Merry Christmas 2013!!! We had a beautiful white Christmas this year with a lot of relaxation, seeing both families, time with friends, and enjoying our two little angels who loved every minute of it. JOY!
Luke's Berenstein Bear's book Christmas Tree (same book from the last post) made him extra excited for decorating the tree this year...like jumping out of his skin excited. He kept saying, " The bows, the bells, and the bright colored balls!"
Daddy teaching Ellie how to hang an ornament...
...and she got it!
My little munchkins all in black decorating the tree because this was my 3rd and final attempt to take our Christmas card shot. It flopped SO we'll just use the cute beach pic from the cottage. :)
They are pretty cute though!
We were so proud of Lukey for volunteering an hour of his time to ring the Salvation Army bell downtown Rochester! He worked the 7-8 pm shift with his Dad and it was all setup through his preschool program. Great job helping others Luke!
We had fun playing with the Polar Express this year from Auntie Nae!
A dinner with Grandpa and Grandma to kick off the Holidays!
It's so cold outside that Luke wanted to soak in the tub. :)
Ummm, Luke looks like an old man with his shirt unbuttoned and greasy chest...nice. Both of the kids have such sensitive skin that I coat their faces with Vaseline every night before bed to help with their dry cheeks.
Bob Thomas, our family's Elf on the Shelf, came for a visit about a week before Christmas! Every morning the kids would wake up and run around the house trying to find him. We found him on top of the potty (with green water inside), on the bookshelf, in Luke's stocking, on the Christmas tree, on the kitchen counter, hanging from a light, and in a Lego castle built by Lukey himself! Below is when Ben and Elle found Bob Thomas sitting pretty in the castle!
We had our 2nd annual Christmas Movie Night! Both families are invited and we go to our church's Christmas service. Then it is back home for dinner and a movie! This year we watched Rainmaker in our pj's while snacking on popcorn and movie candy!
MOVIE!
Church service with my beauty!
Luke was watching his own movie and Auntie Nae went in for a snuggle. :)(
Christmas Eve...Ahhh, my favorite night of the entire year! Candlelight service and Mom and Dad's church, dinner and Christmas back at their house. xo
Getting ready...
Luke found all of Grandpa Cooley's candy bars hiding in the Christmas tree!
Happy hubby and kiddos!
Life is just a little bit easier now that Little Miss can go up and down the stairs all by herself!
SO, Luke found all of the candy in the tree and now he found all of the Lotto tickets! We won 2 bucks out of all of them.
Christmas Eve dinner...
Time to open presents!
Ellie was so cute dancing on top of her gift!
Still cute lying on her gift...a new sleeping bag! (such a big girl!)
Lukey's turn...a book!
Sweet little moments with Auntie Nae...
Elle's ladybug rider!
And she can hardly believe it...A Mickey Mouse that sings the Hot Dog song when you press his white button!
Ellie can say Brother now! Still working on Luke...but then again Luke is still working on Luke too. We still have a 'w' sound in place of the 'L'. :)
I am showing mom and Janae their gifts...I made a Cookbook with all of Grandma Johnson's recipes scanned in. :)
Luke has been asking and waiting so patiently for his....CASH REGISTER!
My sweet girl.
Just 2 ladies walking out of Christmas Eve service...
Little lady.
Luke was just having a little bit of a good time at Grandpa and Grandma Cooley's house!
Christmas morning! Santa came and he was a hungry little bugger!
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The kids each got their own grocery cart, groceries, and grocery bags to play store with their new cash register! Luke also got a cleaning set from Auntie Megs and a toaster, coffee maker, and egg mixer from Santa! Elle also got a new wardrobe from Auntie Megs and a new little rocker for the living room.
SO much love.
Mixing the whistles in Ellie's stocking! (making scrambled eggs)
We were able to celebrate Christmas with all of our family at Grandma Budd's this year! It was such a special day having everyone back in the house together again!
Above is a pic with our family...The four of us, Auntie Meg, Grandpa and Grandma Uitti, Megan, Paul, and Kate!
The kids had fun opening presents...
All of the excitement tuckered Ellie right out. She snuggled on top of Lukey to get comfortable. :)
Another big excitement was that Ellie and Bella were meeting for the first time!!! These 2 sweeties are only 2 weeks apart in age but because their family lives in D.C. this was the first time they have met. We are looking forward to many more holidays together and watch them grow up together!
Happy New Year 2014!
We all went to dinner with Grandpa and Grandma Uitti at Camp Ticonderoga...yummy!
And then came back home for a champagne toast!
We ended this Holiday break with a big snow storm....Snowmageddon they were calling it. We went over to Bloomer Park and had fun sledding down the hills. The snow was beautiful blanketing the grass and trees... It was our little winter wonderland to enjoy our last days of break.
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