Christmas Snow!

We had plenty of snow this Christmas.
(The snow on our patio table)


Today the kids had a chance to get out in it. Not for too long, though.. with wind chill it was only 16 degrees. Under all their clothes, you'd never know it.. I had them very bundled up! Although their little hands got cold fast so we rolled some snowballs and went down the slide a few times and came in for a warm bath, hot lunches and relaxation under Mommy's heated blanket. Enjoy the videos!



Like how Evan falls off the slide at the top? LOL

Christmas Eve

Happy Christmas Eve!
Today the kids and I had a festive day at home. We started the day off with a lovely breakfast from McDonald's! (Mommy's favorite! And the kids love their hotcakes and sausage, too!)
Joe got off work early in the afternoon and helped us make a Christmas Village.
We used coconut for the snow, sugar cones covered in green icing for the trees.. every type of candy you could think of and colored marshmallows for the decorations.. and we made another gingerbread house. We even made a pond with blue tinted icing and put goldfish crackers in it for the snow man cookie to fish for!
The kids decorated cookies for Santa as well.






We all opened our gifts to each other.. Mommy got a nice heated blanket, (I'm always cold!) Daddy got a portable cd player from Mommy and warm cozy slippers from Evie and Evan. Evie got her very first scooter! She loved it and learned how to use it very quickly! She was all over the house tonight!


Daddy got some awesome video!



And Evan got his first drum-set! You'd think he had been playing for years the way he picked up those sticks and hit each indivdual drum with such rhythm!


Daddy got some rockin' video!



Both kids are in bed for the night awaiting Santa's visit! Happy Holidays!

MERRY CHRISTMAS! 2009

Christmas is on it's way!

Hello friends and family!
With Christmas coming, I thought I'd share some pictures of Evie's holiday party from school. She's oficially out for two weeks!




And some of her closest friends!



And here she is with Evan in the "Christmas Train" that we made and they decorated from boxes. What sweetie pies!

My cutie!

Just a couple of cute pics of my boy.
This is Evan reading in his crib... (his favorite pasttime is looking at books!)
He LOVES letters, numbers, colors and shapes!




And here he is playing with buddy, Nathan! How sweet!

Gingerbread House in the making!

The kids and I did our annual gingerbread house and it turned out cute!! This year Evan participated and did a wonderful job! Keep in mind.. they were eating stuff off of the house before I took that picture.. the front was way prettier!

Evie: "Don't let Evan help! He'll just throw stuff on there!"

Here's What Evan's side looked like almost before Evie even got started with her side.. very well planned out and he wasted no time.. this was done entirely by a 2 year old.. I was impressed!


Turns out Evie was impressed, too. She scurried as fast as she could once she saw him decorating to get all of the good stuff for her side! LOL

Her side of the house


It was great to see them working together on this project and for Evan to actually get it was amazing!




Happy Holidays Everyone!

Let's Luau!

It's cold and rainy outside!!
What do you expect for the end of November?! The kids and I were bored so we had a "dance party luau!" Although Evie chose all michael Jackson music. LOL
Here they are sportin' their leis!