What have we been up, we'll not much this month. It was a nice break from the go go go of January and February!
This is our windy time of the year. Hello allergies! So we decided to take advantage of it and went to a park close by our house and flew some kites! The kids had a great time. I think this is the first time that they can remember doing that.
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Noah: I don't know if I have mentioned this, but he is napping without a diaper but still wears one at night. I know that he is fully capable of sleeping without it at night but he is just lazy and so are we. I want my sleep. He rarely has an accident at nap time but the other day mike put him down for his nap and he saw a pull-up on the floor and put it on himself and it was soaked when he woke up. Lazy, I tell ya. So I know it would probably take a week or so for him to remember that he doesn't have one on at night and we would be good to go. It is just take some time to convince him that he can go potty by himself at night. And then you just open a can of worms by allowing him out of his room at night. I guess we have to pick our battles.
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Both the kids have bug nightmares regularly. We finally got them dream catchers that we have hung above their beds. I would say that they do the job 90% of the time. At least some times we can convince them that the dream catchers will do their job and to go back sleep. One day I asked Noah what the bugs are doing in his dreams and he told me they were dancing. Lol! I told home that that wasn't a bad dream. Hopefully they will grow out of it. Noah also sleeps with a nightlight on and his pillow pet that turns off after 20 mins.
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Ava is almost finished with school. It makes me sort of sad that she js going to kindergarten next year. It is crazy the amount of schools you can register for here and be on waiting list just for kindergarten. We have one school that we want her to go to but it is a lottery and she hasn't gotten in yet. If she doesn't, she will go to the local Elementary school. Noah is registered to go to Ava's school next year. I have introduced him to the teachers and they say hi to him all the time but he just looks down. Ohh that is going to be hard. But then again, I thought it would be hard with Ava and she did just fine. We shall see.
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Ava has been slowly dropping her nap. She doesn't take one daily. She will always read in her room when it's nap time or play. Some days, she is tired enough that she will then fall asleep, but there are lots of days where she doesn't. The best part about it is that she waits until she hears Noah wake up, so I get nap time to myself! This is good. I was going to drop it after the fourth of July if she didn't naturally because she won't get to nap at school. I think I will just let her nap or not nap, but the week or so before school, try to keep her up with some quiet time so that she isn't so tired the first 2 weeks of school as she adjusts.
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Friday, April 25, 2014
Easter 2014
Happy Easter to you all! We had an amazing Easter at our house!
I promised Ava that the day before Easter, we would go and get mani/pedi's with my sisters and Sophie. I think she was more excited about getting a pedicure than she was about Easter. We all met up at Pink Polish for a girls morning of pampering. Ava loved Avery moment of it. She talked to the lady that was doing her nails and she was also talking to Sophie who sat next to her. It was a lot of fun and something that we will do again.
For Easter this year, we put clues in plastic eggs and did a little hunt to find their baskets. The Easter bunny left the first egg in our bathroom with 2 chocolate bunnies. Each clue had them doing some sort of activity to get the next clue. This one had them doing push ups.
Once they found their baskets, they got to eat their jelly beans for breakfast. I mean it is Easter and all! Noah was all over that.
Ava got a pet shop palace that she has been wanting forever and Noah got some airplanes.
Everyone came over to our house for brunch. After we ate we had the Easter egg hunt outside. Note to self: no chocolate in the eggs. Haha. It was hot by the time we got to the egg hunt and even though their were only those hard shell mini eggs, some of them cracked and the chocolate melted. The kids had fun. Alex was upset because he was told to leave the easy ones for the little kids so he didn't participate. Ava felt bad and gave her some of her eggs and then started handing out eggs to everyone. So sweet.
So my nephew put some pink chalk in the fountain and it turned the water pink. lol! It was kinda nice and pink for Easter. I also have to work on my picture taking skills on my Ipad. I have a finger in almost every picture from Easter.
Everyone was sugared up and I think it was a success.
I promised Ava that the day before Easter, we would go and get mani/pedi's with my sisters and Sophie. I think she was more excited about getting a pedicure than she was about Easter. We all met up at Pink Polish for a girls morning of pampering. Ava loved Avery moment of it. She talked to the lady that was doing her nails and she was also talking to Sophie who sat next to her. It was a lot of fun and something that we will do again.
