Christmas 2012

Here are pictures from our Christmas....

Snuggling with Vander

Snuggling with Uncle Ross

 Lindvall Christmas

Elli trying on her new skirt Nana L. made her.  She wore this skirt most days last week.

Connor checking out his barn Papa L. made him

Connor loves, loves his new tractor

Heading to church

Zurcher Christmas....they just got a special gift

Elli in her new Belle dress

Playing in the snow

Dane taking a picture of Elli

Snuggling on the couch with Dane watching 'The Little Mermaid'

Connor trying on his new fire hat 

We had a good week and we were able to see a lot of family.  The kids loved playing with their grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins!  

Water park

Over Christmas, we traveled to Mansfield, OH for the Brauchler Christmas.  We stayed in a hotel that had a water park.  We weren't so sure we would make it to Mansfield due to the snow; however, we braved the weather, spent many, many house in the car, and finally made it to the water park.  Elli LOVED it and went down the slide over and over again!  Connor, on the other hand, was not a fan of the water.  He will be in swim lessons this spring :)

Best Friends.  Last week Elli and I were talking about Kensley and she said "Kensley's my best friend."  They really do have so much fun together!

Connor spent the majority of the time walking around!  He did have a lot of fun doing that.  He was sick at the time so I'm sure that didn't help his fear of the water. 

Couldn't resist posting the next picture....  :)

Grandma and Grandpa were nice enough to come to the hotel multiple times, so we wouldn't have to load the kids up in the car again.  

Our Christmas

On Saturday morning, we celebrated Christmas as a family.  Scott and I exchanged a few gifts the night before, so we could mainly focus on the kids in the morning. 

  We once again had to wait on Connor to wake up to start our Christmas morning (last year was no different....Connor likes to sleep in!) To get our morning moving (we had a 3 hour drive that day and lots of packing to do), we decided to read the Christmas story from Elli's bible while Connor was eating.  We had doughnuts for breakfast, which are the kids' favorite.

 Connor opening his first present.  He was so excited!

 Do you see this look on his face?  He couldn't wait to get the plane out.  He didn't play with plane the rest of the day.

 Elli was so excited to get a digital camera for Christmas, but her favorite gift was a microphone.  We've all had quite a bit of fun with that microphone....it made the 3 hour trip home not so miserable.  However, if you ask the kids and Scott they might say different....mama had the microphone most of the time :/ what can I say, it's a lot of fun!

 A little photoshoot in front of the Christmas tree.  They are both smiling for the picture (or just laughing at Scott)!!



Christmas Program

Elli had her preschool Christmas program this past Friday.  We were really excited for it! 

 Her class sat around the Christmas tree and sang 5 songs.  She sang all, but the first song.  It was a short program, but very fun to watch.

 With her teachers

 After the program, we went to the lounge to eat treats and make a craft.

 The mom who showed up with snowmen on a stick (aka...powdered sugar doughnuts) won the prize for the  most popular treat.  I think every kid picked the doughnuts over the cookies. 

Random

Scott has been as sick as he's ever been, so I've been trying to keep the kids busy so they'll let him rest.  That and I'd rather take healthy kids to Indiana for once rather than sick kids.  Our schedule is quite busy next week and I'm pretty sure we'll be putting lots of miles on our minivan (if we ever get it back....some guy hit it in the parking lot and we're not quite sure if it'll be done or not).  We will be fitting in 7 Christmas celebrations!  Just for documentation sake (for me), here is our busy, busy week.... 

December 22: Our Christmas in Columbus

December 23: Zurcher Christmas

December 24: Wamsley Christmas

December 25: Breakfast with Lindvalls', afternoon with Brauchlers'

December 26: Travel day to Ohio

December 27th: Brauchler Christmas in Mansfield

December 28: Travel day back to IN

December 29: Lindvall Christmas #1

December 30: Lindvall Christmas #2

Not to mention, the days we're back in Ohio....Scott might then be traveling back to Columbus to work while I stay in Mansfield.

Anyways, here are some pictures of Connor's first painting craft!  We'll be working on some more painting this afternoon to try and keep the kids away from Scott while he gets some rest.  I think the past couple trips to IN that we've made, Connor has been sick....so I really hope I can keep him healthy, so people will actually get to see his fun personality. 

SANTA

Everyone Loves Santa.....

 Or Maybe Not

 After we got Connor off of Santa's lap, Elli was able to have some time with Santa to tell him what she wanted.  She told him she wanted a pack-n-play for her babies to sleep in and rocking chair to rock her babies.  I'm not quite sure Santa will be able to deliver all those request this year!

 Trying to get a good picture of the kids in front of the tree....completely unsuccessful!!