Merry Christmas Everyone! We never found time to get any cards out this year, but we love you all, and wish you a very Merry Day! Here is a photo taken tonight, Christmas Eve. We let them each open one gift...TRADITION:)
I told Abbi that she could take the gifts back that I got her tonight if she wanted to go back and get these boots that she found at JC Penny yesterday. She decided to keep her gifts and forget about the boots. Good girl:) I told her we'd get some Mary Jane's sometime soon anyway since all she has is tennis shoes that fit her right now.
Eli has already received 3 new sweatshirts this week, one from each grandma, and one from me & daddy. He likes them all though, and this way we'll have extras when one is dirty or if one gets lost:( Owen was happy with the little Diego bath set he received. He already put on one of the tatoos!
Happy Holidays! Will I ever get into the habit of writing in a blog? Life just gets in the way sometimes, and I cannot keep up. Or maybe it just had to do with Owen chucking an egg-shaker at my laptop screen, breaking it beyond use! At least we had Ian's old one still, so I am in the process of getting it set up just how I like it.
Abbi was just in her first Nutcracker performance last weekend...4 shows in 3 days! It was a big time commit- ment, but she really enjoyed getting to know all the girls she dances with and it was a great experience for her, to see all that goes into making a show like that happen. She made a beautiful angel, and we were so proud of her!
Owen turned 3 three days after Thanks-giving, and he is now potty-trained, during the day at least...well, mostly (except for his 3 accidents today!) For some reason he thought it would be fun to climb into our dryer the other day...I was just praying he would be accident free while he was in there! Just couldn't pass up on the photo op though:)
We went to get our Christmas tree on Sunday, after Abbi's final performance, down at the Rock Quarry. It was about 25 degrees that night...SO COLD. We picked out our tree in a record 3 minutes flat. It has been in the 20's and low 30's all week! At least it has been dry, although my hands are about to crack because of it.
When we got back to decorate the tree, Ian realized that we only had 2 strands of lights that were working, and they didn't match, so he took Owen to the store to get some more. When he was leaving, I started putting the 2 strands on the tree, just to see how it would look. The kids tried to catch Ian before he left because I told them I thought it would work okay, but he was already gone, without his phone. Eli, Abbi & I ended up decorating the tree without Daddy & Owen...oops! They got back & we were almost done. We saved a few ornaments for them to do. I didn't want the kids to be up 'til 10, so we just did it...sorry, Babe:( Ian was a good sport about it though. He said it looked nice & wasn't too upset that we went on without them. Owen was a little sad until we let him put the final touch on the treetop...so it was all good in the end:)
We wish you all a very MERRY CHRISTMAS, and may God bless you & your families in the New Year! 2010 already!? Wow!
Merry Christmas Everyone! We never found time to get any cards out this year, but we love you all, and wish you a very Merry Day! Here is a photo taken tonight, Christmas Eve. We let them each open one gift...TRADITION:)
