Max was really excited when I turned on the Christma tree lights this morning. Every morning he acts so excited about the lights that you would think it was the first time he saw them. He gets such a suprised look on his face. He's been really good with the tree the last couple of days. He doesn't even try to pull the beads off anymore. He'll point to the different ornaments, but he's really gentle with them now. After breakfast this morning, I helped the kids make paper chains to count down the days till Christmas. We used to love making them when we were kids. Hailey and Max had alot of fun making them. Max would hold the chain while Hailey added the next one on. They worked really well together. They both liked it so much that we ended up making two of them, one for Hailey and one for Max. When we were done, Hailey went and started decorating the snowman hanging on the door. She one of the chains on top, and weaved some of the extra papers through the wire on the snowmans hat. When she was done she told me to come look and then asked me to take a picture of it for my blog. Vikki came over after lunch to give Max his birthday present. He loved the tractor she got him. And he looks so cute in the robe she got him. While Max took his nap, I helped Hailey wrap her present for Max. She didn't need much of my help though. She mostly wrapped the whole thing herself. She also made a card for him. She asked me to cut out some circles to glue on for ballooons. Then she started glueing them on in a row and decided to make a catipillar instead. She put eyes and a mouth on it and then I showed her how to make the antennae. It turned out really cute. Hailey had dance class today. She did really good and was dancing the whole time. We can hear some of the music out where we wait, and Max started doing one of the dances when he heard one of the songs that he likes to do with Hailey at home. It's funny that he knows some of the dances without the video playing. He wasn't watching through the window either so he couldn't see what they were doing. He just knows it from practicing at home with Hailey. All the other parents thought it was funny too when he started doing the same dance they were doing in the class. Everytime we passed Christmas lights on the way home, Max would get all excited and say "Wow". He really liked seeing all the lights. I gave the kids a shower when we got home, and Max was so happy to have a robe just like his sister when he got out. He kept saying "I gotta wobe too". After getting Max in bed, Hailey and I made his birthday cake. She sure loved helping me measure all the ingredients and dumping them in.

Here is a picture of the snowman after Hailey decorated it.