easel

Little nael who is now 3 1/2 had a wonderful time Christmas Eve. She stayed up till midnight so she could open presents. In the past, she wasn't yet aware of what Christmas was about and didn't pay much attention to gifts, Christmas carols or even Santa. This year is an entirely new story for her. Little nael loves Christmas! She was excited about opening her presents, as well as other people's gifts and she just loved all her gifts! She got a Super Shopper shopping cart with grocery items in it, a musical jewelry box with a twirling ballerina, books, a doctor's kit (to replace the old one), a cool playmobil set, a kids camera (nael loves taking pictures), a Diego toy, Handy Manny, a heart box craft and a deluxe easel. She's been playing with her new toys, reading her new books and for the last 2 days, painting and drawing on her new easel. nael's been writing her name on the chalkboard and simply gets excited that she can her write her name.

snow bunny

Went up to Vail for one night and stayed at the Ritz Carlton Bachelor Gulch. My parents are spending the holidays with us so we all went up Saturday night to celebrate my mom's birthday. The next morning, snowboarder took little nael out to the bunny slope for her first ski lesson and she loved it! Snowboarder took her up more than three times and it looked like nael was having fun. She did ask to go on a break after two small runs down the bunny slope then she was back for more.

1st birthday

So baby j officially turned ONE on Dec. 13th and his Nonny and Papa John were in town to help celebrate. Nonny baked a choco cake with boiled frosting. We celebrated a day early since snowboarder and Papa John along with Aunt Liz were headed to Vail to ski on Saturday.

double birthday celebration

Baby J and his gal pal, Avery celebrated their 1st birthdays together last Sat., Dec. 6th at home with a few friends, along with their siblings and Moms and Dads. Avery's mom and I planned a light brunch and a music class for the little ones. I think they all had a great time...