We made our first snowman of the season. The snow wasn't too deep, but it was packable and great for sledding.
Megan loved sledding. The only downside, it's hard to get up and out of the sled quickly enough before your impatient brother or sister dumps you out the side!
The slide was especially slick today!
Wee!
Getting up is tricky when you can't bend your limbs
By that afternoon, the sun had come out and warmed things up a bit and Frosty took a nose dive. That night temps dropped and have stayed frigid, so Frosty remains in his frozen puddle and will so, until we get warm enough for me to go out and rescue him. (tonight, low of 2 degrees, tomorrow, high of 19 degrees. Brrr!)Well, here are a ton of our Christmas pictures. They are spread out over a couple of days, (the dates on some of the pictures are wrong, my camera was off by 12 hours)
Carrying on the McLaws Christmas Party Traditions! Complete with "live" nativity, and talent show. The only thing missing was the Pinata... Maybe next year?
Jack and Brianna accompanied Grandpa and his bagpipes. The selection... Drummer Boy.
What's a Christmas Party without decorating gingerbread?
The "kids" were so proud of their creations. Megan just wanted to eat each piece of candy as I put it on her cookie
Megan likes to close or cover her eyes when the camera comes out. She knows what that flash does!
Daddy Plays "Santa" and passes out the presents
Brianna gave Jack the biggest hug when she opened the present he gave her. (Slippers and some new shirts)
Megan collected her treasures in her new shopping cart
Brianna chased megan down the hall trying to get her to open yet another present.
like this... right?
How cute am I?
Thanks Grandpa and Grandma... You ROCK and soon I will too!
Here's Mom and Dad with the group gift!
Here's a first for me. I've never before had a kid fall asleep in the highchair, but this little bug was plain tuckered out! We added the hat as a prop! Check out the carrot cluched in her hand, I couldn't get it out
"Wii" wish you a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Yeah, I totally rock in my new pink jammies.
An actual picture of Matt and I together!
Megan wanted so badly to go out with the kids. I bundled her up in what I had (obviously the coat and also the boots are too big) this picture was taken right before she tripped over her boots and scraped her lips up on the driveway ;( we came right back in to watch from the window.
My little snow angel
bundled up and snuggly warm
candy stripes.Matt and I alway joke about how cheesy the Christmas card letters can be. Then we saw this on the Jay Leno show and just cracked up! Enjoy
http://www.thejaylenoshow.com/video/clips/holiday-card-year-end-letter/1185266
"mother nature, you so crazy" Hahaha!
The kids love listening to the Christmas CD's we've collected along the way. I love hearing the kids singing, trying to remember the lyrics to the songs.
Brianna's favorite..."Good tigers we bring, to you and your kid. So bring us some piggy pudding and bring it right here!"
Jack's favorite... "All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth" (and a few other teeth, very current) and "Rudolf the red-nosed reindeer"
Megan's Favorite... "Deck the halls" she only knows the "Fa la la la la, la la, la la"
Here's our catch!
check out megan playing peek-a-boo with the camera!
Here's a great shot! I think that this is the first picture ever of Brianna happily sitting on Santa's lap. Megan was thrilled with him! She just kept staring at his beard in amazement.
almost ready for the hayride. It was a gorgeous day...69 degrees, can you believe it, usually it's frigid here at the tree farm.
Our family looks forward to this tradition every year. Back in 2003, when Jack was just a couple of weeks old, we found this great little family tree farm about 20min from our house. We loved it so much, we've been back ever since. We get to pick out and cut down our own tree, go for a hayride behind a tractor, sit on santa's lap, drink some hot chocolate and pick out a new ornament. Every year so far, Brianna has been TERRIFIED of any santa who crosses her path. Last year she hid behind a ornament stand and peeked around saying "Jack, tell Santa I want a princess doll". This year, as we talked about going and cutting down our tree and visiting with santa Brianna declared that she wouldn't be afraid of Santa this year. Sure enough, santa complimented her reindeer antlers and she decided he wasn't too bad. 
oh, and yes megan is in "time-out" too. She just likes do what the big kids are doing.
Well, around here, birthdays just keep on going and going. here are a few more birthday pictures, from when the McLaws' came up. Jack got a big box of Lego's and a few smaller sets. At first we were going to keep the little sets seperate, but we decided that we could imagine up more cool things if we combined all the fancy little pieces with the standard blocks. Last night we made a racecar/tow truck/ airplace that can also be a helicopter. Then after the kids went to bed, mom kept playing and made another... moon rover with satellite? Lego's are SO COOL!
