New Year's Eve
We played Mario Cart and Mario Galaxy.
We played Zingo.
We counted down...
AND MADE A LOT OF NOISE!!!
The kids insisted on sleeping together.
Do you think they got any sleep?
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Christmas Day
We had a quiet Christmas day.
It snowed non-stop, so we went sledding...
...until Maddie's sled broke. She was sad.
So we cheered her up with hot chocolate and candy canes.
Christmas (Crazy) Morning
Maddie and Max wanted to start a new tradition this year.
They decided to wake up in crazy morning (anything before 5 a.m.) and roller skate. According to The Friend magazine, that is what kids in Venezuela do on Christmas morning. They had to skate in the garage, but they had fun!
My favorite part of Christmas morning is the stockings.
Santa and the Reindeer brought Zhu Zhu Pets for the kids.
I always try to give special things that the kids aren't expecting. For Max, I sewed his patches from the road trip onto a sweatshirt. He put it on immediately. Yay!
For Maddie, I found a cute train case for her to put her girly nail stuff in. I filled it with Lucky Bee Bee charms. She was so excited and happy.
I think I did good this year!
We has freshly baked chocolate filled croissants for breakfast.
Merry Christmas to you!
Twas' the Night Before Christmas
We had some friends over for a nice Christmas Eve dinner of, what else, homemade Chinese food. Yum.
Before bed we all open one present.
Pajamas!
Then the kids take down their stockings and pick a spot where Santa will gather all their presents to open in the morning.
Now for the visions of sugar plums!
Maddie's Girl Scout Gingerbread Event
Maddie and I had a great time at Gingerbread Night. All the Girl Scouts and moms got together in the school gym. It was fun seeing all the creativity from the girls and getting cool tips and tricks from the professional gingerbread guys that came to help us.
Maddie will deny it, but I think she may have sampled more candy than made it on to her house!
Max's Holiday Party
When I arrived to help out with Max's class party, the class was gathered on the rug singing Christmas songs.
This is how Max crafts.
The kids had candy cane sled races...
and donuts on a string.
It was a fun little party.
Once there was a snowman...
The snow was perfect for building a snowman on this day.
Good thing the kids got out there because the next few days and weeks got so cold that the snow wasn't sticking anymore. Now our snowman is buried under all the other snow that has fallen!
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!
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