Christmas 2014

We had a great Christmas!  I don't have many pictures of Christmas, I mostly took video of opening presents.  I have a few pictures of these two nuts before bed Christmas Eve...

Our tree in the morning after Santa came!

These kids must have been really good this year, they got everything they asked for and more! They both got the roller skates they had asked Santa for, and a set of knee pads.  Andrew got a new Ninja Turtles bike and Emily got a mini trampoline.

A 2 year old and a 4 year old on roller skates for the first time is pretty hilarious.  But they are both quick learners.  We had our garage all clean the day after Christmas and Andrew got some good skating practice in there.  He found my roller blades in the garage and asked "mommy will you roller skate with me?" How do you say no to that?!  So, I made him promise not to laugh at me when I fell down and we both skated around the garage.  The other day, I took both of them to a roller skate rink at a park close by.  They are getting pretty good, Emily might join a roller derby team soon :)

Santa Visit

We saw Santa last night!  He was over in Aunt Jenny's neighborhood so we paid him a visit, he said he was so excited to see the kids :)

Andrew was really excited to sit on his lap, Emily was a bit hesitant, but with a little coaxing, she snuggled right in.

They both put in a request for roller skates and Santa said that he would bring some if they promised to wear helmets and knee pads and elbow pads.  So, it looks like 2 lucky little kids might find some roller skates under the tree.

Andrew told Santa that he had spaghetti and meatballs for dinner (which he did not have) and that he went to visit the mountain over the summer and played in the snow.  Emily told him that she tripped on the side walk and fell and scraped her knee (which she has done...but not recently) and that she went to a farm and fed a cow.

Happy Birthday Andrew!

Holy moly, my baby is four! And what an awesome 4 year old he is!

Andrew was so excited about his birthday this year, pretty much counting down the days.  The one thing on his birthday wishlist was a Paw Patrol lookout tower, which he got (and found in the closet TWICE before his birthday, two different closets, I think we had him pretty well convinced he was seeing things ;) ) He also got some new clothes and Mickey Mouse slippers.  He is so fun to give to, he loves everything and is so enthusiastic! I couldn't believe how excited he was to unwrap a pair of pants!

Emily got some new slippers too, and a Candy Land game.

For his birthday, we went out to eat and invited his friend Noah.  Andrew got to choose the restaurant, so of course we went to Chuy's, it is his favorite.  Andrew partied a little to hard and ended up throwing up all over the restaurant.  He was fine afterwards and we went home to eat cake and unwrap more presents, he even got some new shoes out of the ordeal :)

He picked out his birthday cake from Publix, he was dancing all over the store after seeing the TMNT cake.  

Thanksgiving

We hosted Thanksgiving this year, it was the four of us, Aunt Jenny, Gramma, Papa, and Great Papa (and a couple of dogs)

 Andrew made a Indian costume at school and he was so excited to wear it for Thanksgiving day.  Emily wanted one too so Papa helped her make one.  And they got some balloon Indian hats too :)  We ate lots of food and had a good time.

We also had some Thanksgiving weekend backyard football.  Andrew has the best touchdown dance!