As always, we headed up to NEPA for a little Christmas magic :-)

Claire had so much fun visiting her cousins! But first, we had a little Christmas magic at home before we left.  Santa left Claire a little note and a few special gifts under the tree :-)

A super fun game!! 

The much waited for Rapunzel ;-) 

She LOVES her! 

Cute Cousins :-) 

The calm before the storm...... 

SUPER ANYA!

She is faster than a speeding bullet, ;-) 

Another MUCH loved gift from Uncle Jim and Aunt Jami.

She sings AND glows. 

Playing Angry Birds. 

Dark Helmet strikes again..... 

Giving Mommom hugs. 

Looks like Grams REALLY likes her gift. 

AND she loved her new recliner. 

Crammed around Aunt Jami. 

TOTALLY cuteness!!

Hanukkah!

We had a fantastic Hanukkah with the family this year! Everyone headed to Grandma and Grandpa's to light the Menorah and exchange gifts. Claire had a BLAST and LOVED all her gifts.

Claire, Elmo and Uncle Steve playing the piano.

Loving her new baby. "Mason" but it is a girl.

"Girls can be named Mason too, Mommy." 

 Aunt Ally and Uncle Steve literally gave Claire a Rainbow!

It is AWESOME and she looks at it every night before bed.

Sharing the love :-) 

 

A Princess card from Uncle David and Jenn, 

Lighting the Menorah at Grandma's AND at home :-)

The Land of Misfit Reindeer Cookies

So I have a new obsession. It's called Pintrest and I have found SO MANY awesome crafts, recipes and fun school stuff. I found this great recipe for peanut butter reindeer cookies. They looked so yummy, I decided that we would add them to the repertoire of cookies that we make.  Well I must say they sure are yummy BUT they look more like they belong in the Land of Misfit Reindeer

Cookies :-/ No worries though, Claire had a blast helping us sort the M&M's and mix the dough.

COOKIE DOUGH!! 

Sad, sad little cookies 

See? I told you she had a blast. 

She assures us that even though they look like

misfits, they taste DELICIOUS!!

Still attempting to make them look right. 

The Finished products

This is what they SHOULD look like.....

Claire and GIZMO

Today we went to visit Tammy and Mat's house to meet Gizmo. It wasn't love at first sight for either of them BUT after they warmed to each other they had a BLAST together!!

Claire LOVED trying to take his bone away from him

and he LOVED trying to get it back. 

A little quiet time.....

but not for long! 

She looks SO grown up here!!

I can't take it anymore!! 

He is SUCH a cutie! 

Picture is a little blurry but her hair is hysterical. 

Running together :-)

Thanksgiving 2011

Enjoying some Grandma time!!

Notice the crown, wouldn't leave home without it ;-)

Spent some time with Auntie J, Grandma and Jenn at the

playground across the street from Aunt Alie's house. 

As you can see she had a BLAST!



"Hello down there!!" 

Our little monkey on the Monkey bars. 

Don't let go Auntie J!!! 

We really do need to get her back into gymnastics.

She LOVES to hang and jump and swing! 

One of the only "meal" picutres I got.

After dinner was served food became more important than photos ;-)