Christmas 2006

Christmas morning Lindsey didn't get up too early.... we got to sleep until 7:45am! When she got up she was greeted by a 4 foot inflatable santa and a bunch of gifts. Her big gift from Santa was a HUGE Barbie doll house complete with an elevator. She also got a robopet, more moon sand, and a Little Mermaid carriage. After we opened gifts we spent the rest of the morning and afternoon putting gifts together and playing with them.

Christmas Eve 2006

On Christmas eve we went to my brother's house to celebrate the holiday with my mother's family. Lindsey got one of the gifts she had been wanting for months... Moon Sand! After my brother's house, we went to MeMe and Granddad's house for a HUGE dinner and to open presents with my parents. Lindsey got a TON of toys including a racecar track, a dinosaur mountain, and and easy bake oven. (as you can tell she is very well rounded with boys and girl's toys!) We're going to have to move to another house because of all the stuff she got. She won't be bored for months!

Channel 4 Christmas Show

This year channel 4 decided to revive an old tradition at the station. It's a show where the children of employees get to come sit on santa's lap and get a gift and it's made into a show that we air on Christmas. Our weekend meteorologist, Jason, acted as the host. I was afraid that Lindsey wasn't going to sit in santa's lap because she never has before. But for the first time in her life, she did! The stuffed animal you see in the picture is a dog that she recently got at Build-a-Bear workshop that she INSISTED on taking with her to sit on Santa's lap. She actually asked if she could go say goodbye to him when it was all over, so we did. Then, when Laurie was leaving, Lindsey kept looking on the roof of our station and asking "are his reindeer up there?" For those who live in the area, you can watch the show at noon on Christmas day.

Lindsey's Kindergarten Christmas Party

On the last day of school Lindsey's classroom had a Christmas party. I got to leave work to go to it. Her teacher put me to work when I got there. I got to help the kids make Christmas wreaths. That was an adventure! The other things they got to do were make a reindeer Christmas ornament, make a bookmark with their picture on it, make a garland out of berries, and of course, EAT!

Making A Gingerbread House

This past Saturday our cousin Emily came over to spend some time with Lindsey. She ended up making a gingerbread house with Lindsey and Laurie.

Lindsey's Birthday Party

Lindsey's 6th birthday party was at a skating rink. A BUNCH of kids came... I think I counted 35. Friends from her new school, old school, and our neighborhood all came to the party. It was fun to watch all of them try to roller skate.... and all of us parents try to remember how to roller skate! For the kids who did not know how to roller skate, the rink allowed us to tell them to bring bikes. So in addition to kids falling down while trying to skate... there were kids zipping by on bikes. After all the kids rolled around on whatever they chose, we ate her Barbie birthday cake and opened a ton of gifts.