For Easter this year, we put clues in plastic eggs and did a little hunt to find their baskets. The Easter bunny left the first egg in our bathroom with 2 chocolate bunnies. Each clue had them doing some sort of activity to get the next clue. This one had them doing push ups.
Once they found their baskets, they got to eat their jelly beans for breakfast. I mean it is Easter and all! Noah was all over that.
Ava got a pet shop palace that she has been wanting forever and Noah got some airplanes.
Everyone came over to our house for brunch. After we ate we had the Easter egg hunt outside. Note to self: no chocolate in the eggs. Haha. It was hot by the time we got to the egg hunt and even though their were only those hard shell mini eggs, some of them cracked and the chocolate melted. The kids had fun. Alex was upset because he was told to leave the easy ones for the little kids so he didn't participate. Ava felt bad and gave her some of her eggs and then started handing out eggs to everyone. So sweet.
So my nephew put some pink chalk in the fountain and it turned the water pink. lol! It was kinda nice and pink for Easter. I also have to work on my picture taking skills on my Ipad. I have a finger in almost every picture from Easter.
Everyone was sugared up and I think it was a success.
Saturday, March 22, 2014
March 2014 Thus Far....
So it will probably be easier to do a monthly blog than try to keep up. So here is what we have been up to this month.
Ava had her 5 year doctor appointment. Just the usual check up except this time we decided to get her MMR shot. I didn't tell her ahead of time because she is such a worry wort and would have stressed about it and asked a million questions. So I waited until the doctor was done and THEN told her. She immediately started to cry and rub Bobo and ask a ton of questions. When the Nurse finally came in and gave her her shot, she screamed and cried for about 5 seconds and then was much better. She got a princess band aid and that made her happy. Overall, she is doing great. She is in the 64th percentile for height and weight. The Dr said to keep an eye on her sight as she was 20/30, but part of that could have been the letters are the way she is used to seeing them and part just may be that she has Leptuch eyes!
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Mike took both kids to church for Ash Wednesday. Noah doesn't usually go to church because the last time Mike took him, they had to come home early because he wouldn't sit still. He REALLY wanted to go and promised to be good, so Mike took him and he did great.
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Lordy, Lordy, look who turned 40!.....Mike! We had a non eventful 40th birthday. We went to Whole Foods for dinner and a drink. Or should I say Mike did and we all went along for the ride.
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My nephew, Sam, turned One on the same day as Mike turned 40. They had a Jake and the Neverland Pirates Party.
Here is Sam after eating half of his cake!
Noah put on the glasses!!
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The kids went to the dentist. This was Ava's second time and Noah's first time. They needed it. Overall, good bill of teeth! The Dentist said that Ava is going to be getting her 6 year old molars soon. I didn't know they got 6 year old molars. Let the drama ensue!!!
Noah did good except when the Dentist came in, he made Mike and I both hold a hand and then he didn't really like the tooth brushing part because the toothpaste was gritty. But other than that, he did awesome!
They both got to hold and use the water suction thing!
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My sister's babysitter was on break for 2 weeks and she needed me to watch my nephew for a couple of hours 2 days this past week. Because he is such a good baby, I didn't mind. One day we went for a walk. That was an eye opener. 3 kids, uhhhh....no thanks. 2 is hard enough for me, but it was fun.
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Ava is a DeMario. She loves to eat butter straight out of the container....
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A little Friday night fun at Whole Foods, Leptuch style.
Ava had her 5 year doctor appointment. Just the usual check up except this time we decided to get her MMR shot. I didn't tell her ahead of time because she is such a worry wort and would have stressed about it and asked a million questions. So I waited until the doctor was done and THEN told her. She immediately started to cry and rub Bobo and ask a ton of questions. When the Nurse finally came in and gave her her shot, she screamed and cried for about 5 seconds and then was much better. She got a princess band aid and that made her happy. Overall, she is doing great. She is in the 64th percentile for height and weight. The Dr said to keep an eye on her sight as she was 20/30, but part of that could have been the letters are the way she is used to seeing them and part just may be that she has Leptuch eyes!
