Christmas Break

We have had a wonderful time over Christmas break. I wish it were in the cards for me to stay home but alas it's not. Christmas was really fun this year because Noah REALLY got into opening gifts. He tore into all of them and often had a big OOOHHHH or ALRIGHT to go along with them. Grace had fun to but she was more interested in seeing if she could eat the wrapping paper.

Christmas break is always jam packed with mulitple family Christmases and Noah's birthday. This year we didn't do anything big on the actual day and are having a small family party next weekend at the good ol' Pizza Ranch. Noah did get the greatest gift ever though on his b.day (way to go Mom). I got him a chainsaw with goggles and a toy tape measure and he has played with them almost non-stop since then. In fact, we had to put the tape measure away for a while b/c it was driving Mommy and Daddy nuts. Yesterday as I was taking down the tree he was "helping" me by cutting it down with his chainsaw. It was way cute. Gracie really loves a book I got her with kids in it - she has to hold it with me when we read it. She also loves her elmo pillow that Grandma Dillinger got her. It's basically a big elmo doll w/ a soft pillow tummy. She has taken many naps on him. Sometimes she wants to cuddle him when she's tired and it's really funny when she gets mad at him and they wrestle (somehow elmo always ends up victorious . . .hmmm).

I will post some photos as soon as I figure out how i can make another slideshow that will stay with this post. :P