Christmas Eve-

In the morning we went to Bebe & Grandad's and exchanged our gifts (how did I not get a pic of Grandad??)

Angry Birds + Star Wars = Yes Please!

Nora and her beloved new baby doll. 

Here's what happens when we try to take a family photo.

Mags checking out her new LeapPad.

The Mc Gang.

 That night Bubba and Grampy fed us dinner and we exchanged our gifts with them.

Ben's new droid tank = AWESOME

The REAL Santa came by our house and it was soooo cool!

Nora and her new tutu + Bree Shirt.
She still wanted nothing to do with Santa! 

Big Weekend!

Auntie finished Grad School so Tim organized and we hosted a surprise party for her. It was hard to keep the secret (I couldn't talk to her for a few weeks for fear of ruining the surprise). We're really proud of her and can't wait for our second niece this summer!! Woo hoo......

The next day we made our annual Currant Cookies -- YUM!!

Ho Ho Ho!

 We went to a friend's annual Christmas Party and the BIG GUY showed up. Ben was all about saying "hello." (Although he was quick to point out it was obviously one of Santa's Helpers ... "I saw his real hair, Mom.")

Nora was just fine looking from a distance and wanted no part of it.

After school-

After a long day of school we like to hang out in my bed ... watch a show, Nora has some milk, we're goofy, we chit-chat (Ben's words) and read books. It's a nice way to to spend the afternoon as long as everyone is in a good mood!

Halloween

Halloween was fun this year. We started the day at Ben's school where they had a parade, school-wide flash mob dance to Thriller and class party.

After dinner our ghost and little dinosaur (Nora had a great dino rooooaaarrr!) headed out for some Trick-or-Treat fun. They got a ton of loot and Ben was very good and responsible with his peanut allergy. 

JUMP!

We just got a letter!

Ben's class had a really fun letter writing project this year. They all got letters delivered to school from friends or family and then had to write a letter in return. Thanks to Lisa and Jason for writing a very sweet letter to Ben. He was very excited about the whole project! He had a little trouble explaining to the class who Lisa and Jason were ... he said, "How do I describe who Lisa and Jason are? Are they my grandparents? I don't think so." Too funny! We now have dubbed them as a bonus aunt and uncle!

Once the kids had all written their letters we had a walking field trip to mail them and went to the ice cream shop as well. I was lucky enough to go with the class - what a fun afternoon! The kids had a blast and were sooooooo excited.