Regan Christmas Party

Christmas eve

Food preparation

Portraits in front of grandma's tree.

We couldn't get Tristan to smile

til Charlie tickled him.

Mom made a great dinner with Capons, green beans, mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy and I made brown bread with whipped butter.

The kids got to open one present - always pajamas.

Abby is happy I made her a new rice pack.

Charlie lets the kids open a present from him.

Abby's nightgown.

Tristan's creatively wrapped gift.

He tells me it's a "arrrwww"

Tristan has fun with Kevin as he throws and bounces him around.

Thanks everyone, we had a great time!

Andy the elf

This was the first year that Andy the Elf came to visit our house.  He was a pretty lazy elf and had a lot of "days off".  But I did document each of his adventures that he did go on and here they are:

He tried to get into the advent calendar.

He ate too many cookies.

He tried to roast a giant marshmallow.

he helped to wrap a few presents

He played games with furby.

He hid in the decorative flower vase.

One night he just wanted to veg out.

And another night he went joy-riding in the dollhouse car.

And for his grand finale (on christmas eve night) he attempted to climb the christmas tree.

Downtown lights and a snow day

We didn't get much snow and it melted fast but we still got a snow day out of it!

Once the kids used up all the snow in the backyard they moved into the front yard for more fun!

Tristan was pretty cute.  Once it melted it he kept looking out the window and saying "snow na-na (all gone)!"

I opted to stay inside :)

That next weekend we went out to eat downtown at Boston's pizza and then walked thru the lights at the fountain park.