Baby in a Basket

Gumdrop Tree!

Aunt Connie sent us a gumdrop tree.  The girls loved putting the gumdrops on the tree.  As soon as I put it together and opened the gumdrops I was transported to Christmas at Mom-Mom & Pop's house.  There was always one of these on the candy table and you always "snuck" a gumdrop no matter how close to dinner time it was.  Ahhh, memories. 

Disney on Ice!

Nonna & Pop gave us tickets to Disney on Ice.  The girls LOVED it.  We had such a fun girls night out!

New Toys!! (also known as Merry Christmas)

Merry Christmas Eve!

We went to Aunt Mary & Uncle Rick's house for Christmas Eve as we do every year and look who was there!  Unfortunately, trying to get that many kids in one picture to cooperate is not easy.  Hopefully someone else got better pictures than I did on my iphone!

Sister Sleepover

They share a room.  They have bunk beds.  They insisted on having a sleepover on the floor in sleeping bags.

Curly Girl!

I wish these little curls would stick around, but sadly I learned with Livi they probably will not.

Uh-oh!

Look who can stand up while holding on!

 

Annual Christmas Photo Shoot

We didn't send out cards this year, but I did still do our annual photo shoot.  Here are some pictures and outtakes for your enjoyment!

Cutie girl!

Christmas in New York!

We went up to NYC to see the Christmas Tree at Rockefeller Center, hit the American Girl store, have dinner and oh yes, see the RADIO CITY CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR!!  I have to say, spectacular describes it perfectly!  My aunt Connie gave us tickets to the show, so we skipped school and made a day of it!

On our way!

Radio City!!

These giant snowflakes were so cool!  They floated out over the audience and hovered there for a while.  So neat!

 

 

 

Checking out the window displays at Saks.

American Girl Store!

The dolls getting their makeovers.

Of course we had to introduce to the girls to Katz' Deli!  Emmi even tried some knish.  Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures of her that were in focus.  :-(

Santa!!

Livi the Artist

Livi's friend had a very cool birthday party.  It was at a painting studio.  Each of the kids got to paint their own owl and take it home.  Livi loved it and would love to go do it again!

  

Simple Circuits

Juli had to do a project for school where she was to build a simple circuit.  I know nothing about this stuff so luckily for her, Daddy was able to help her.

She decided to build a circuit that used a push button to light a lighthouse.  I think she did a pretty good job.  James helped her to layout the circuit on the board.  She designed and created the look and style of it.

And yes, of course, if there is something creative going on Livi has to be in on it too.  She settled for painting paper plates while they worked on the project.