Twas the night before Christmas...

and Jack came down with his first ever ear infection and pink eye at the same time. We went to the doctor for medicine, and pray that Molly and the rest of us do not get it. We are washing hands like crazy. Kyle had to go to the Christmas Eve service alone, and we stayed home to watch Cars and everything else under the sun to take Jack's mind off of his eyes and ear.

Merry Christmas to all - maybe next year the Parkers will have different memories than this one.

Molly in big girl pjs...

Thanks, Oma...for making these darling pajamas for Molly to wear. She loved them last night, and walked around like quite the princess. We love you!

Molly in a hat...

We finally got the kids some new hats and mittens the other day. Well, the kids got the idea that it would be fun to walk around the house with them on and pretend play. So I said, "okay." I put them on, and off they went happy as can be. I thought that Molly looked just so cute in her pink fleece hat that I had to take a picture of it. What do you think?

Oh, Christmas tree...

Here is our Christmas tree...This year's tree is the shortest that we have bought since Kyle and I got married. Kyle is tall, so naturally he would prefer a tree that is taller than he is. Our ceilings are shorter than normal, so we had to cut down the height of the tree. It is funny how attached one can get to having a tall tree. We did not think it so bad when we were out at the farm deciding to cut it down, but once we got it home and in the spot...well, it looked kind of stumpy. Oh well, next year we will put it in the addition and it can be really really tall!