Nightly Reading

The best part of the night is reading bedtime stories. Nathan got lots of great books for Christmas and wanted to read them all at once! Ken is the bedtime reader with Nathan and this time Nathan grabbed his new blankie and covered Ken up and then got himself all comfy. It was just too cute to see!

Santa Came!!!

The boys were very good this year since they got nearly everything on their lists. Thomas was super excited to get a Nintendo 3DS and games while Nathan was excited to have his own DS and games. Grandma Seiko and Aunt Michalle came over and celebrated with us, too. This year we stayed home in our jammies all day long and the boys truly enjoyed playing with their toys and playing outside with Aunt Michalle. It was a long day, but very relaxing. Merry Christmas!

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Blues Clues

"M&M'S!!!!"

"YES!!!"

Nintendo 3DS

Ninjago Figures

Mini-Figure Case

A case for the 3DS

The first thing he drew on his new easel was "me and Daddy".

Christmas Morning

Here's the "before" picture.
Thomas was up at 4:30am wanting to start opening gifts. And yes....he was sent back to bed, only to get back up at 7:30am. We're still not sure if he ever went back to sleep.

Christmas Eve

We celebrated Christmas Eve by going to Mass at our church. Nana, Papa, Liz and Brian came as well. It was a nice service and the kids were ready to go home and wait for Santa. Before they went to bed, they left reindeer food on the lawn and then they were allowed to open one gift. They got new jammies. (Usually, they get holiday jammies, but what could be better than new Lego Ninjago jammies???)

Christmas at Nana and Papa's

We celebrated Christmas multiple times this year. We celebrated early with my family since my brother had to work on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. We were extra excited that my sister and her husband drove down from Illinois to be with us. We had mom's famous homemade spaghetti and meatballs! We are always glad she makes enough for leftovers! The boys had fun opening their gifts!We all had fun being together for the holiday!

Three more Lego sets!

Spiderman!

My sister made the capes for the boys using mens t-shirts and iron on images.

"flying" through the house like a super hero



 

Nathan and Papa

 

Mmmm! Pumpkin Pie!

 

Cookie Decorating with the Coffaro's

Every year we get together with Emily and her family to exchange gifts for the kids. This year we thought it would be fun to decorate cookies, too! The kids had a lot of fun making and eating the cookies. It's hard to believe how much the kids have changed in one year!

Happy Half Birthday, Nathan!

We visited Papa and Nana on Nathan's half birthday and Nana had cupcakes for him. Of course we cut them in half and he even got birthday presents! I can't believe that in six months he will be 4 years old!