The Donaho's

Thursday was Garrett's last day of Mother's Day Out at Tate Tots for the year. It is hard to believe the year is half over for school.They celebrated with a birthday party for Jesus. The 3 year old classes sang "Away In The Manger" isn't that stable adorable? I told Zane that I want one next year for the front yard. :) Garrett was super excited to see us there for lunch. Garrett and his buddy, Maddux Just like always, Garrett's class made some adorable keepsakes for us to take home. a keepsake ornament... checking on the baby Jesus... Garrett with his 2 best buddies...Maddux and Christopher. These 3 have been together for the last few years, and they always seem to stick together.

We've been staying busy, trying to squeeze as many festive things into the last few days before Christmas, but also finding new things to do inside since the rain is keeping us indoors. We made decorations, just like we saw at the Heritage Village. They were all from paper, so it was a big mess, but Garrett gots lots of practice with his scissors. He kept singing "Go Tell It on the Mountain" (the 4th graders sang that at our church Christmas program, so I guess he had learned it from them) so we looked up about 10 different You Tube clips of it. We listened to gospel versions to Toby Keith and Jewel's rendition of it.). He hung them from our window. Garrett made a "saw". Gus played in the trash and found every bite-sizes piece of paper and put it in his mouth. Naptime was a fail, thanks to Garrett, who crawls into Gus's crib to play. The door joining their rooms is now locked. Daddy hung up our decorations once he got ho...

On Sunday evening (after naps for everyone to recover from the Christmas party and the Christmas program at church) we headed to Dallas to check out Dallas Heritage Village Candelight located at the Old City Park near downtown. My friend, Lori, invited us to go with her and Madison. I'm so glad she did:) The park is a replica of a small town, circa 1890s,  with original homes, schools, and various buildings that have been relocated to the park. It has everything a small town had ~ doctor's office, church, motel, school, saloon, main street, residences, etc. During this weekend each year, the whole park is candlelit and people walk around in character. Garrett ordered a rootbeer at the saloon. This guy was entertaining the crowd at the saloon. Gus and Aunt Nettie. These 2 were playing poker. I wish this photo would have turned out. This sheriff came into the saloon looking for a criminal. He took out his "wanted" poster and compared the picture...