Christmas Music

Here is a little Christmas Music from the Reid band and dance crew!

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town -
Cory on Sax, Caden on Drum, Pops on some percussion instrument, and Carter on Tambourine

Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer - Cory on Sax, Caden on drum, Pops and Carter dancing

Early Christmas Present!

Cory's mom decided to get Cory and the boys a trampoline for Christmas and had it shipped here to our house! It arrived Friday and since Cory had some help on Saturday, they all put it together after the party! It didn't take too long and it really helped to have the other guys here!

The boys tried to help lay out all the pieces.

Papa and Pops discussing what to do next!

The frame is up and the springs are getting put into place.

Here comes Momma's favorite part, the safety net!

They jumped some on Saturday because it wasn't too cold. But then a cold front came through big time on Sunday. Caden just begged and begged to go out there, so Cory bundled him up and let him jump for about 10 minutes. It was so cold, his cheeks were bright red. It snowed Monday and Tuesday so I kept him off of it for now. We will see what happens on Wednesday!

Carter's 2nd Birthday Party

Last year, I tried to have a party for Carter before Christmas, like a normal birthday party that didn't have to deal with the Christmas hustle and bustle, but it didn't happen because of the weather. So this year, I tried again and it worked!

It made for a crazy weekend, because I also planned the party the same weekend as our play at church. But it was easier for everyone to travel up for one weekend and do two things, right?!

Anyway, Carter isn't actually two yet, until the 26th of the month, but he thinks he is! He had a great party and got lots of new things to fight with Caden over...wait, I mean play with! We did a Mickey theme, since he is still big on Mickey after our Orlando trip!

He got some great gifts! He is big into music right now, so his Aunt Jana got him this really cool drum! He also got a band in a box and a recorder (from Caden) My boys love to help Momma cook - which is odd, since I don't cook alot - anyway, now Carter has his own apron! He was proud, can you tell?

This is my attempt at making his birthday cake. Not great, but not bad either!

Here is the reason the "y" is messed up in the above picture. Little man couldn't keep his fingers off the cake. He just kept sneaking bites of icing!

I loved his reaction while we were all singing "Happy Birthday". He thought we were funny and he was just grinning from ear to ear!

He tried to blow out the candle before we even started singing, so I am surprised I actually got a picture of this! He was so fast!

Children's Choir

Caden sang in church last Sunday morning with all the kids in choir, and I thought I had posted pics but realized I had not so here we go...

Here he is before the show with his buddies, Grady and Sam.

He is showing off those glow sticks
Singing pretty :)

They did a great job! They loved having their glowsticks and sang for the most part! It was really cute this Sunday because Les did their song again. Caden was so excited..."this is our song, Momma!" He sang along with all the words he knew and was pretty proud of himself.

The Christmas Shoes

For those of you who read this that aren't family or local friends, here is the 411 on what I am doing this weekend. Our church music department is putting on a show, a dinner theater actually, and I want you to cover it in prayer!

We are performing the musical, The Christmas Shoes, based on the book by Donna VanLiere, which was based on the song, by Newsong. It is a beautiful story with a great message. Pray for the all the people who are coming, that their hearts will be touched by the true meaning of Christmas, celebrating the birth of our Lord, JESUS! Pray for all the little details that go into putting on such a production, lights, sounds, dialogue, solos, props, etc!

Also, just to be selfish for a bit, pray for me. I am in the main cast and I am starting to get just a bit nervous. Pray that there is recall for me of my lines, that I can do them with a straight face, and that I don't trip or fall in my heels! Thanks! I am really excited to be a part of this and so thankful that I was asked to take part!

There is no way I could have prepared for this and gone to all the rehearsals required without Cory stepping up in a huge way! Thanks so much for taking up the slack here at home for me while I was at practice every night this week! I truly appreciate you holding down the fort for me! You are the best!

1st Snowfall

Some of us get a little excited about seeing snow around here! SO when we woke up this morning to a light dusting of snow on the ground and flakes coming down we were thrilled!
It is around 1pm now and it is still snowing! Caden has been bugging me all morning to go out and play, but I have resisted. Carter isn't feeling well and it is only 26 degrees with a windchill of who knows how low. But I gave in finally, and once Carter was napping, I bundled up the big man and sent him on his merry way!

He couldn't wait to get the sled out. We bought it last winter, actually at the end of winter, on sale. So it has been sitting in the garage in plain sight, just taunting Caden. That is the first thing he asked about once he realized it was snowing this morning! Daddy even went outside on his lunch break for a few minutes and pushed Caden on his the sled!

Don't Feed the Bears

Don't feed Carter or the bears, especially pudding, yogurt, or applesauce. I gave them pudding with their dinner and I thought Cory was watching them, while I grabbed Cole, but I was wrong!

Trying to Take Cute Pictures

This is what happens these days when trying to take cute pictures of the boys. I found these precious shirts while at the outlet mall in Orlando! I love them, but it was a futile effort tyring to get a picture of the three of them together.


The first one I took was actually the best. I had a couple of shots of just the three boys that were terrible. So Cory had to step in and help out.

Cory told them on this one, to puff out their chests so we can see the train on the shirt.

Also - when they got dressed for church that morning, I was all excited about their cute matching shirts. But Caden soon took the wind from my sails and told me that the shirt didn't have a correct train on it. Apparently the coal car is too far back from the engine and it was not right. He didn't want to wear it because it was wrong. So after apologizing for not checking the order of the train, I convinced him to wear it for me anyway!