Valentine's Day 2012

 Making Valentine's Cookies for all of our friends ;)

 Heart shaped pancakes!  And though I didn't take pictures of the rest of our day, there were heart shaped sandwiches for lunch and a heart shaped pizza for dinner.  You know I'm a sucker for a theme!

 I didn't quite get around to sending Valentine cards this year with all of the house "drama", but I did try to snap a few photos of the kids.

Julie sent me this one of Tyler....LOVE him!  And he's wearing the shirt from Jake's first Valentine's Day too :)

Wallace Visit January 2012

It had been way too long since we'd seen the Wallace crew....but as usual, we started right where we left off. Our kids ADORE each other, which is so fun to watch. Loved every minute of their visit and we can't WAIT to see them again this summer!!

New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve with the Braga's.....it's a tradition! I'm a big fan of celebrating East Coast time.....we say it's for the kids, but the truth is that they would be totally fine to stay up until midnight!

The little sisters.....darn they're cute!  Sassy, but cute ;)

Outside with noisemakers, doing the count down!~

Kitty cat jammies!

Owie

Well, we had our first "owie" that required a visit to the Dr. About 1/2 hour after I returned home from the annual SF holiday trip with Mom and Julie (yes, this is an old post that I forgot to make!), Mia ran full speed into the granite tile counter in the kitchen. This counter is at the worst height for toddlers and more than a few kids have "bonked" it....but this was the first real injury. Brian stayed with Jake while I took MIa to urgent care. Can't tell you how thankful I am to the genius who decided to try using super glue on injuries like this instead of stitches! We arrived at the Dr. and Mia was her usual self....of course she bonked her head on the chair in the waiting room and it started bleeding a lot more! The Dr. had her lay on her back, he dropped some medical grade super glue on it, let it dry.....and voila! NO tears, no pain....I'm a big fan! Mia will have a small scar on her forehead probably, but it turned out to be no big deal! Whew!

Christmas 2011

Here are some holiday pictures....we had a great Christmas and it was fun that the kids both seemed to "get it" this year!

All dressed up for Christmas Eve dinner!

Mia received this coat as a gift (thanks, Lynda) when she was a baby and it's been hanging in her closet just waiting for her to be big enough!  She loved wearing it.

We have this same picture last year....Christmas jammies and cousins!  Sean was just a newborn....oh, what a difference a year makes!  They had a lot of fun on Christmas Eve!

Twas the Night Before Christmas....

Jake asked for a bike and Mia asked for a Princess ("fincess")

The gingerbread cookies they made for us!  Grammie and Gramps helped them make their special gifts :)

New helmets for everyone!

Maiden voyage on the bike!

Christmas Performance 2011

Jake's class had an official Christmas performance this year and it was SO darn cute. I was shocked, amazed, speechless that he participated.....and holy cow. I can't BELIEVE that he wore the "get-up". Mia, Grammie and I loved every minute of the show!