Dirt

One of my favorite things about our new house is that we have a yard. Granted, it needs a lot of work, but there is dirt and that's about all a 3 year old needs!

More Christmas Fun and Christmas Eve!

Better late than never! Here is our Christmas part 1:

Gifts for the grandparents. I stole the idea from Melissa and I liked them so much, I'm going to make some for our house too.

Christmas Eve can be a hard day with all the anticipation and waiting that happens so I wanted to create a new tradition in our home. We all love movies and I thought it would be a fun way to pass some of the hours before dinner. I took Avi to see the Chipmunck's movie and she loved it!

My babies :)

Looking at this nice picture of the kids with my parents, I realized I forgot to get a picture of them with the other grandparents and I forgot to take a family Christmas picture. Oh well, next year!

Love...

I love so many things but weddings are at the top of my list. And this girl...

I have known Kati since she was 5 years old and babysat her and her brothers every week for about 7 years. I grew very close to their family and I was so excited to be able to share in this next huge step in her life. Avi and I got to go watch the wedding dress fitting and Avi fell in love and wouldn't stop talking about Kati's wedding dress.

Every bride needs some red stripper shoes. Avi to the rescue!

Not sure what she's looking at...

Getting ready!

They were FREEZING! But still looked beautiful. 

Congratulations Nati (Nate and Kati - it's their celebrity nickname)! What a beautiful day.

Christmas...LLC style!

This year, with 2 sick children, I was unable to attend our Little Learner's Club Christmas Party. I was so sad to miss it but it looks like everyone had a great time!

They made snowman sandwiches, large tree ornaments and we continued the book exchange with Santa delivering the presents.

Even the dog got in on the action!

I feel so blessed to be taking this journey of motherhood with these amazing women!

Some Christmas Fun!

In November, I made a list of 25 fun activities we were going to do each day leading up to Christmas. Then we decided to move...As you can imagine, the entire list did not happen but some of the things did! Here are a few of our special Christmas treats (warning: this post has too many pictures :) :

We started out with a christmas craft: making our countdown paper chain:

Avi wanted to make a strawberry pie:

Veggie Tales Christmas night at church:

A candlelight bath:

Red and green nail polish - I love her new smile :)

A trip to Disneyland for our Niece's birthday. It was raining and freezing by the evening!

 Snowman sandwiches:

Michael Buble Christmas music!

Christmas pancakes:

and hot cocoa in a snowman cup!

A giant Christmas coloring book:

A trip to Bass Pro Shop with Grandma and Grandpa for their winter activities:

Picking out and decorating a Christmas tree:

Merry Christmas...late as usual!