Snow Day

Paul and Steph flew in last night just in time to enjoy all the snow with us. School was cancelled for me today and I took tomorrow off, so it looks like a 4 day weekend with our visitors!















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Scale

Owen just created this little scale on the couch and is weighing different coins (because he emptied his whole piggy bank to play "checkers" instead of taking a nap). He said, "mom look this one is heavier because it's going down.". I love preschool- this little boy absorbs so much!


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A Day at the Rope Tow

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Gymnastics

Usual Friday Schedule: I work in the morn and Brett manages the kids...takes O to Preschool and Clara gets Dad time.  I pick Owen up and we all meet up for lunch at home.  I know, we're lucky.

Last Friday Brett took Clara swimming and today when I called they had just finished a tea party and working on her colors :)  I'm just sayin', they have a pretty great Dad!  Owen and I met them at gymnastics today and the kids got their jumping in for the week...

Brett also pulled off some decent piggies!

Babysitters Club

Clara spends most of her time taking great care of her babies...feeding, giving bottles, changing diapers, walking and swaddling.  She even throws in a shoulder ride here and there!

Owen often joins her and takes care of his curious George...the other day they were walking their little ones together.

On another note...
We got a super fun box from the Frasers in Japan!  If only there were an itemized list of translations!  The kids are loving exploring the goods and have already practiced their Japanese letters.

Museum, Play Doh and Veggies

The kids and I had a great afternoon playing at the Children's Museum and then going out for lunch.



The Dino Dig





They were entertained with Play Doh while I made dinner. The veggie piece went like this...
"mom can I have some peppers?"
"sorry buddy, we don't have any"
"can we have some green beans?"
"we ate them all last night...how about some tomatoes?"


There is no secret that their Great Papa is tomato-lovin' Papa Bill...they each polished off a whole tomato while waiting for dinner!



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Cousin Sleepover

We had the 4th annual cousin sleepover on Thursday night and it was a blast as usual! Pizza, ice cream, popcorn, movies and games...so fun!








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Merry Christmas and Happy 2012!

I have yet to post Christmas wishes or pictures and here we are at the end of the year!  So, I hope Christmas was wonderful for all.  We certainly enjoyed the weekend with friends and family, and loved watching the excitement that the kids had through it all.  Merry Christmas!

Enjoying the hot chocolate bar at the office party that we hosted

daycare Christmas party at the carousel-Owen wanted to wear his suit

Clara rode the carousel 3-4 times and would have gone all night

Christmas Eve before mass