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Mike took both kids to church for Ash Wednesday. Noah doesn't usually go to church because the last time Mike took him, they had to come home early because he wouldn't sit still. He REALLY wanted to go and promised to be good, so Mike took him and he did great.
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Lordy, Lordy, look who turned 40!.....Mike! We had a non eventful 40th birthday. We went to Whole Foods for dinner and a drink. Or should I say Mike did and we all went along for the ride.
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My nephew, Sam, turned One on the same day as Mike turned 40. They had a Jake and the Neverland Pirates Party.
Here is Sam after eating half of his cake!
Noah put on the glasses!!
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The kids went to the dentist. This was Ava's second time and Noah's first time. They needed it. Overall, good bill of teeth! The Dentist said that Ava is going to be getting her 6 year old molars soon. I didn't know they got 6 year old molars. Let the drama ensue!!!
Noah did good except when the Dentist came in, he made Mike and I both hold a hand and then he didn't really like the tooth brushing part because the toothpaste was gritty. But other than that, he did awesome!
They both got to hold and use the water suction thing!
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My sister's babysitter was on break for 2 weeks and she needed me to watch my nephew for a couple of hours 2 days this past week. Because he is such a good baby, I didn't mind. One day we went for a walk. That was an eye opener. 3 kids, uhhhh....no thanks. 2 is hard enough for me, but it was fun.
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Ava is a DeMario. She loves to eat butter straight out of the container....
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A little Friday night fun at Whole Foods, Leptuch style.
Friday, February 21, 2014
Ava's 5th Birthday
Ok, so hopefully this works. (I changed the date to be Ava's birthday, so I don't look like a bad mom and blogger. LOL!)
So Ava turned 5! Can you believe it? I can't.
Ava had been battling yet another sickness on her birthday. She was out the entire week at school and had to miss on her actual birthday. She was running a fever the day before, so I couldn't send her, even though she was feeling a bit better on her birthday. We had to hang out at home that day. Noah started feeling sick as well as Mike. Grammy and Papa Dee even came down to spend the day with her.
For the kids birthday, they get to chose what they want for dinner. I can cook their favorite meal or we can go out. Ava really wanted to go to Peter Piper Pizza. She has been there twice for a friend of ours birthday and she loved it. Not sure why, she can't really play any of the games, but she does. Unfortunately we couldn't go because everyone was sick. So we opted for chicken fingers from Fry's.
She opened presents and we had some cupcakes that were left over from Noah's birthday party. (Shhh. don't tell her.) I froze some and just put frosting on them. Everyone said they were great tasting).
She is really into arts and crafts and LOVED the necklace making kits she got!! (Me, not so much, there were beads everywhere for days!!)
We also got her a bigger bike that was girly. She loves it.
Here are a few of Ava's favorite things:
Favorite food: Bacon Sandwiches
Favorite TV show: Doc McStuffins
Favorite thing to do: Color and Craft
Favorite color: purple
What do you want to do for your birthday next year: Go to Grandma Nini's house on an airplane
What do you want to be when you grow up: a Home Decorator/artist
It was a great birthday. We ended up going to Peter Piper Pizza the following weekend. It was nice because it was empty. Again, most games there are for a little bit older kids, so Mike and I got to play some games. haha! They had fun anyway. Ava's favorite thing was riding the car!
We ended up having her birthday party on the Saturday right after her birthday but because everyone was sick, we had just immediate family over. We didn't want to risk getting everyone else sick. It was small and intimate and very nice.
Hope next year is as wonderful as this was, without the sicknesses!!!
So Ava turned 5! Can you believe it? I can't.
Ava had been battling yet another sickness on her birthday. She was out the entire week at school and had to miss on her actual birthday. She was running a fever the day before, so I couldn't send her, even though she was feeling a bit better on her birthday. We had to hang out at home that day. Noah started feeling sick as well as Mike. Grammy and Papa Dee even came down to spend the day with her.
