The Godfather
Tacos Yum
Twin Cousins
The Wheel Barrow
Henry walking
Candid Cousin
What would you like to eat Zaner
I have always put the Christmas lights on our tree...sometimes my mom does it, but mainly me. And this year we did not skimp on the lights! I love them.
Of course Zach was the main ornament put-er on-er. He takes his job very seriously making sure they are spaced correctly.
Every year my mom buys all the kids and grandkids an ornament. This is the male 2008 ornament.
And this is the ornament for all the girls in the family. We have a cajillion ornaments, so we decided to only put the wood ones and the clay ones that had our names on them on the tree this year...the tree was still FULL of ornaments. One day we will all take our own ornaments to our own trees and my mom can have the tree of her dreams--but not until I say.
I had to finish the tree in the line of fire. Zach and Zane were playing war with each other. Zane kept saying, "Shoot Me, shoot me." 
Zane's turn! Last year baby Henry got to put the star up on the tree and this year it is Zane's turn. He did a great job (with his mom's help of course)!
You never know this may actually turn out to be the BEST CHRISTMAS EVER!!!!!!
What other preschool has a holiday program in the local high schools auditorium? I haven't heard of any, but the Little Prospector. My class sang and did the hand movements to "Up on the Housetop" and we sang and danced to Feliz Navidad (my favorite Christmas song). I do not have any pictures, but I did take pictures of our cool programs...
Henry loves Santa...on books, tv, statues of him...but was bewildered at the REAL Santa. After we stood with Santa for a minute he finally said, "Sansa, Santa!" Gotta love him!
There are so many memories at my Nana and Tata's house. I love how many things have not changed...the smell of the linen closent, the 50 year old clock in the kitchen that still works, and my Tata's rod iron masterpieces... 
The porch I used to cry on when it was time to go home--my Tata often joined me in crying when we had to leave--
I love these chairs--
Other things I love that my Tata made...
Louie Padilla
Betty Padilla
My favorite thing that has not changed is my Tata's affection for his grandchildren and his 
First of all it was raining...I know ironic. The feast is always outside, so we were bummed. But the feast must go on. My kids were amazed by the rain and stood by the door for about 30 minutes fighting for the front. Hey kids try living in Oregon.
It is an absolute must that ALL the kids in the school eat together in one place for the feast, so we put our Native American garb on and piled into the Discovery Room. I love the idea of being together, who cares if anyone can move. The fact that no one could move actually worked for our class...I was loving that they could not get out of their seats.
We ate Turkey (chicken), mashed potatoes, corn, rolls and a cookie or pumpkin pie. It was fun while it lasted, the kids were late laying down for their nap, but it was worth the crankiness. Hope your Thanksgiving was as amazing as ours!
