Miscellaneous pictures from the week...
Day 4 of the 12 days of Christmas - Hello Kitty necklace for Amelia; stuffed fishy for Luca:
Day 5 - Hello Kitty coloring book for Amelia; bath book for Luca:
Amelia helping mommy cut out some Christmas cookies:
Day 6 - Wood craft for Amelia; Sippy cup for Luca:
Day 7 - Bath paints for both!
Silly Luca's crazy dance moves:
Day 8 - Candy cane and Hello Kitty socks for Amelia; Little wind-up toy for Luca:
Friday was our first real snow of the season.
I did what any working mom would do...throw on some warm stuff and send the kids out for 10 minutes, so I could have Luca's first snow experience (before sending them to the Sitter)!
They had a great time out there!
This afternoon, we threw the kids in the car to go to Grandpa Larry's for a few days. It was a LONG drive, thanks to the snow storm, and this little beauty fell asleep:
Day 9 - Amelia was DEVASTATED because her stocking gift didn't fit:
See that face?? She thought she didn't get anything:
Hello Kitty bath set for Amelia (this year definitely had a theme!); Animal crackers for Luca
Luca's morning chore - helping Daddy with pancake-making!
Book time with Grandpa!
This weekend we took the opportunity of being around the corner from a mall to get Amelia's ears pierced. She decided about a week before that she was ready, so it was perfect timing to do it as a Christmas gift!
One last shot of whole, perfect ear lobes:
Piercing girl marking the spot:
Ready to go!
Double-teamed, so it can be done quickly:
Her reaction:
About 30 seconds of teary eyes, and she was done! She took it so well and is SO proud of them. She tells everyone that I was right, that it only hurts for a minute.
This time at my dad's house was particularly unusual. Grandpa Byron was in the hospital, so my dad and myself spent a lot of time at the hospital.
Chris and the kids would come visit, too.
They loved looking out the big windows:
We'd planned Grandma Hilda's 90th birthday dinner long in advance, and she still wanted to have it. So the kids got all dressed up, in her honor:
Day 10 - Little Hello Kitty toy for Amelia; Toddler granola bars for Luca:
Snack time and cartoons with Daddy, while Mommy was at the hospital:
We met back up later to go downtown with the kids.
Checking out a big train display (building it was in was closed, because it was Sunday):
Walking around downtown:
The big tree:
Then we found these beautiful, old Christmas displays:
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