lots of fun games planned after our tasty dinner. Then we all played a fun game with dice and a Santa suit! We all opened our presents and loved what we got. Papa made us a new table, Jace got a spiderman hoodie and book, I got a mermaid blanket and book and we both got activity books, slippers and bath paints! We went Christmas caroling at the neighbors house and then went home to put cookies, milk and carrots out for Santa and his reindeer!

Snow Fun With Family!

Jace and Bella
We went to Sunriver with all of the Woodson's the first weekend in December. We all stayed in the same house and had lots of fun. We built gingerbread houses, watched movies, went sledding, went swimming and had a delicious turkey dinner. Grandma got us all special snowmen mugs and the kids matching pajamas. Mama had to work the 3 days after we got home, but we got to stay home with daddy, and that was great! We helped put Christmas lights up outside and played a lot while mama finished Christmas sewing projects. We even painted our own Christmas projects. We went to papa and grandma's house while mama worked the next week, then daddy picked us up and we all headed to hood river for the night. We stayed at the Garrisons vacation house there and had fun. We went out for a big breakfast, then drove to bampa and lala's house to surprise them. We celebrated lala's birthday with ice cream cake and played with Grace. It snowed so hard that we woke up to so much snow!  We snow boarded down the street and went sledding too. Bampa and lala got us special polar express tickets and we rode the train to the North Pole!!! We wore our pj's and new robes that lala made us. We had hot cocoa and cookies that Mrs Clause made. Santa came on the train and gave us each a silver bell, it was so great! (Bella didn't feel real well, but still enjoyed it). We opened Christmas presents he next morning before coming home.
Jace: I got dinosaur laser pegs, Legos, puzzles, books and new clothes!
Bella: I got a toy camera, princess dress up, toy cookies and some new clothes.