Christmas Morning

 A fun helicopter.

 Ooh, a plane!

 

 And a forklift...

 Magnetic construction site!

 A Viewmaster

 We all got slippers from Grandma Miriam.

A new bike!!!!

Christmas Eve

 Noah playing with the Haitian Nativity set.

 Markus playing pool.

 Jadon looking cute.

 Noah playing with the other Nativity. He couldn't be kept away from them.

 All the cousins that came this year. From left to right: Noah, Kendra, Markus, Katherine, Savannah, Jadon, and Ellie (on Katia's lap).

 Victor's Aunt Kristine made these cute hats for all the little ones.

 Upside down Ellie.

 Getting a little nap in the downtime before present time!

 Cutie Cousin Ellie

 Noah's first and most favorite gift...new boots!

 Checking out the Noah of the Month calendar with Grandma and Grandpa.

 Markus and Kendra being goofy.

 That face is pure Christmas joy!

 Rudolph the Red Nosed Noah!

Cookie Night

It's not an Alm Family Christmas without cookie night!

The fruits of our labor. Not all are appropriate, most are inside jokes, but all are great fun!

You can click on the pictures to enlarge them.

  The only cookie Olivia worked on all night long. Noah's cookie truck.

Headed to bed...

Christmas is Coming the Goose is Getting Fat

Goodness gracious am I behind here. It's MLK Day and I haven't even posted Christmas!! No fear, we didn't stop taking pictures, just the opposite in fact. We've taken so many pictures, I'm intimidated by the amount of updating I have to do and keep putting it off. Here is a promise to be caught up by the end of the week.

Until then, here is Noah playing with Christmas tree limbs. He's pretending to be a feller buncher.

And look! Olivia finally found a non White nativity! It's been a 4 year quest! If you're wondering about the arrangement, that was Noah's doing. No matter how many times we put Mary and Joseph with the baby, Noah would move them back and have the donkey and cow guard the Baby Jesus.