Next came my birthday. I turned 35 on December 11th. My family celebrated with me during our Hanukkah dinner...
My friends and Will celebrated with me at Colorado Fondue. What a great time that was. Lots of pictures were taken. Here's the highlights...
Hanukkah continued on and was lots of fun. The kids just LOVED it all. We had a great time at my family dinner. I love this picture of my mom. Multi-tasking as a puppeteer and candle lighter. :)
The kids just cleaned up with gifts this season. I think it's time to get rid of some of our older toys to make room for all the new! By the end of Hanukkah, Anna learned the complete Hebrew blessing. Here I am lighting on the last night..
Here's pictures of the kiddos enjoying their last night of Hanukkah presents. Aiden with his car track, and Anna with her new "I'm a vet" kit. (she has been claiming for well over a year now that she wants to be a Vet!)
I took Anna to The Rep to see "It's a Wonderful Life". I wasn't sure how she would do, since it's not a musical and quite long. She LOVED it! I had to explain some things to her during the play, but overall she got it, and really enjoyed it. She and I have so much fun on our little dates at The Rep. Here is Anna in front of the "Why my life is wonderful" tree...
We had a great time at our friend's The Sharpes, family Christmas Party. Anna loved the crafts, Aiden talked with Santa. Also a pic of me and my friends with Santa also...
My mom has been traveling a lot during the week with work, so on the weekends we all try to get together. We were over at my sisters last week for brunch and my nephew Brandon was a total cuddle bug with me!
The girls were SO silly!
We went down to Plantation for Christmas. Will's family does a tree, and has Christmas Dinner, etc., so we are able to celebrate both each year. I must say, our kids -- after weeks of PRESENTS come to just expect things all the time. We have to explain that it's finally over, and the presents have stopped!! We had a nice time down South for the most part. Aiden was caught in a dog commotion between one of their dogs and Sagan, and was knocked down on the pavement. He cut his lip, and scraped his chin. It was a pretty dramatic fat lip for a couple days, but he's fine now! We took lots of pictures... here are some..
Here's a little reading before the kids' bedtime
I love this picture of Aiden playing the piano!
Here's Will getting the lights on the tree...
Anna hanging ornaments with Grandmolly's assistance!
This is a house we visit every year on Christmas Eve. The family gives the kids goody bags, and we can walk around and enjoy the lights. They even choreograph the flashing lights to the music!! Pretty impressive!
Anna enjoying some hot chocolate on Christmas Eve (that is until one of the dogs decided to drink the rest!!)
I love this pic of the kids by the tree!
Christmas Morning!
We came back home yesterday. On the way we stopped to visit our friends, the Paprotna's, who just moved to Palm City. Today Will had a video shoot, and the rest of us just relaxed. Tomorrow I am singing for the last time at Epcot. Will has decided to bring the kids to see me tomorrow, so they are going to enjoy a day at the park.
We'll be going to the Mizo's for New Year's Eve (a family friendly party), so more pictures to come from that I'm sure!
I want to wish everyone a Happy Healthy New Year!! I'll be back soon, but just in case it's after the 1st! ;)
Love, Holly
