The Reed Family: More December Fun

I cannot believe we are just a few days away from Christmas! Maybe it's the 80 degree weather and tornado threat tomorrow that is throwing me off?!?! It doesn't really feel like December in Alabama, that's for sure. We are out of school and off of work though and are ready for the fun to begin! Carrie got into town on Saturday, so we've had a lot of time to spend with them too, even though I have no pictures to show for it.

This is probably the closest picture I have that shows our tree in the den this year. I'm loving all of the Christmas cards on it and I really felt like we've gotten to enjoy each and every one this year!

Below is our tree in our living room...

A couple of weekends ago, I raked leaves for a long time and the boys had so much fun playing in the pile! Again, this is a strange picture for December!

I helped host a baby shower for sweet Anna a couple of weeks ago, who is due in February with the first little girl on Joel's side. We are so excited to meet Lilla Grace!

Harrison went to a pirate birthday party! He had so much fun!

We've had class parties and programs galore in the past week. First up was Hudson's pajama and pancake party. They had pancakes, made reindeer food, and did a craft. It was a cute little party!

This has been the sweetest first grade class! Hudson did not know any of the boys going into it, but he has made so many new friends this year.

The next day was Harrison's "Christmas in Our Jammies" program. It might have been the cutest program I have ever seen! The picture below was Harrison's class on the big screen while they were performing. Harrison is obviously the biggest child in the class by far! Ha!

And of course he was on the back row with the 4 year olds! Ha! He did so well. He is definitely our more shy child, but he was not shy on program day! He sang every word and did all the motions and we were so proud of him!

This is one of his best buddies, Owen!

Bouncy house in December...well yes!!!

Last Saturday night, we went out to dinner at El Barrio with Joel's family and then on to see White Christmas at the Alabama Theater! I have to say I was a little worried about how the kids would do with a more "adult" movie, but they did great!

They were crazies in El Barrio...the food was awesome as usual though! Love that place!

Someone offered to take our picture as we were walking in and we had to take them up on it! It's rare that we get a family picture! Especially one of us on a night out! Those are really rare these days!

We sat right near the organ and the boys loved that part. It really was a great night and we plan on making it a tradition! They started out with everyone singing Christmas carols and that was just so fun. It really got us all in the Christmas spirit!

The next morning, I was brushing Hudson's teeth and literally brushed his top tooth out. That's how loose it was. He would not let us touch it. We are so glad it is gone though and he looks adorable with that little gap!

Hudson also had a basketball game on Saturday and he did so well! He scored a goal and got the defensive star of the game! The players he was guarding never even touched the ball! Woo hoo! Now we are on a basketball break for a few weeks.

Yesterday was our first day of the holiday break and this is what the boys got to do...

It was after they cleaned out both of their closets (I did mine too!) and went through all of their toys. We are giving away about 5 bags full of clothes and toys. It feels good to clean out before the new stuff comes in! :) I finally got a deep clean in of the house which was much needed. Now we can have fun the rest of the break! And look into hiring a new maid...

So the weather the past few weeks has been glorious, however this week it is literally supposed to rain every day. Why does that always happen!?!? My mom and sister decided that today would be a good day to go to the Galleria and do the carousel and eat lunch. It was actually not nearly as crowded as I had thought it would be with it being 2 days before Christmas, but it was still filled with impatient crazies all trying to get somewhere fast!

I have never seen these little ride on things at the mall! Now this was hilarious in a busy mall...

They were pretty good drivers, but they still managed to take out a few people in the process! So funny! They just giggled the entire time! We did too!