Playing with new toys

Izzy, Jake, cubbie driving their ship, Bucky

Playing with Sand Alive!

Walking Snowball.  It also seems like all of Annabelle's friends got one too!

Paw patrol is on a roll

New Tiana shoess

New Cinderella shoes

They were good this year

Claire was really good this year.  Her favorite was the Paw patrol and Jake ship.  My favorite memory was in she open a Jake with Helmet and Peter Pan toy and said, "no" and handed it back to me.  

Annabelle loved all her gifts.  Each day a new present is her favorite.  

Opening gifts

On Christmas morning we opened and played with our new presents.  Around 11, Grandpa and Grandma and Aunt Charla came over for bunch and gifts.  Around 4pm, we went to Grandma Kathy's house for dinner, gifts, and playing with the cousins.  Hopefully soon we will see Ethan!

Getting ready for Santa

making M and M cookies for Santa

Sprinkling reindeer food (oats) so the reindeer can find our house faster!

Oh Christmas tree

The children decorated our Christmas tree this year!

Some of their gifts on Christmas

Rapunzel tower

The tree they decorated at Grandma's Kathy house

The tree that Maddie decorated at Grandma's Kathy house

Annabelle 2 birthday parties

Annabelle had her first friend's party.  It was a princess party!  We played pin the carrot nose on Olaf

We picked cards and acted them out.  In this picture, they were Elsa!

We had a fun obstacle course.  This picture was the magic carpet ride.  We had to climb through the castle (go under the table).  They had to climb in sleeping beauty tower (slide).  They had to do a Mulan ninja move on the mat.  They had to jump like Tiana on the trampoline.  They had to go through a green tunnel for the Enchanted Forest.  They had to cross the balance beam and not fall into Urusala water.  Lastly, they had to not get tangled in Rapunzel's hair (yellow streams in the doorway)

The princesses with the dinosaur! 

Annabelle's 4 candles on her Rapunzel cake.  She needed help blowing them out!

Barbies and ponies

Annabelle birthday Dec 11

The night of Annabelle's  birthday we had birthday snowmen cookies

Annabelle got a Frozen watch from Claire in the morning.  She got some My Little Pony's and a horse sweather in the evening.  We also painted her room Princess Pink and she got to hang Frozen stickers on her wall.  Her preschool went to Pump It Up that day.  We went to McDonald's for lunch and saw Penguins of Madagscar with her friend Lily L.  What a fun birthday!

Brunch with Santa Claus

Our life insurance, William Penn had a holiday party where Santa gave the children gifts.  Annabelle was all about talking to Santa.  She told Santa she wants Elsa & Anna things and a Snow Leopard!  Annabelle's present today was a book with a stuff kitty. 

Claire didn't care for Santa, but she tolerated him so she could get a gift.  She wants a big penguin for Christmas.  Today she got a bear with a blanket and blocks from Santa. 

On Christmas Eve, we also saw Archie the Snowman at Chapel Hill Mall.  He was really friendly and nice!  Annabelle told him she wanted an Olaf and Claire wanted Paw Patrol.  I wouldn't recommend seeing Santa or Archy the day before because they will surprise you with new things on their list!

First snow of the winter season in Nov

We had some snow mid Nov in 2014!

This is really the first time Claire played in the snow!

Annabelle sneaking some snow for a taste!

Kraynaks visit in Nov

We visited the Kraynak's store in Hermitage PA.  We loved the displays, but didn't realized it was a toy store too when we planned the trip!  A must see place every year! 

jumping in leaves in Nov

The neighbors had lots of leaves piled high for us to jump in

Annabelle had a blast in the leaves

Claire tolerated the leaves better this year.  She enjoyed it for almost 5 minutes.  She liked burying her puppy in the leaves