Pre-school Christmas Program

Last week Davey had his pre-school Christmas program. He had been practicing the songs all week, and we sang them together every time we were in the car. I wasn't sure how it was all going to go. He is a pretty outgoing kid, but does get a little shy around strangers.

Here he is, waiting with his Daddy for things to get started.
He is lined up here with a bunch of kids in the class. There was a piece of tape on the floor with their names where they were supposed to stand. This is a pretty big feat for a class full of three year olds!
The told the story of "T'was the Night Before Christmas." Davey was a reindeer.
Here he is at the end standing with Santa.
Each kid had a solo during "Frosty the Snowman." His was, "He was made of snow, but the children know how he came to life one day." He actually did pretty well.
At the end, Santa stopped by for a quick visit.
He had so much fun and was pretty proud of himself. We had lots of fun watching him of course!
He also sang, "Jingle Bells", "Up on the Housetop", and "I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas." The last one was his favorite, he had the whole thing pretty much memorized. All in all, it was a pretty good program. Well, at least it was good as far as pre-school programs are concerned. His teachers, Mrs. Hansen and Mrs. Barney did a great job putting it all together. We are so glad that Davey can go to their pre-school.

Nibley Nativity

Last night we went with Dave's mom to the Old Barn in Nibley where they were doing a live Nativity. I really wanted to take Davey, since most of what he has seen so far this year has focused on Santa and the commercial side of the holidays. Don't get me wrong, we love Santa, but Davey is old enough to understand at least a little about the REAL reason we celebrate.

Anyways, the Nativity was really neat, even though it was really cold. There were all live animals, and volunteers from the community playing, Joseph, Mary, the shepherds, and Wise Men. There was some really nice music playing in the background and a voice reading the Christmas story from the New Testament. They definitely did a great job setting the right spirit for the occasion.

They did have a couple of sheep you could pet, and of course Davey didn't want to miss out on this!One of the neater things was this camel that was there. I have no idea where they found it, but it was pretty cool.
This picture cracks me up. Davey did not want to go near that camel. He liked it from far away, but this was the closest he would let Dave take him.
And of course here is the Nativity scene. Davey just stood there forever and stared. We asked him if he was ready to leave and he kept saying no. Later in the car he told me he wished he could have held Baby Jesus. It was so sweet! I promised him that when his new brother is born he can hold him as much as he wants.
Thanks Grandma for taking us to the Nativity and letting Davey see Baby Jesus. He definitely enjoyed it and I hope he remembers it at least a little over the next couple of weeks.

Children's Christmas Party

Today we went with my parents to the Children's Christmas Party they have every year at the Logan Country Club. It is a lot of fun because it isn't too crowed and they have fun games for the kids to play. To make it even better we had our first real snowfall of the year, so it was beautiful outside.
One of the nice things about Davey is that he isn't scared of Santa at all. This year he is asking for building blocks. Although, yesterday, when I asked him what he wanted Santa to bring him for Christmas he said, "Not anything, I already have toys." Then I asked him if he would be sad not to have presents to open for Christmas and he said, "No." I just wish all this unselfishness will last as he gets older, but I am sure it won't!
Here he is at the putting green. He loves golf already and was hugging another putter later that afternoon in the pro-shop. I guess he takes after his Daddy.This is the fishing pond. I love his cheesy little smile. Also, notice the tattoo of a gingerbread man on his hand. He definitely loved that.
Here he is at the beanbag toss. I was impressed with his arm this time around!
Here he is patiently waiting for a balloon animal. This was definitely one of the busier stations!
Finally, he made it to the front and asked the clown for a puppy. She promptly made him a weiner dog....which I popped on the way out to the car. Whoops, I was just trying to fix it!!
All in all, we had a great time. Davey even said in the car on the way home he wanted to go back to the country club later to a party and see Santa again. I told him that although this party was over, there would be more Christmas parties later. Thanks again Mom and Dad for taking us to the party!!

The Mall Santa...

I am usually not a fan of mall Santas. Every time we go to see Santa at the mall, he looks like he has had better days. It is usually some college kid with a really bad beard who is sick and tired of bratty kids sitting on his lap all day. For this reason, I was not going to let Davey see Santa until we went to the Children's Christmas party at the Country Club with my parents in a few weeks. However, last night we were at the Provo Towne Center and we walked by the Santa display and I was impressed by the genuine looking Santa that was there. As you can see, he not only had a real beard, but his suit was pretty nice as well. Better, yet, since it was a Tuesday night and not crowed at all, he took the time to chat with Davey about the gifts he wants and reminded him that he needs to go to bed when we tell him to. We are milking the whole, "Be a good boy, and Santa will bring you presents" line for all it is worth. I think it is working though, because the other night Davey started crying because he knew he had been naughty and was scared Santa wasn't going to come.