My Christmas Present!!!

Using my new stainless steel pan from my parents, for the first time! Thank you!!!!!!!

Leek, ricotta, potato & lemon flatbread! Yummy!!!

Lotsa Playing

Wyatt and his friends attached a video camera to one of their remote control trucks! The result:

Daph and her buddy found playing in Annabelle's closet! Guess where all of the Barbie stuff is kept?!

Family Movie Night

Using the new bean bags!

Daph started out on her bean bag, but as soon as I sat down on the couch, my buddy was by my side for the whole movie!

Mr. Popper's Penguins was a great movie, if you haven't already seen it!

Merry Christmas!

The Christmas Tree, all loaded!

I think Daphne likes what she sees!

The girls checking it all out!

I think this might be the favorite present. A Barbie guitar!

Annabelle's Santa request was granted: Barbie designable hair extensions!

The girls got new sleeping bags!

Wyatt's most desired...airsoft guns!

And, the BIG presents from Grandma & Grandpa - each one got their own bean bag!

Daph's is ruffley

Annabelle's is fuzzy

Wyatt's is a faux leather

It was a VERY Merry Christmas!

24th of December

Happy, Merry Christmas Eve!

We started right away with cookie baking and decorating. It was fun, but we missed having our cousins here to decorate with us.

This is before bedtime. The kids are choosing cookies for Santa's plate...

Two cute things Daphne said tonight:
The kids were checking out Santa's status on the NORAD website. Daph looked at it, ran over to me and said, "You better send us to bed! Santa's coming!"

After I had tucked her in tonight, as I was leaving her room, she said, "Mom, I want to be Santa." Then clarified it with "when she grows up and is a big girl". Good stuff!!!

23rd of December

Cousin's Christmas!

All 9 Cousins!

All 9 Cousins and Opa!

Chipmunk, er, Daphne :)

Aunt Karyn & her family got all of the girls these things called "Hoodie Footies". Pretty darn cute!

22nd of December

Girls had gymnastics, we did Costco, Safeway, yada, yada...

No great pics from today!

21st Day of December

Mystery Ride to San Francisco!

Just a building...

 Our destination was the Gingerbread House at The Fairmont Hotel.

 They have to repair it everyday, due to people squishing or eating the candy!

 Cable Car ride!

 And the BART ride home!

20th Day of December

Grandma & Grandpa arrived!

19th Day of December

Oh my...what happened?! How did she (they!) get this big?! Here's Daphne's first Santa visit:

You've got to be kidding...I remember this like it was yesterday. She was maybe 10 days old!!!

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!! (That's me crying about time moving too quickly! You can cry with me...)

18th Day of December

Annabelle did some writing today...

17th Day of December

Visions of sugarplums dancing in their heads...

not one of them flinched at the flash! Sleeping Beauties!

16th Day of December

Thank you, Susie, for the cute dress!

15th Day of December

The kids' holiday parties are tomorrow at school. I volunteered to bring a holiday snack for Wyatt's class. I made this "Santa Hat" snack mix. The santa hats are Bugles, dipped in red candy melts, with white balls for the fuzz around the cap and a marshmallow for the ball on the tip. Totally tedious, but really cute! The snack mix has pretzels, rice chex, peanuts and craisins - drizzled with white chocolate and tossed. It's yummy!!!

This afternoon was the annual Gingerbread House decorating with the swim team.

Daphne was as serious as can be about putting the candy on her house! This is her buddy that she plays with a LOT!

Annabelle's just beginning!

Wyatt is loading his up!

Daphne frosting the back of this chocolate star...she was so determined!