Post Christmas Fun

Gavin was out of school for a few more days after we returned home from Phoenix, so I took them to the Children's Museum one day. There was a new Dinosaur Exhibit there and a new Bakery to play with. But they had to start with climbing in the beehive climber!

Here are a couple videos of Gavin and Avery testing their balance.

Avery enjoyed working on the car while Gavin enjoyed playing in the water feature.

The next day we went to the open gym at gymnastics so they could use up more energy! For New Year's Eve, I got a couple different party kits. So we had headbands to wear, horns to blow and party poppers. We celebrated New Year's around 7:30pm so the kids could enjoy the festivities before going to bed. The party poppers were fun but too hard for the kids to open themselves.

For New Year's Day we had lots of snow!! So we played in the backyard a bit.

I attempted to make a snow dragon! LOL You definitely cannot tell!

Monster trucks for scale after Carlton cleared the sidewalk!

Christmas in Phoenix

This year we drove to Phoenix to spend a week there and celebrate Christmas with Grandma and Grandpa Wheeler. Unfortunately Gavin developed an ear infection on the drive down, so right after unloading the car, he and I made a trip to Urgent Care for some antibiotics. Luckily he improved very quickly and we were all able to enjoy holiday activities.

They always love having story time with Grandpa or Grandma. They also got to have some play time with their Phoenix cousins! So we got some nice pictures of Grandparents and Grandkids.

The boys enjoyed building with Lego while the girls played with the balloon.

Avery enjoyed being in the office and pretending to work on the computer like Daddy and Grandpa.

As is typical of taking pictures of kids, you never get one with everyone smiling and looking at the camera!

We also took on the project of decorating a Gingerbread House. We did not make it though, we just bought one that was pre-made and added decorations. The kids each got two side of the house to decorate.

The kids had fun decorating but then wanted to eat it! They ended up being okay with eating a few of the candies instead.

We made a trek out to the Phoenix Zoo one day too! The kids enjoyed seeing the animals, the dinosaur exhibit and especially the playgrounds and carousel.

We got to see the squirrel monkeys up close! The kids didn't seem as excited about the monkeys.

Brushing the goats was fun too.

Both kids enjoyed some time playing with Grandpa. Gavin got to do some building with toy bricks that Grandpa had when he was a kid! Avery got to play outside with Grandpa doing a homemade ring toss game.

I will spare you pics of gift opening. Instead I will end this with one more picture of Grandpa reading and another pic of Grandma cuddles.

We had a great time with Grandma and Grandpa at Christmas! We hope you all had a wonderful holiday too!

Holiday Preparations

We have been busy with Holiday preparations and activities this season!!  We've been baking, decorating, and had a few Holiday events.

Gavin's school had a Holiday Craft Fair and the kids got to paint these holiday decorations (Gingerbread Man and Rudolph).

Then we went to visit Santa and Mrs. Claus. The kids got to talk to Santa about what gifts they wanted. Gavin was very specific about wanting Mario Lego!

Avery enjoyed a Christmas party at Toddler Time! She got to help tell a story about Rudolph and then did some dancing and got to hang out with Olaf!

Our last holiday activity so far was Gavin's Kindergarten program at school! I took lots of video but it was hard to see him past the antlers that the kids in the front row were wearing.

Here is a video of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.

And here is a video of Avery really getting into the performance!

Gavin had fun doing his performance. Here are a couple pics after....one with his teacher Mrs. Ockey.

I did some of my holiday baking this year and had the kids help out with the sugar cookies. Here are a couple pics of us cutting out cookies!

We are celebrating with family in AZ this year!! We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Happy New Year!!