CHRISTMAS 2011

Yeah, Christmas arrived!

In our house, it happened at about 6:20am

Hubby and I had gone to bed around 1 am

so it felt particularly early to us.

There was a huge pile of presents

for a very hAppy girl.

She is so cute cause she gets so excited

for whatever the present is.

I swear I could wrap up a rock and she would say,

"Oooo, a rock! Thank you!!"

Hubby did quite well

with some Dr. Who and Pink Floyd stuff

as well as a Kindle Fire.

Can you spot Henry snuggling with him.

The aftermath....

my floor was covered with

toys and piles of wrapping paper.

Can you spot Thomas looking for an ornament.

Our tree looks kinda weird

cause we had to move all the ornaments

from the lower branches.

Both cats decided they were

very fun

to knock off and then bat around the floor.

Kim called and it was SO nice to hear her voice.

I just wished she could have been with us.

Dinner was a success.

Chris and David fell prey to the tryptophan.

Secretly I was jealous and

wished I could climb into my bed...

it had been calling my name for a while!

I made Dad a photo book of our trip to Greece.

I hoped he liked it.

M playing with her Nintendo DS

which was her number one request

from Santa.

We got her a bunch of games to play on it

and she played it for HOURS.

She looks so grown up in this photo to me...

sigh

M and Grandpa reading a book together.

I can't believe Christmas is over.

I can't believe the New Year is almost here.

I hope all my loved ones

(family and friends)

had a joyous day

with all the happiness to fill their hearts...

Happy Christmas!

CHRISTMAS EVE

We have a tradition that M gets to open

one present on Christmas Eve.

Can you tell who was excited.

She was jumping up and down.

She choose the biggest present which was

a giant penguin.

Here is the letter she wrote Santa.....

too cute!

Hubby doing some last minute wrapping.

Of course, Thomas and Little Kitten had to help.

Why do cats love wrapping paper SO much?

ANOTHER MOTHER BEAR PROJECT

Here is my latest Mother Bear Project bear.

I made him slightly bigger than the pattern

so that maybe it can go to an older child.

You can make one too:

http://www.motherbearproject.org/

GINGERBREAD HOUSE

M and I made a gingerbread house.

A lot of the candy got eaten

before we were finished.

CANDY LAND

M and I playing candy land.

Of course Little Kitten wanted to play too.

The box lid is the perfect place to sit.

RECORD STORIES

M and Little Kitten listening to record stories.

MAKING ROPE

The local mission had a craft event for the kids.

They taught M how to make rope

using a machine that was over 100 years old!

M loved it

and played with her rope for days.

She used it as a jump rope,

for lassoing an imaginary unicorn,

lassoing me and her daddy,

and of course all the pets.

After making the rope,

we explored the Mission grounds.

Lassoing her unicorn

BOAT PARADE OF LIGHTS

We went to the local boat parade of lights.

It was such a great event.

We had dinner at a restaurant that overlooked the harbor

while the parade went on.

Loved it!

For sure, we will go again next year.

FUN AT CAMP SHERMAN

Here is some pictures

of our weekend at Camp Sherman

with the Girl Scouts.

We had great fun!

This picture slideshow made with Smilebox

LITTLE KITTEN FOUND A WARM SPOT

Can you guess where Little Kitten is?

She found a warm spot.

I got the clothes out of the dryer

and went to check to make sure I got them all

and this is what I found.

I always have to check the dryer before I turn it on

because she loves to climb in it...

makes me nervous.

CHRISTMAS TREE AND LIGHTS

We put our Christmas tree up this weekend.

All the animals did a good job helping.

I have pine needles everywhere

(even though it is a fake tree).

Little Kitten thinks it is great fun

to knock out all the ornaments.

I woke up several times last night

to the noise of an ornament dropping to the ground.

We also put the lights on the house.

Our neighborhood goes a bit crazy with the lights

(love it!!)

so we have to at least attempt to keep up.

TWISTER FUN

M had a playdate the other day with one of her friends.

We went to Chuck e cheeses for lunch.

They came home and played some games.

Here they are playing twister.

Of course Little Kitten decided she wanted to play too.

She turned the spinner round and round

but then tried to eat it so I sent her away.

Since I wouldn't let her turn the spinner anymore,

she decided to join the girls.

She decided it was much more fun

going under the twister mat than on top of it.

The girls thought it was hysterical that Kitten wanted to play.

Can you spot Little Kitten