Sunday, December 19, 2010

Christmas Begins...

What a weekend!!  Minus the work aspect it was a great weekend with friends and family.  Started yesterday with the annual cookie bake off.  Jason is the king of cookie baking in the house.  He insists on making them all from scratch which is way more time consuming, but they are yummy :)  Many, many batches were made and here are some pics of the baker and his helpers:



Then this afternoon we had the LeVasseur's & Martinelli's over to visit.  It got a little loud at times with all the kids running around, but it was sooo much fun!!  We definitely don't take enough time throughout the year to enjoy each others company so I enjoyed every minute of this afternoon.  Kylie was in 7th heaven when the twins got there.  Within the first few mins I look over and see her and Rylee cuddling on the couch...Awhh:
 Later in the afternoon we heard sirens outside and had a special visitor come to the door...Santa!!  The kids were sooo excited, running laps around as they waited and then patiently waiting with big grins for their names to get called.  It was so cute:

 Unfortunately, all good things come to an end.  Everyone all bundled up ready to take on the cold.  Thank you to everyone for making this afternoon so special.  Things have been a little crazy lately and the downtime was exactly what the doctor ordered.  Good night little ones!

Friday, December 17, 2010

Gingerbread Jamboree

Got to escape from work for a little while to enjoy the morning with my favorite little man.  Noah's kindergarten classroom made their gingerbread houses out of paper bags this morning.  We had a lot of fun gluing it all together, adding snow and sparkles everywhere.  It also happened to be PJ day which Noah insisted I was supposed to participate in too....so I did.  In his room I was the one of 2 parents that came dressed that way...but his teacher was in PJs to and it was a lot of fun.  Finish product below:
 
 Here is another shot of the two of us:

 
How I love this time of year...just wish we had more time to really enjoy it.  Looking forward to some baking and friends visiting this weekend.  Who knows, may even have a North Pole visitor :o)