For the kids birthday, they get to chose what they want for dinner. I can cook their favorite meal or we can go out. Ava really wanted to go to Peter Piper Pizza. She has been there twice for a friend of ours birthday and she loved it. Not sure why, she can't really play any of the games, but she does. Unfortunately we couldn't go because everyone was sick. So we opted for chicken fingers from Fry's.
She opened presents and we had some cupcakes that were left over from Noah's birthday party. (Shhh. don't tell her.) I froze some and just put frosting on them. Everyone said they were great tasting).
She is really into arts and crafts and LOVED the necklace making kits she got!! (Me, not so much, there were beads everywhere for days!!)
We also got her a bigger bike that was girly. She loves it.
Here are a few of Ava's favorite things:
Favorite food: Bacon Sandwiches
Favorite TV show: Doc McStuffins
Favorite thing to do: Color and Craft
Favorite color: purple
What do you want to do for your birthday next year: Go to Grandma Nini's house on an airplane
What do you want to be when you grow up: a Home Decorator/artist
It was a great birthday. We ended up going to Peter Piper Pizza the following weekend. It was nice because it was empty. Again, most games there are for a little bit older kids, so Mike and I got to play some games. haha! They had fun anyway. Ava's favorite thing was riding the car!
We ended up having her birthday party on the Saturday right after her birthday but because everyone was sick, we had just immediate family over. We didn't want to risk getting everyone else sick. It was small and intimate and very nice.
Hope next year is as wonderful as this was, without the sicknesses!!!
Monday, January 20, 2014
Noah's 3rd Birthday and Party
Can you believe that my boy is 3?!?!? Time does fly, yet it feels just like yesterday. Time is weird like that.
Unfortunately, with Noah's birthday being so close to Christmas we don't play it up as much as we do for Ava's or maybe it is the 2nd kid syndrome. But all of a sudden, it was Noah's birthday.
We had a low key day. We headed to Barnes and Noble for our free cupcake. We got there at 9am because they used to open then, but apparently they don't open until 10 am now:( So we headed to the play area. Of course, Noah stood by my side and watched and Ava played around and made a friend.
We had the cupcake after lunch. I made his favorite dinner, meatballs! Then we all walked down to Orange Leaf for some frozen yogurt.
He wanted to wear all those necklaces!!
When we came home, we opened presents. For whatever reason he was being shy and had Ava help him open his gifts.
I can't believe how big he is getting. He is still only in the 45th percentile for weight!! He is talking so much and having actual conversations too. He has really hit that why stage and he won't take "because" for an answer. The other day he said," Mommy, can I take a pet home from the store?" I replied "uhhh...NOOOO!" He said, "why" and I said "because" and walked away. He said "don't walk away, talk to me". HAHA.. he didn't like my answer and wanted to know why. He won't stop asking questions until he is satisfied with his answer.
The following weekend, we celebrated his birthday with friends and family. The weather was gorgeous and we had lots of kids there to celebrate with.
The kids helping me decorate the cupcakes!!
He couldn't wait to have his cupcake. He and Ava were picking out their cupcakes as soon as they were decorated.
We recently cut down on the amount of sugar that Noah gets because we noticed that his behavior was getting out of control. The second half of December the kids were sick and they drank a lot of juice and pretty much got to eat whatever they felt like so that we could get calories in them. We had finally had enough and one day just said no to the juice and all the added sugars. I can definitely say that his behavior has improved and you can tell when he/they have sugar because they are both cranky. We have even had to cut down on his fruit consumption. There were days when all he would eat would be fruit, applesauce, raisins, juice, packaged bars etc.. You see, sugar. We don't buy anymore bars either. They only get one when we go to Whole Foods and they go to kids club, but only if they have been good.
Noah has also been waking up a lot at night. Mike started this thing where he would lay with him for like 2 minutes before he went to bed, but they we noticed that when he would wake up at night, he would want us to lay with him to go back to sleep. He would wake 4-5 times a night. It was getting out of control, so we had to stop that too. Again, I think it has helped, but he still wakes up at least once most nights.
He is really into his trucks and trains and LOVEs to play outside in the dirt. He really loves all the fresh veggies from the garden.
