Oh Ho Ho Cousins

Lots of Christmas visiting and family involved lots of cousins.

I don't have pictures of the Ridding cousins (and Newman cousins) but I got to take some 'Bartley' aka Mack cousins

Jeremy and Nick had fun together (and they coloured matched too)

And there will be a new cousin in a couple of months too

The kids have a great time playing with all of their cousins over the last couple of days. One of the great things about Christmas is setting aside time to visit family.

Christmas Morning

Christmas started for me at work. Where we still tried to have a bit of fun "Delivering Christmas Joy"

Then it was time to head home for Christmas morning!

Santa dropped off Katheryn's gifts as requested

And for Nick

Katheryn was very excited to see that Santa had come!

Katheryn emptied out under the tree for everyone.

We took some time in the middle of the wrapping paper mess for some cuddles and pictures

A quick kiss under the mistletoe

And wishing everyone a Merry Christmas

Then it was time for me to go to bed...

Christmas at Grandma Ridding's involved family, more presents and swimming!

The kids got lots of presents, toys, games, books and clothes.
Katheryn's favorite present was her go-go puppy and Monster High books.
Nick's favorite was his Lego's and his Ninja Turtle 'spiders'

Christmas for me was really busy, splitting family time with work and sleep time. For the kids it was fun and visiting family. I'm looking forward to finishing these last few shifts of the year and then taking time for family.

Some Elves on Christmas Eve

The elves found some fun props to play with for Christmas!

They thought it would help to make people laugh

They thought it was a fun way to wish everyone a Merry Christmas!

It helps to dress Mommy up for the night!

To bring the Joy out in people

And a smile on your face

The elves thought there was lots of fun to have with the Christmas props, they just need more hands!

Unless you have a good head on your shoulders!

Merry Christmas from my elves to yours!

Christmas crafts

For a Christmas craft this year we did some Ninja Turtle ornaments (surprise, surprise).

We had a couple of other crafts that I got, but the ninja turltes were the hit.

Finding green plastic Christmas balls were easy, the glue and the googly eyes we already had.

If you look on Pintrest (which is where the idea came from originally) you can find all kinds of stuff to do.

The hardest part was finding the appropriate part to use as a mask.

In the end I found coloured scotch tape.

Nick liked to glue on all of the googly eyes

We made a set of 4 for our own tree

And the other were all gifts for Nick's friends.
The kids were very excited that they got to give out favorite ninja turtles to their friends.

Christmas Cards

Here is our annual Christmas Card!