Merry Christmas Eve

On Christmas Eve, we went to Grand Rapids to celebrate with Aunt Mara and Uncle Ken, Aunt Katie and Uncle Will, and Grandma and Grandpa. The boys enjoyed playing with the dogs and their new games. We enjoyed delicious food and some fun games before heading home to wait for Santa.

Early Birthday and Hanukkah

On Sunday, Grann, Aunt Maran, Uncle Josh, Allie and Emma came over to celebrate an early Hanukkah as well as Alex's birthday. The kids had so much fun playing both inside and outside and the boys were very excited to meet Charlie Brown.

Holiday Fun

There has been a lot of holiday fun around lately! All the second graders made "nutcrackers" out of pringles cans as a class project. I was able to stop by for a bit on Nutcracker Day to help out. They all turned out great! Some popular designs were: Santa, Harry Potter, Army Man, Football Players, Ballerinas, Mrs. Claus, etc. Will's class also had a breakfast PJ party for their holiday gathering which was a lot of fun. The boys and I assembled and decorated gingerbread houses at home. We also had two snow days already - we used one to have a snowman breakfast and a candy cane hunt.

Work in Progress

Alex's First Hockey Practices

Alex had his first weekend of "real hockey" where he did hockey drills with his stick. He did a great job!

Climb Kalamazoo

After visiting Santa, Phil took the boys to Climb Kalamazoo. They had been asking to go again for a while and it worked out well since they were already downtown. They are good little climbers.

Cookies and Santa

On Sunday, I had my girlfriends over for my annual cookie exchange. Unfortunately, the weather didn't cooperate so the girls from GR couldn't come but I still had nine in attendance. While we enjoyed brunch and cookies, Phil took the boys to hockey and then downtown to see Santa.