He loves to come in from being out and about and he takes off his shoes and pants. He pretty much lives in his underwear. If you have seen that new show, the Goldbergs, he is just like Murray Goldberg in that sense!!
He is still not night potty trained. I think he is just lazy. If we take them away, I think he wouldn't have a problem, but I just want sleep and don't want to have to deal with getting up to take him to the bathroom at night or dealing with the first couple of nights that he would wet the bed and having to change the sheets at night. We are going to start getting serious on this soon because I am sick of buying diapers!!
Unfortunately, with Noah's birthday being so close to Christmas we don't play it up as much as we do for Ava's or maybe it is the 2nd kid syndrome. But all of a sudden, it was Noah's birthday.
We had a low key day. We headed to Barnes and Noble for our free cupcake. We got there at 9am because they used to open then, but apparently they don't open until 10 am now:( So we headed to the play area. Of course, Noah stood by my side and watched and Ava played around and made a friend.
We had the cupcake after lunch. I made his favorite dinner, meatballs! Then we all walked down to Orange Leaf for some frozen yogurt.
He wanted to wear all those necklaces!!
When we came home, we opened presents. For whatever reason he was being shy and had Ava help him open his gifts.
I can't believe how big he is getting. He is still only in the 45th percentile for weight!! He is talking so much and having actual conversations too. He has really hit that why stage and he won't take "because" for an answer. The other day he said," Mommy, can I take a pet home from the store?" I replied "uhhh...NOOOO!" He said, "why" and I said "because" and walked away. He said "don't walk away, talk to me". HAHA.. he didn't like my answer and wanted to know why. He won't stop asking questions until he is satisfied with his answer.
The following weekend, we celebrated his birthday with friends and family. The weather was gorgeous and we had lots of kids there to celebrate with.
The kids helping me decorate the cupcakes!!
He couldn't wait to have his cupcake. He and Ava were picking out their cupcakes as soon as they were decorated.
We recently cut down on the amount of sugar that Noah gets because we noticed that his behavior was getting out of control. The second half of December the kids were sick and they drank a lot of juice and pretty much got to eat whatever they felt like so that we could get calories in them. We had finally had enough and one day just said no to the juice and all the added sugars. I can definitely say that his behavior has improved and you can tell when he/they have sugar because they are both cranky. We have even had to cut down on his fruit consumption. There were days when all he would eat would be fruit, applesauce, raisins, juice, packaged bars etc.. You see, sugar. We don't buy anymore bars either. They only get one when we go to Whole Foods and they go to kids club, but only if they have been good.
Noah has also been waking up a lot at night. Mike started this thing where he would lay with him for like 2 minutes before he went to bed, but they we noticed that when he would wake up at night, he would want us to lay with him to go back to sleep. He would wake 4-5 times a night. It was getting out of control, so we had to stop that too. Again, I think it has helped, but he still wakes up at least once most nights.
He is really into his trucks and trains and LOVEs to play outside in the dirt. He really loves all the fresh veggies from the garden.
He loves to come in from being out and about and he takes off his shoes and pants. He pretty much lives in his underwear. If you have seen that new show, the Goldbergs, he is just like Murray Goldberg in that sense!!
He is still not night potty trained. I think he is just lazy. If we take them away, I think he wouldn't have a problem, but I just want sleep and don't want to have to deal with getting up to take him to the bathroom at night or dealing with the first couple of nights that he would wet the bed and having to change the sheets at night. We are going to start getting serious on this soon because I am sick of buying diapers!!
Monday, December 30, 2013
Christmas 2013
Christmas 2013 has come and gone. Ours was really nice despite Ava being sick.(See the next post)
Our traditional Christmas Eve is spent at my step brother, Brian's house, but the kids were sick and we had to stay home.
We wrote a letter to Santa and left cookies for Santa and carrots for the reindeer.
It says "Dear Santa, I hope you enjoy our cookies. Please give the carrots to the reindeer. Take care of Freddy for us! Love Ava and Noah Leptuch"
After we put the kids into bed, Mike and I, I mean Santa and his helper, put out all the presents for Christmas morning. While we were doing it, Ava actually got up and needed something. Luckily she didn't see anything.
