Merry Christmas 2013!!

Merry Christmas from our family to yours! 

                Love, The Palermos

                       {7 Months}

   Butterfly cookies in honor of our sister.

Christmas: White Elephant or Jackpot??

For my son, JACKPOT!
Thanks to our SS class for the fun party and Megan for bringing the great glasses!

Christmas: the Jersey

Back during football season, we found an Aggie jersey for Cole at one of the tent sales. He loved it and would wear it every day if we would let him. And he does not want a shirt underneath it. One day, he was in Brent's closet and saw Brent's "blue jersey" and declared, "I want a blue jersey!" So for Christmas, Cole's Bebe and Papaw gave him a "blue jersey."

We did not have the video camera rolling during the opening process, but boy do we wish we would have. His reaction was priceless and classic and could not be reenacted, even though we tried. He was jumping and spinning, and dancing all around. He couldn't believe it. He kept screaming, "a jersey, a jersey!" Precious. Here are a couple pictures that show his enthusiasm. And yes, he put it on immediately.

"a JERSEY!!!"

Christmas: Lights!

One of my favorite things to do, during Christmas time, in Tulsa, is go see the lights at Rhema Bible college, right down the road from my parent's house. Two years ago, we drove through to show Brent, but Cole was so little and it was super cold that we decided not to walk around. Let me tell you, it was cold this time too, but so worth the walk around! Cole was very in to lights this year, so we knew this would be a big hit.

Yes, that's Claire under there in the baby carrier. I think she was by far the warmest out of everyone.

(forgot my cute gloves at home, so borrowing some ski ones of mom's...don't they look huge next to Claire...)

Brent and Cole in the "tunnel of lights!"


I am not sure when they begin setting up for this, but it must be early, maybe the summer. There are so many light and they are set to music. Check it out...

Christmas: a RAT!!!

Thursday, December 30th, we woke up to a beautiful, cold, Tulsa morning. Cole and Papaw were playing and exploring the garage and house. Mom was making breakfast. And the rest of us were there somewhere getting ready for the day.

At breakfast, all Cole is talking about is this rat and how it was in Papaw's shoe but no longer there and how he was going to play golf with it. It's make believe, right?? Surely. Like I said in another post, Cole loves to talk and there is usually some truth in his stories and of course some make believe. He's two. So he goes on and on, 30 minutes or more. The entire time we are eating. Finally, it is so funny and we realize, why aren't we recording this?? So Brent gets the camera. And this is how the story goes (with a little coaching, since he had already told the entire story off the record)...



Watch the end of the first video very closely...my dad is about to come around the corner. We turned the camera off just 5 seconds too early. We started recording again, because this was just too good...




Papaw's Reenactment: The Full Story


The moral of the story is if your two year says he saw a rat, then you should probably look around a little and not just think it is just a story. He wouldn't let it go and still is talking about it. It may have not been an actual rat, but definitely in that family group and is something I know my mom does not want in her house!

Live Nativity

Tonight, we went to our church's Live Nativity. Our church is so wonderful and very intentional when it comes to teaching our children about Christ. They provide so many activities each time they enter the doors to learn and hear about Jesus and we as parents are so thankful to the church body and all the preschool workers who love our kids throughout each week.

My Little Shepherd Boy

(Not too sure about all this yet...)

Cole with "Joseph" and his friends, Macy and Jack


Cole with "Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus" and his friend, Anderson


Craft Time!


"All the ANIMALS" (in Cole's words)


The BIG Finale of the evening:



All Cole really had to say about this was "It's bumpy..."