Christmas Eve!

Christmas Eve was a beautiful, loud, food-filled day!!

A boy and his dog!

My loves!

Nonnie and Poppy and their kiddos

NATE!!!!!

Kids table!

Christmas Tree Napkins!

Keeping track of Santa's progress!

Gift card from Nate! 

Busy opening

Reading her card

So excited for JustDance3

Not a fan of waiting to open the rest of his gifts for Christmas

Loving the stickers from Nate

Proof that Al and I were there- and modeling our Secret Santa gifts!

Checking on Santa, once again...

Santa came and their stockings overflowed!

Gifts galore!

So spoiled!

Eve of Christmas Eve

The Eve of Christmas Eve was a day filled with rain, bagels, and Christmas fun!!

NY Bagels and Christmas movies!

Bagel Monster!

The boys found a new use for the treadmill!

Hicks Nursery

Santa!!

Hello Kitty decoration!!

Steve's house!!

Donations for St. Jude's

Donations for St. Jude's 

Reindeer!

So pretty!

Love the joy in their eyes!

MarMar and PopPop's house!!

New School for Asher

It took forever, but finally Asher was found eligible for the Early Intervention Program! This means a small class (8 kids, 2 teachers and multiple therapists every day!)!  The best part, according to Asher, is that he will ride a school bus and get to take a big backpack!  He will start on Jan 5 and our good friend Elizabeth will be his before and after care teacher!  He will also continue at Goddard on Wednesdays- the day that EIP is closed.  We are so excited for this next step in helping Asher!

Ms. Craig and Ms. Harris!

Classroom!

Home Christmas 2014

Since we were in NY for Christmas, we had Christmas at home on Saturday so the kids would have time to enjoy their gifts before having to leave them for several days!  We gave them each 3 gifts, Charlie our Elf, delivered 1 gift, and then there were gifts from KC and TN family!  Our kids are so loved and spoiled!

Ready for the morning!  Gifts were paper-coded!

 The morning- SO excited!!

Thankfully the kids had simple wishes- Annalise wanted anything Hello Kitty (and every.single.gift was Hello Kitty), Asher wanted anything to do with scoops (we bought him one to play with outside), Adeline wanted anything to do with dolphins, and Alden wanted anything to do with Legos!

Santa Over the Years

2014

Wow- what a fun look at the past!  I love how Addie is wearing the snowflake dress in 2012, 2013 and Annalise is wearing it this year!

Winter Champs

Winter Champs Swim Meet was a huge success!!  Adeline swam 5 events- and placed in them all!  Alden swam 3 events and placed in all his!  They have worked so hard- we could not be prouder of the progress they have made!  Annalise is SO excited to be a part of the Spring Champs!!  It's so hard to believe that we weren't sure if Adeline and Alden would be able to swim in Champs last year since there was a chance we would be in Lithuania!  Turns out we were home and now, a year later, Asher and Annalise were there to watch and cheer!!

Baby Jesus, We Love You

For the first time, our church had a Christmas Pageant!  We listened to the CD going to and from school for a month- we all knew ALL the words!  It was such a blast helping- another mom and I helped since we are teachers and bossing kids around just comes naturally!  The kids did great and it turned out super sweet!

Alden the Dove

Annalise a Donkey and Adeline the Sheet

Practicing!  That's me, the red blur at the front...

All lined up and ready to walk in singing!

Yay!!

Emily and I matched- we totally didn't plan that!

Loving the hot coco and cookies afterwards!

Loving the treats!

He sang along from the audience!

It was a blast and we are looking forward to next years performance!