“The only disability in life is a bad attitude.” -Scott Hamilton

"The only disability in life is a bad attitude." - Scott Hamilton

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Merry Christmas!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!

Chris had off the Friday before Christmas. Raymond had his anesthesia consultation at Hershey in the morning (for his procedure on the 6th). Since Daddy was home, we decided to find something fun to do. I remembered that I picked up free bowling passes at the library so we decided to try it. It turned out to be a lot of fun for everyone!


Raymond even got in on the fun! The only problem was after we said, "One, Two, Three, Roll!" he wanted to run down the lane after the ball. He got the hang of it and made it through five frames. Then he got tired and sat in the stroller and played with his radio.



Lily watched and thought Isabella was funny when she did her "happy-bowling" dances.




STRIKE!!!

(Isabella's, not mine)

Daddy got a strike too!



On Saturday we waited for Grammy. Isabella was excited to tell her it was Christmas Eve. She was also excited to give Grammy her Christmas presents. So we exchanged a day early.

Raymond loves his new Elmo.



Later in the evening Pappy came with Winston. We put cookies and carrots out and went to bed so Santa would come : )

(Sadie looks like an alien in this picture)



Isabella was up first so we let her open her gifts alone. First, she had to put on a fancy dress.

Santa brought Isabella two American Girl Cookbooks. I bought them at Borders almost two years ago. Isabella has always enjoyed helping me cook and bake, so I knew she would like these. I was saving them until she was a little older and would appreciate them more (plus they were on clearance for $3 each).



Isabella also got Sugar, an American Girl dog. She loves her. Sugar has been keeping Isabella's other American Girl dogs company that she got from Aunt Mary.

Next, Raymond woke up. It was his turn to see what Santa brought.



Sadie tried to stay out of the way.
Winston did not : )


Pappy was on trash duty. Lots of wrapping paper!



Then Miss Lily woke up and was ready to go!

Lily really liked her Minnie Mouse pillow.



It actually worked out nice having the kids open their presents as they woke up. It wasn't so chaotic since everyone wasn't ripping everything apart at the same time. After gifts we ate breakfast and Pappy left. I started dinner and the kids enjoyed playing with their new gifts. Later in the evening, we tested out one of Daddy gifts from Isabella. A cotton-candy maker.



Lily watched with Grammy and wanted to know why she wasn't helping.



Yum!


On Monday we went to Aunt Theresa and Uncle Roy's house. One of Isabella's favorite places! Chris' cousin Mike was home and we haven't seen him in awhile. The kids were excited!


There are lots of neat things to get into at their house!



Lots of neat things to look at!


And lots of time to be silly!


When we got home everyone was ready to snuggle.




Well, everyone except Lily. She wanted to play!

That's what we've been doing ever since Christmas. Lots of playing!




Until Next Time!

Lots of Love,

1 comment:

Lori Deverter said...

Great Post!! Glad they are having fun in the ball pit too!!