Christmas Part 4

We started off our Christmas morning with some Christmas music and homemade buttermilk pancakes. It was Eric's Grandpa Leo's recipe. Yum!

Nothing like lickin' the syrup off your fork

Abby enjoyed some pancakes too.


Delicious!

Abby reading her new good night animal book

Ethan had just given me some earrings that he picked out for me. He was so excited for me to open them. He also gave me a necklace which you may notice in the picture above. He may have told me about that one before I opened it =).

I love 'em!

This was Ethan's main gift. We went to Toys 'r us during the snow and happened to score an awesome deal. $13 bucks my friends. It came with over 100 pieces. With some team work, mostly Eric, we were able to put it together.

Here's my man hard at work!

Christmas Part III

Here are some more pictures and I just realized the snow pictures are out of order. Oh well.

Henry and Ethan resting on the couch and watching some Frosty. Look at all those red cheeks (after they played in the snow).

Seriously guys? =)

Who's this little bundle? Jack had no chance of being cold. Isn't he cute!

Grandpa David got to come for a few days right before Christmas. We had a lot of fun together. Here is Ethan trying out his new fingerpainting set he got from Grandpa David.

Abby got an adorable Teddy Bear.

Christmas Part II

Let me guess. You haven't been able to sleep at night because you've been wondering when I'd post part II. Well your sleepless nights are over people. Here are a few pictures of more of our Christmas. Yes, there will be a part 3 and 4.

We went down earlier in Dec. to get Oma's tree. I LOVE this picture.

Santa's little helper

Oma came up for a few days after Christmas. This is what Ethan was doing most of the time we were home. =)

What a natural.

I must say, I enjoyed watching Ethan opening gifts this year. He'd always get this huge smile on his face.

Christmas Part 1

We had a wonderful Christmas this year. It was a little busier with the kids running around, but so worth it! Plus, we had snow people! =) There are more pictures, but I'll spread them out a bit. The house isn't going to clean itself. I sure wish it would though. =)

I'd like to give another shout out to Aunt Becky. Look at this adorable hat that Abby is wearing!

Here is our attempt at a picture of the cousins. At least they are all looking up and sitting =).

Aw! I love Jack's foot sticking up in this picture =). Don't you just want to tickle it =)

Ethan was so excited for Christmas to finally come because he knew it was Jesus's Birthday. He was so excited to make cupcakes (Ethan calls them pupcakes) for Him and eat them too. =)

Ethan "playing" some Wii. He doesn't know his controller is not plugged in =). Look at that concentration.

Look at those beautiful girls!

That's right. Even Nina got in on the Wii fun!

Ethan checking out his Diego Aquadoodle

Can you tell I like baby feet?! =)

Ethan singing Christmas Songs

Ethan wanted to teach everyone a few more songs. I especially enjoy the wording to Frosty the Snowman. Sorry the image is so bright. The sun was reflecting off the snow. Merry Christmas!

More Snow Pictures

So, when the news started calling this storm the "Arctic Blast" I thought that was an exaggeration. I would like to admit, I was wrong. Check out our minivan below.

Early yesterday morning, Eric measured the snow. By now, we have a little over 15 inches. That is crazy!

I know I already posted this picture, but now you can click on it and enjoy the full screen view. I feel like it sums up Ethan's thoughts on the snow so well.

This is the view down the street. It's kind of fun to see all the rooftops covered in snow.

If you've been snowed in like we have, you've got to do some baking. Ethan enjoyed helping me out by putting a caramel in each cookie. He also enjoyed pretending like he was going to eat each one every single time. As you can imagine, he had the biggest grin on his face while doing it. Since he was so funny, he also laughed at his own joke over and over. Who does he get that from =).

I had to throw in an Abby picture. Plus check out her candy cane shirt I got from our last sale.
Sometimes when we are driving around, I'll tell Ethan to look at the trees, flowers, etc. I'll ask him who made that. He tells me that God did. I then ask Ethan if we should tell God what a good job he did? Ethan will then say, "Good job God." When I look outside and see the snow over everything or the ice covering each individual limb, I can't help but say, "Good job God!"

Snow Snow Snow Snow Snow

Here's a clip from one of my favorite movies to watch this time of year. I was going to try to play that song in the background on my blog, but it's too much work to figure that out. So, I know you've all been dying to know what we've been up to during Arctic Blast '08. Your dreams are about to come true. Ethan has REALLY been into dancing and Frosty the Snowman by Harry Connick Jr. One night this week while I was making spaghetti, I put that song on. Ethan ran in as fast as he could and started to dance. We had a great time. We also discovered that cookie sprinkles make great shakers to dance with.

Might be time for a new hat and his underlayer =)

Ethan: She's a Gingerbread

She was so bundled up that she couldn't get her hands near her bottle. She drank half of her bottle like this.

Ethan: I'm ready to play


Ethan: Hand me that snowball. I know what to do with it.

Yeah that's right. I'm lookin' at you.

Here is Ethan headed right for me

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