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While Mom and Conrad were gone, Dad and I got out my new experiments kit that I got for Christmas. Mom and Dad say that I am very curious, and I love to take things apart to see how they work (they don't like that very much). Dad and I made a radio, made electricity so that a pinwheel would go around, a telegraph clicker, and made a lightbulb light up. It was cool!

Christmas at Home!

We stayed home on Christmas. Conrad and I got up at 4:30 in the morning! We opened presents and then had lunch. Dad smoked a ham in the smoker and I ate so much! Mom made scalloped potatoes, cornbake, green beans, rolls, and pumpkin pie. Conrad got me a dart rifle and we have been playing dart tag every day since Christmas. There is a picture of my mom's awesome rolls.

Great-Grandparents!

We got to see my great Grandpa and Grandma in York on the day after Christmas. Dad had won a free car rental so we got to drive a 2008 Ford Explorer. It was really nice! We had lunch and went to Blue Valley. Then, we played Progressive Rummy. In this picture, I was able to lay my cards down and I was excited!

Merry Christmas!

On Friday night, the 19th, we had the 5th Annual CRAZY COUSIN SLEEP-OVER! Eli, Jake and Austin came. Sometime, we hope ALL of our cousins will come (that would be 14 kids!) We watched a movie called "Space Chimps." It was good. When we went to bed, Eli and Austin were sleeping in the school room and Jake, Conrad and I were in our bedroom. They threw crayons at us. (we were completely innocent, of course). We went sledding the next morning, and went to Clark and Stephanie's for Christmas. First, we celebrated Grandpa Vern's 82nd birthday. Then, we played Monopoly. We ate dinner in our Santa hats. Then, we opened presents!

Christmas!

The cousins drew names for gifts this year. Jake had my name and I had Austin's name. Jake got me a shirt, an inventions kit, a neat nightlight snowglobe and a little K'nex kit. I got Austin a tractor made of candy, a little action figure, and then his favorite: a gift certificate to Build a Bear Workshop. You can tell by the pictuers that he was excited! First, his mouth dropped open and then he 'fainted'. Grandma and Grandpa also got me some fun things: K'nex, two shirts, and electronic Monopoly.

Holiday Fun!

Here is my cat, Ginger, who thinks she is a Christmas present since she is under the tree. We had a lot of snow and we played in it many times. Our favorite thing to do was sled down the driveway because it is so slick. I helped Mom make sugar cookies and peanut butter balls. Yummy!!

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At Minnie Cline, we had a Christmas music program called "Holiday Zoobilee." It was fun. My favorite part was my "bird drum solo".

Christmas Party

Robin invited all the kids from church over to her house for a Christmas party while our parents went Christmas shopping. It was SO MUCH fun! We watched a movie, made a craft, ate snacks, wrestled, and sang Christmas carols. The picture of Maison and I is funny because it looks like I am about to slap her, but really I was trying to cover up the pictures so I wouldn't be in it.

Christmas Tree Farm!

Every year, we go to the Christmas tree farm where Santa is. We get a Christmas tree and spend a lot of time finding the right one. When we were looking for our tree this year, Mom told me about two years ago when everyone found the right tree but I didn't think it was the one. They went around the field again and came back to the same tree (I didn't know) and asked me about it. I said, "Yes!" I laughed at the story. What I love the most about going to the Christmas tree farm is seeing Santa and drinking hot chocolate.

Buffalo Wild Wings is YUMMY!

Today, Dad got three free tickets to go eat a "practice lunch" at the new Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant. He took Conrad and I. We got to pick anything we wanted on the menu. We got an appetizer platter, a meal, and dessert! My favorite thing was the ice cream. There were 34 TVs in there---all over the walls, and there was a really fun trivia game that we could play. They gave us our bill just to show us what it would be, but Dad didn't have to pay it. The bill was $46! He thinks we are an expensive lunch date!