Christmas 2012

Merry Christmas everyone!!  I hope you all enjoyed your holiday.  We sure did!  This year we were able to spend some time with both sides of the family, which was nice.  Last Thursday we left our house and spent a few days in Richland/Kennewick to visit Derek’s side of the family.  Braedon had a blast with his cousins, as always.
The iPad makes a great babysitter.  Just kidding.  Kind of.

Meanwhile, these two tots were looking for trouble.

Piper had to lead the way since Adi couldn’t see through her hair.

The kids decorated gingerbread houses one afternoon.  Here they are waiting patiently to start in front of all the tempting candy.

After gingerbread house making, it was gingerbread house eating.  Now, they took THAT seriously.

We left Richland Sunday evening and then headed to my parents house around noon on Christmas Eve.  Baeo and Adi opened their presents from grandma and grandpa, who spoiled them rotten, and then we hung out and ate a delicious Christmas dinner with all the fixings.
Here is some pre dinner building.  This put together airplane was a huge hit with the B man.

He needed a little help from Grandpa.

Play time on the floor followed.

Story time concluded the fun before it was time to eat.

We ended the evening with a stare down and some facial hair grabbing.

We got back home to our house with time to put out oats for the reindeer and cookies for Santa.  We read a couple of stories and then put the kiddos to bed.  After they were tucked in all cozy, Derek and I watched one of my favorite Christmas movies, A Christmas Story.  That movie never gets old!  The next morning we came into the living room to find a few crumbs on the cookie plate and presents!!!
Yesterday was absolutely perfect!  I grabbed my cup of coffee, sat back and watched the joy of Christmas morning through my children’s eyes.  After they opened all their presents, I made pancakes and then we went back to more play time.  My friend Jenny came over for a few hours to hang with us and the whole day was spent lounging, watching Christmas movies, playing with new toys, and having tea parties.

Toys that were a hit with Braedon at age 3 1/2:
1. Put together and take apart airplane and Lightening McQueen
2. Cranky the crane and Gordon
3.  Hex bugs or nano bugs

Toys that were a hit with Adilyn at age 16 months:
1.  Tea set and fake, pull apart food from Melissa and Doug
2.  Braedon’s Hex bugs
3.  Play phone
Be back soon!