Christmas 2013

This was our first Christmas on our own, no parents in sight. Except Sean and I, of course. He was originally scheduled to work on Christmas day but another resident switched with him! A miracle!


We all opened lots of great gifts. Fresh playdoh was a fav, now constantly out on the table, along with some new art toys, activity books, a winter coat for me, a woodworking book for Sean. On top of it all, we found out we're doing a family trip to Destin with Sean's family in the summer!


How perfectly perfect are these hand-made hats by Mimi? Such lucky boys- Batman, a shark, and an owl.


Then the yearly wrapping paper fight!


Grey thought it was the best thing in the world.


Liam laid in the middle and let the chaos surround him.


After, we looked at our new treasures (or watched videos of ourselves) and were sweetly sweet.


It's been a fun holiday season. Liam and Dash were so so so excited for Christmas to come and had fun with all the Christmas decorations. They loved the idea of Santa- I've lost track home many times Liam has corrected Sean: "not Sanna, it's SanTa." Pronunciation is key. And, obviously, they liked wrapping paper.


Now the twins have never been big into singing but with all the Christmas music playing this month, they've joined the club. They like to sing the songs for real (like Dash here) and a silly version (like Liam here). I often heard them singing, "Sting Cheese is coming to town!"


Another sampling. They also quite enjoy Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.

Every day it snowed they'd say, "it's snowing, it's Christmas!" and I'd have to remind them how many days were left. That day when they visited with Santa and he asked what they'd like for Christmas, I'm pretty sure they both quietly whispered "mommy," which is so sweet and probably confusing for Santa. Sometimes they would pretend they were baby Jesus. Ah, Christmas is a magical time of year, made even more special with the best kids in the world!