Santa 2010

Parker loves Santa so much I took him out of school so he could have Breakfast with Santa. It was worth it, he loved every second of it. The girls on the other hand are scared to death of him.

McKenzie's 3

McKenzie turned 3 on Monday. To celebrate we threw her a little party. Cinderella was able to make it to her party, ooh wait that is not Cinderella that is Kenzie in her hand sewn costume made by her mom (with a lot of help from Melanie).

She requested a butterfly cake. Anthony did an amazing job at making the wings for the butterflies.

Here is the birthday girl with most of her friends.

The highlights of her birthday were licking the batter off the whisk:

and her trip to Wegmans. We meet her good friends Ciella & Cadence for lunch then she finally got to live her dream of playing at Wegmans Kids while I shopped. I am pretty sure it was the best day of her life.

Parker

Today in Parker's prayer he blessed "Dad when he dies that he will live with Heavenly Father." When I asked him about this he said Anthony is real old and probably going to die in a couple days." He is sure Anthony is older then Grandpa.

Snowing in Buffalo

We have had snow storm warning after warning and haven't seen more than a skiff of snow at our house, until today. Parker was so excited at 7:30 this morning he was already playing in the snow.

Christmas Lights

In an attempt to go green Anthony spent a lot of green(money) stocking up on L.E.D. Christmas lights on Black Friday.

I thought 30 strands of lights was a little much and was nervous our house might look like the house on National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, minus all the decorations.

Turns out there are still lots of bushes that still could have used lights. Anthony is happy with the results, but I am sure next year he will be purchasing more lights.

Pittsburgh Museum

The Pittsburgh Children's Museum is halfway between my house and my sisters, so it was the perfect rest stop on our way to D.C.

The kids loved the water exhibit

Kenzie is daring, when it comes to water she has no fear. She fell into that little pool thing behind her.

Anthony helped each of the kids make a rocket.

Then they had a blast launching them.

The Children's Museum wouldn't be complete without trains:Here is Parker launching off a parachute:

Kenzie driving a car:

This was my favorite thing to watch. Here they are in a climbing thing, it is full of tons of platforms the kids can use to climp up and down. If they go all the way up they are 2 stories high. Kenzie being the tiny little thing couldn't reach lots of the platforms. It warmed my heart to see Parker stop, turn around going back to where Kenzie was stuck, then lift her up so she could follow him. They really do like each other.

Here is proof I came:

Thanksgiving in D.C.

This year we got to spend Thanksgiving with my sister and her family who live just outside of D.C.

Jacob and Kenzie both have a birthday in December so we celebrated them together. Kenzie was so excited, she really thinks she is 3 now. She keeps talking about going to Wegmans Kids(our local grocery store watches kids who are 3 and potty trained while parents shop), and she keeps asking when school will start.

The kids were so happy to be together. They had a sleep over every night, played tons of games and made gingerbread houses.