Happy New Year!

I hope everyone had a wonderful New Year's. We were thinking of going to the First Night in Fredericksburg but decided it would probably be easier and more fun to stay home especially since the babies go to bed at 7 p.m. So we rang in the new year with Dick Clark.

We had a wonderful Christmas! It was so much fun with Lenny this year since he understands more about Christmas. He was so excited to see what Santa brought for him. He made sure that we left cookies and milk out for Santa and some sugar for the reindeer. Lenny even made a card to leave for Santa. That was his idea.

On Christmas eve we went to Church and then headed back home for dinner. After dinner we let the kids open one gift. This is something that was always a tradition in my family. Mom always let us open one gift Christmas eve after we got home from my Grandma Viola's house. The gift was always pajamas that we would wear to bed that night. So, that's exactly what my kids got on Christmas eve.

Here they are in their new pajamas while I read The Night Before Christmas to them--another tradition in my family. Last year Dominic read it to Lenny.

Here they are opening presents Christmas morning.
Later in the day we went to my Mom's house for Christmas with my family. Here are my kids and my sister's kids.

I had to take a picture of the mice that mom made and set out with the cheese.
The next day (also my birthday) we went to Dominic's mom and dad's house to have Christmas with them. We had a great time. I brought my camera with me that day but left it in the van. I didn't even realize it until we were heading home.

With all three Christmas celebrations that we had, we went home with a lot of nice gifts. Our house looked like a toy store before but now it's even more like one. I finally got rid of some toys that are no longer played with so that we can make room for the new toys. Lenny even helped me reorganize the family room the other day so that we could put all of the new toys away. We decided that only Lenny and I are allowed to get in the drawers for the toys that we organized. Daddy and the babies aren't allowed to get them out.

Lenny got an Easy Link for Christmas (thanks Meemaw) so he likes to spend a lot of time on the computer. I love the Easy Link because Lenny can do it all by himself without accidentally getting on another Web site. He is very good with the mouse. What this means though is that I now have less time with the computer. I usually check blogs and update my blog while the babies take a nap, but now that's when Lenny gets on the computer. It's easier that way so that I can actually sit with him and pay attention without distractions from the babies. Geesh, these kids are taking over the entire house and now they are after our computer.

These pictures were taken yesterday. Lenny had just finished putting together one of his new puzzles. He is very good at puzzles and it takes him no time at all to put them together. He loves them.

Brooke and Nathan both LOVE this rocking horse. It was Lenny's when he was a baby. They also have a zebra that Aunt Kristi gave them. They love that too.

From the Mouth of a Three Year Old

When we were opening the gifts Christmas day at my mom's house, Lenny kept saying "We love all of these presents." He said it several times. And he also told mom as he was looking at her tree, "I love all of your ornaments."