Winter break how I love thee

I just want to say how much I have loved School Winter Break this year. 2 weeks with no school. No waking up before 8am to get Emma off to school when I had to work the night before, no having my life being scheduled around the girls preschool and school schedules, no worrying about what time the girls are getting to bed. It has been nice to not have to be a responsible,time scheduled parent during Winter Break. Spring Break here we come! :)

Mia's Blessing

My sister Lindsay blessed her baby on Sunday. Both my parents were there and Jeff's parents and sister came into town. It was a nice day filled with family.

Christmas!

I had a hard time getting into the Christmas spirit this year since I've been just awful sick. The girls put the tree up almost completely on their own. I put the lights on and that's about it. However, while they were decorating the tree the stand broke. Oh well! I guess we're due for a new tree, but I wasn't about to try and fix the stand so the tree just leaned against the wall for this season. Leo decided to try and eat the tree lights, so the bottom strand stopped working and the branches got bent from him trying to get decorations off to play with.



The girls had a good time opening presents. They got exactly what they wanted from Santa, and Emma asked why Santa has the same wrapping paper as we do. Eddie told her that Santa's sleigh got in an accident and he asked Dad to wrap the presents for him, because he was running behind schedule. :) She was satisfied with that!

I have to say that Emma took all these pictures with her new camera she got for Christmas. Which is why she isn't in any of them. Sorry! Like I said, I wasn't really in the Christmas mood.

Leora got a Barbie guitar from Santa, iTurtle from Mom, He-Man movies & microphone stand from Dad, and Pterydactel from Emma.





Emma got a Cake Bakery Set from Santa, digital camera from Mom, He-Man movies & microphone stand from Dad, and lip gloss from Leora.

Emma and Leora gave Eddie a stuffed Boxer, and Me a new nightgown and robe.




It was a nice christmas having family come into town and stay with us. Family is really what christmas is about for me.

Emma's School Christmas Program

Emma's school puts on a christmas music program each year. Here's a video and pictures of the event this year.


Emma and her friend Lucy

Soccer Season is Over

Emma's soccer season is over! They ended with 7 wins 2 losses and 1 tie. They had one of the leagues best scores in their age group. At the end of season party Emma was named the most inspirational player on her team and given the game ball, which they played all their games with. She was so excited to receive the game ball, she slept with it that night.