It has been such a wonderful and relaxing Christmas Break this year! We have done a lot of hanging out in our jammies. The best if you ask me. So here is a rundown of what we have done the last two weeks.
To start off, I took some new B&W photos of the kids for the grandparents for Christmas. The last ones I took for them was when Vivi was about 9 months old, so it was high time we took some new ones.
Had to get one of all the boys together. What a handsome bunch! :)
Like I said, we did a lot of hanging out and playing at home.
I love this picture of these two boys. They look so much alike, and the funny thing is they act so much alike. Preston is a Trenton reincarnate. :)
Trenton makes the craziest faces whenever a camera is pointed in his direction. Something just comes over the kid and he can't help himself.
Colson loves and adores this little girl. His favorite name for her is "Honey Bunches". She loves him too. She always has a big smile and loves for this boy.
Now that Jilly can sit up all on her own, she finally loves her baths.
This is one chunky little babe. I love it!
We had some fun braiding Vivi's hair one night.
This little munchkin got a cold and wasn't able to suck on her binky without being able to breathe. It was so sad. It sure made trying to get her to sleep difficult!
Vivi wrote a letter to Santa.
Ziggy came to stay for a few days, and Preston had a blast playing in is kennel. I was tempted to buy a lock. ;)
We got a good amount of snow the week before Christmas. Yay! A white Christmas! It gave the kids something fun to do without us having to go anywhere. They played out in the snow almost every day, for hours on end.
Trent was so nice to help the boys realize their dream of having an igloo in the front yard.
He loaded wheel barrow full after wheel barrow full of snow into a giant pile for them, then they spent days packing it down and digging it out.
Ziggy loved the snow too.
He took Vivi for a little walk. :)
Being able to play out in the snow every day made Colson the happiest kid. He outlasted all the other kids every day. He would still be out playing in the snow long after everyone else had come in.
Don't even think about it buddy!!!
We spent a very fun and quiet Christmas Eve at my mom's this year. We had a yummy dinner, read some Christmas stories, hung out, and opened some presents. It's our tradition to get new jammies every Christmas Eve.
The kids in their new duds.
Loving my Jilly girl.
I was even sneaky enough to get a picture of my brother, which is not easy to do.
Santa came and spoiled the kids rotten.
I have to say... that trampoline has been the best thing ever for Preston! He jumps on that thing all day, and while he still doesn't burn off all that energy he has (he has way too much to ever burn it off completely), he gets pretty close. ;)
Christmas morning we all got up, checked out what Santa brought, the kids went through their stockings, then we all got dressed to head to church.
Jilly's was the favorite toy of the morning.
It was pretty funny to come downstairs and see all of them playing with her toy.
These are the Christmas dresses my mom made for the girls. They turned out so beautiful! We took the pictures after church, and by then, Jilly had had enough. We tried a few times, but believe it or not, this is the best shot we got. Little stinker!
After we got home from church, we all got back in our pajamas, then opened presents.
Here's before:
The boys have had so much fun with their new remote control cars. I think Trent is having even more fun with them. :o)
My mom and brother came over a little later for a late breakfast and to hang out for the rest of the day.
My mom made these super cute bloomers for Jilly for Christmas. I think I see another photo shoot in the near future with Jilly wearing these. Adorable!
More unwrapping.
My grandma Guercio made these super cute headbands for all the girls.
Jilly LOVES my brother. She is quite content to be with him whenever he's around.
Here's a shot of Jillian's new tongue trick. She has got the pointiest little tongue I have ever seen! And she sticks it out all the time lately. What a cutie.
Since they were gone on Christmas, we all got together after they got back and had a second Christmas. Here are a few photos of that night:
For one last outing before school started back up, Janet and Steve took the kids ice skating.
The kids also went sledding with their grandma and grandpa later that day. I ended up going back home to put Jilly to bed, and it's probably a good thing too. I kept getting texts from Janet the whole time about what a dangerous sledder grandpa was. I guess he would send the kids down backwards (Preston's favorite), spin them as he launched them down the hill, and was staggering the sleds so they could get several of them to go down at once, just to name a few. He must have sent them through a mud patch too because they all came home spattered in mud. The kids loved it!!! What are grandpas for if not helping the kids to have a dangerously good time? ;o)
We wrapped up the break with a New Years Eve party over at our house. We had all our family and some good friends over for the night. We played Zingo, Bunco, the candy bar game, danced, visited, laughed, ate a ton, and had an all around good time! The kids all loved it, and Trenton got to show everyone some of his hip hop moves. His favorite one lately is the Sponge Bob. He's quite good at it.
That about wraps it up for our Christmas Break adventures! Happy New Year to everyone!
