Saturday, December 29, 2012

Christmas!

This year has been the BEST year so far with the fab four...they are totally excited about the magic of the Christmas season and have enjoyed every single moment.  I would love for them to feel this way every Christmas for the rest of their lives!

Coming down the stairs to see if Santa came...then Daddy ruined the video ...


So excited to see all the presents!
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The look on their faces was worth every single penny spent...
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Matthew aka Mr. Pokey Pants...opening his favorite movie Over the Hedge!


They love to work on stuff with Daddy so these little tool boxes were a huge hit!


New car seats!!!  Brady sat in it and said "MOM!  I have ROOM!"


The Princess opening her Princess Dress Up Trunk!


I took the foursome out shopping for Ben and he did the same for me.  They put a lot of thought into each of their gifts and were very proud to give them to us!

Cameron gave Ben a blue flash light because black and blue are Ben's favorite colors and there were no black ones!
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Aubrey got Ben a hooded flannel jacket.  She said he needed one because he never wears a jacket!
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Matthew gave Ben some yellow sleep pants...so Ben can give them back when Matthew is big enough to fit in them!
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Brady gave Ben a camo shirt because it is like the camo shirt that the boys wear and daddy told them he liked them!
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Matthew gave me a new kitchen clock because my old one broke!
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Aubrey gave me some new pink rubber clogs that she loves to wear around the house!
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Brady gave me a new cookbook...so I can learn to cook some suppers!
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Cameron gave me a green pan because green is your favorite color, right mom?  Ummm...sure Cam!
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Our final gift was a family gift for all of us from Grandma and Grandpa Reynolds...we cannot wait to go out and camp this summer!


After gift opening was done we headed out in the kitchen to find that Santa not only ate his cookies and drank his milk but left them some new mugs, packets of hot cocoa and a little note!
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Then we got dressed and ready for the day.  Aubrey is always a willing model...the others took some convincing but we got an ok photo!
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Then our cousins came to celebrate and we tried to get a group picture...try is the key word!
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Finally it was off to Grammie and Papa Amadon's for lunch and the last of our celebrating before heading home to play with our new stuff.  They are already asking if Santa was coming again next Christmas Eve...it's gonna be a long year!

Friday, December 28, 2012

Christmas Eve 2012

This year we spent Christmas Eve at Grammie and Papa Brann's house with family and friends and the kids had a great time.  They were well behaved and loved opening gifts as well as giving their gifts to everyone else.  Matthew's favorite part was hanging out with his cousin Aidan...I am sure Aidan was glad to see him leave because Matthew doesn't leave the poor kid alone.

Clowning around!
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An attempt to get a picture of all the grandkids...
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Present time!
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Aubrey's solution for getting what she wants?  Ask Uncle Tom for it because as she told me "He always gets me what I want!"
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Does it fit the criteria?  Is it pink?  Check!  Does it have hearts?  Check!
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Is there a dancing Princess?  CHECK!!!
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She knew he would come through for her! ;)
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Talking about their favorite gifts.
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A quick change into our family jammies made by First Firefly, a picture then home to get ready for SANTA!
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We had to sprinkle the food out for the reindeer to help them find our house...
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Put out cookies and milk for Santa...
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Thursday, December 27, 2012

Christmas with the Cantons

We got to have the Cantons over to have dinner and exchange some gifts.  They got us one of the most fun gifts ever...season passes to Santa's Village!  Uncle Chris made sure to tell the kids that the passes meant they could go "whenever they wanted" and he also let them know that Santa's Village was open the very next day.  Guess where we had to go the next day???

Rudolph welcoming them to the park!
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Riding on the Merry- Go-Round
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Come on...
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Riding the drums...Cam was pouting behind Ben!
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Feeding the reindeer!
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Riding the Peppermint Twist...notice the crazy girl with her arms in the air!
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Time to go...Matthew was FREEZING!!!
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We've been FLOCKED!

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