We woke up around 5am Christmas morning. Ava ended up sleeping in my bed with me that night and Mike slept in Ava's bed because Grammy and Papa Dee were here sleeping in the guest bedroom. She was still at 103, so we tried to get her to take her medicine while we waited for Noah to wake up. Because the kids had been sick, I wasn't going to wake anybody up. To entice her to take her medicine, I gave her her stocking to open. She was pretty excited, but it didn't help with getting her to take her medicine.
Noah finally woke up around 6 ish and we headed into the Living Room. There were toys galore. I didn't get a picture of all the presents, but here is a picture of some of the presents.
Toys galore. The nice part about this Christmas is that we opened a gift and they wanted it opened so they could see it. It made it nice because they didn't just rip through all the presents. They got to open one and enjoy it, even if it was only for a minute or two. Halfway through, we did stop so that we could get a bite to eat and Ava could spend 40 minutes trying to get 1 tsp of medicine down. Ha!ha!
Yup! Pretty much sums up how we all felt about Ava taking medicine!
One of my favorite things was Ava's gift to her cousin Sophie. She got Best Cousin necklaces and gave her one half and kept the other. We were sad that we couldn't be there to give it to her, but she was so excited to get it.
Here are some pictures from Christmas Day.
Noah eating some of Grammy's cinnamon rolls.
Baby Sam! He was so cute. In great spirits for the day.
This was the next day, but the best gift ever! The kids got a convertible car. I always wanted one as a kid. Asked every year and every year, I never got one. My mom says Santa was poor then!!! They do really like it and have lots of fun in it.
Watch out world, she is a distracted driver!!
The next best gift was the Santa's express train. They love it and watch it for hours.
The best part about Christmas is that the kids have lots of new toys to play with that they don't even ask to watch TV.
Can't wait until next year!!!
Our traditional Christmas Eve is spent at my step brother, Brian's house, but the kids were sick and we had to stay home.
We wrote a letter to Santa and left cookies for Santa and carrots for the reindeer.
It says "Dear Santa, I hope you enjoy our cookies. Please give the carrots to the reindeer. Take care of Freddy for us! Love Ava and Noah Leptuch"
After we put the kids into bed, Mike and I, I mean Santa and his helper, put out all the presents for Christmas morning. While we were doing it, Ava actually got up and needed something. Luckily she didn't see anything.
We woke up around 5am Christmas morning. Ava ended up sleeping in my bed with me that night and Mike slept in Ava's bed because Grammy and Papa Dee were here sleeping in the guest bedroom. She was still at 103, so we tried to get her to take her medicine while we waited for Noah to wake up. Because the kids had been sick, I wasn't going to wake anybody up. To entice her to take her medicine, I gave her her stocking to open. She was pretty excited, but it didn't help with getting her to take her medicine.
Noah finally woke up around 6 ish and we headed into the Living Room. There were toys galore. I didn't get a picture of all the presents, but here is a picture of some of the presents.
Toys galore. The nice part about this Christmas is that we opened a gift and they wanted it opened so they could see it. It made it nice because they didn't just rip through all the presents. They got to open one and enjoy it, even if it was only for a minute or two. Halfway through, we did stop so that we could get a bite to eat and Ava could spend 40 minutes trying to get 1 tsp of medicine down. Ha!ha!
Yup! Pretty much sums up how we all felt about Ava taking medicine!
One of my favorite things was Ava's gift to her cousin Sophie. She got Best Cousin necklaces and gave her one half and kept the other. We were sad that we couldn't be there to give it to her, but she was so excited to get it.
Here are some pictures from Christmas Day.
Noah eating some of Grammy's cinnamon rolls.
Baby Sam! He was so cute. In great spirits for the day.
This was the next day, but the best gift ever! The kids got a convertible car. I always wanted one as a kid. Asked every year and every year, I never got one. My mom says Santa was poor then!!! They do really like it and have lots of fun in it.
Watch out world, she is a distracted driver!!
The next best gift was the Santa's express train. They love it and watch it for hours.
The best part about Christmas is that the kids have lots of new toys to play with that they don't even ask to watch TV.
Can't wait until next year!!!
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