Monday, December 21, 2009

Andy's Fourth Birthday Extravaganza

Last weekend we celebrated Andy's 4th birthday. We are still recovering! We started the weekend with our annual trip to Union Station to see the model trains and Crown Center to eat at Fritz's. Apparently, the novelty of a train bringing chicken nuggets will never get old for Andy (his sister liked the trains, too!).




On Saturday, Dan and family along with my Mom and Ron arrived for Andy's party. This year the party was outsourced to Andy's indoor soccer program. He invited his whole preschool class for an afternoon of games, pizza and chocolate cake. The kids seemed to have a great time...and likely slept well after all that running!
Sharing lunch...
Nathan's ready to party

Andy and the girls...


On Sunday, we celebrated an early Christmas. The kids had a great time playing together. Andy wants to know when Abby is coming back!

On Andy's actual birthday, he opened a few more gifts from us and we took him to the restaurant of his choice for dinner. Since his birthday, Andy has been playing non-stop with his new toys. He has combined several of his favorites (e.g., construction site, fire station, garbage trucks) to make an elaborate "city."

Monday, December 7, 2009

OH Chistmas Tree!

After much pleading from Andy, we got out the Christmas tree this weekend. My little "helper", Andy and I took on the project during Sammy's nap. He was facinated by every ornament and only broke 3 in the process!
Sammy was also very facinated with the tree. She will not leave it alone. We will now spend the next 20 days tring to keep the ornaments ON the tree.

Sunday, December 6, 2009

Breakfast with Santa

On Saturday, we took the kids to the annual "Breakfast with Santa" at our church. The morning included a pancake breakfast, craft projects, stories with Mrs. Claus, and a picture with Santa. This was the first year Andy was not afraid of the Big Man. He took full advantage of his time with Santa to tell him all of the toys he wants for Christmas. Sammy couldn't decide between crying and curiosity of the stranger.


Pancakes..."a special treat!"


Sammy crying


Writing a letter to Santa


Mailing our letter to Santa.