Away in a Manger

It has already been such a crazy month with parties, shopping, and life, but we have had a fun December so far! We had our ward Christmas party/talent show last weekend and Paxton was the donkey in the nativity. (I thought it was a pretty good match...aren't donkeys supposed to be a little on the stubborn side?) I know that I am a little biased, but I think he was the cutest darn donkey ever! He got a little wiggly and kept playing with his ears, but did pretty good. Although Rilynn didn't perform on stage in the talent show, she did announce to everyone that she went pee in the potty (she yelled it to Jeff from quite a distance). She also thought her church shoes on the gym floor made the best sounds as she tapped and danced around. I had to remove her shoes part way through the program to keep her quieter. She kept posing and saying, "take picture of me!" Oh, the talent we Waters have! (Evan wasn't there because he was at a friend's birthday party)

The night we got the decorations out everyone was helping set them up and really excited about it, then suddenly all of my help disappeared. I went to the hall to find Ev, Pax, and Ri all sitting on the ground putting the Christmas stockings on their feet.
Cooper has loved the Christmas lights. He just stares and stares at them. The other kids were most excited about setting up our nativities. One of them was set up so it appeared everyone was in a long line waiting to see baby Jesus. The other was set up the exact opposite, everyone was in a very tight circle, but they did have baby Jesus in the very center.


Evan had his school Christmas program this week. It was 'Twas the Night Before Christmas" themed. It is so different from when I was a kid. Our music teacher, Ms. Haine, played the piano while we sang. Now the music teacher just leads the kids and there is a whole orchestra playing in the background thanks to the music teacher's handy little Ipod which she has hooked up to speakers. It was a really good program though. Rilynn kept waving at Evan and he couldn't resist smiling and waving back at her every single time.
It has since snowed more, but the first day it snowed it wasn't really that much, it didn't even cover the whole ground. Evan was sweet, he was really excited for Cooper to see the snow since "he has never seen it before." Paxton and Rilynn were really excited too. They were all bundled up, outside, and ready to "build a snowman" by 9:15 in the morning! Rilynn lasted all of 1 minute before it was "too cold" and she was back inside. It took ten times longer to get them ready than they actually lasted outside. Needless to say, Frosty will have to wait for another day.