Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas from our family to yours. I hope you are all preparing for the celebration that will take place tonight. We certainly are, however it makes this night and day (tomorrow) hard to be away from family.

Today we ate our traditional chicken kiev, broccoli cheese rice and applesauce jello salad. This year our chicken kiev was homemade, and much better than the frozen kind.



We started a new tradition of letting the kids open 1 gift early, which will always be Christmas jammies. They enjoyed themselves, but Brielle just wanted to rip the paper. She could have cared less that there was a gift inside. Then when we weren't looking, she helped herself to another gift. At least it was hers, and she didn't get it all the way unwrapped. She really likes to squish the bows!









Now it's off to a quick nap and then the race to get ready and get to church!

Enjoy your Christmas and family. We certainly will while missing all of you!

Merry Christmas

The REAL Housewives

You know the shows, The Real Housewives of Orange County, New York, New Jersey, Atlanta and so on. They never really show "real" life, well at least not a real life of anyone I know. I think I am in the running for the actual REAL housewives show. My children are the best here are some of their best antics.

While rushing to make lunch, Isaiah decided to play catch with the Bisquick. Here are the results of what followed that decision:



So we turned it into a quick sensory learning time for Brielle.




I wish I would have gotten a picture of Isaiah. His hair was completely white, and he was stunned at the mess it made. All you could really do is laugh!

The next precious antic was captured on Sunday morning while I went to take a shower. There were 2 rules, no touching each other and no closing/locking doors.



Well, they found something to do that didn't break the rules. Yes, that is Isaiah's room and all of he clothes that he owns out of the drawers. They briefly moved into Brielle' room, but the mess was not near as bad. That will teach me to take a shower!

Getting Ready for Christmas

You just can't have Christmas without baking and decorating cookies! Isaiah is such a good and willing helper! I think Brielle would really like to help too, but she is just a little to small yet. She did get into it at the end!

Isaiah decorated 3 or 4 while I decorated the rest. He had a much better time, well see for yourself!





Brielle woke up from her nap and joined us too! She LOVES her sweets!!!





It also just isn't Christmas without a gingerbread house. Since we knew Brielle would eat the pieces she and Daddy made their own out of graham crackers, frosting and cheerios while Isaiah and Mommy made the other one.









We wish each and every one of you a Merry Christmas. We wish we were able to celebrate with all of you. I will try to post Christmas pictures soon!

Where to Start

Well....Where do you start after you haven't blogged for over a month? Well since the last blog, Steve has started a tradition of giving Brielle a rose on her birthday. Here she is with her first rose.


We decided to give finger painting a try one day, which unfairly I do when Brielle is taking her morning nap. Just thinking of two kids and the mess that could ensue makes me tired, but she deserves (and needs) these opportunities to grow too! So we all embarked on craft time. I have to say she had a much better time than Isaiah did!








I guess paint doesn't taste too bad either?

We were lucky enough to celebrate Thanksgiving with our friends and had a delicious meal, after the Packer game of course! Only in WI do you plan a meal around football! We sure are lucky to have friends that allow us to be part of their family!

The Saturday after Thanksgiving my whole family came to celebrate Brielle and Isaiah's birthdays as well as Thanksgiving and Christmas. I think this sums it up!



We had a great day long celebration! Cousins helped cousins open gifts, Reese loved playing tea with Uncle Steve, and cousins shared a frozen yogurt treat.









Well, that concludes November. Stay tuned for December!!

Happy Birthday Brielle

Well, it's official...we have a 1 year old. (and a 2 year old!)

We celebrated her BIG day with a little family party. Enjoy the pictures.