Emmy's first Christmas Performance

Emmy, along with the other kindergarten classes performed 6 holiday songs! They were so cute to watch :)

Pre-holiday fun!

The month of December flew by as I am sure it did for everyone else!  We tried to do some fun things to celebrate the holidays throughout the month.

Emmy and I went to see her best friend Lia perform in the nutcracker. 

Hit up Home Depot for our tree

Lots of helpers this year :)

The Hanlons rented a huge party bus for everyone to ride and check out the lights in all the top neighborhoods.  It was a blast!!

 

Always time for some wrestling :)

This year we decided to adopt a family and buy gifts for a mother and her kids who don't have anything.  I am trying to teach Emmy about giving during the holiday season and it is someone I've always wanted to do.  It was a lot of work but so worth it.

Santa was at the drop off location! Emmy would go near him and Ryan just clung to me. I ain't going to lie, it is weird to sit on an old guys lap.

 

Me and the kids hit up the mall one day so Emmy could deliver her list to Santa.  She basically threw her list at him and kept going.  They rode the train instead :)

they are totally loving hot chocolate these days.  I guess one way to get dairy into Emmy!

My beauty :) 

Thanksgiving 2014

 Wow, it really has been a while!  The last few weeks have been a blur. It all started with the stomach flu that blew through our house hitting us one at a time like some sick game of survival of the fittest.  I have never seen so many family members throw up as much as the weekend before Thanksgiving. We had a nice, quiet Thanksgiving up at my parent's house which was a nice way to nurse us back to health. We ended the weekend with a going away party for the Santoros who moved to Denver last week. They have many exciting adventures to come but I sure do miss seeing my best friend everyday :( And Ryan misses Sophia already!

This is how you spend Thanksgiving in Southern California :)

Buddies reunited!

Nana had some help with the turkey this year...

 My cuties :)

So Emmy

We decided to take a hike and my parents didn't take it easy on us! Up hill all the way.

The good old Promenade decorated for xmas

Getting ready for the big party and making signs. Sniff, sniff. 

I love Polaroids!

Big Boy Bed!

We decided to put Ryan in a big bed a little earlier than we did with Emmy, hoping he may actually sleep it his bed :) We bought Emmy a new one and Ryan inherited hers.  Not sure why we decided to buy Emmy a BIG bed but we did and she looks like a queen in it.  Ryan still isn't sleeping through the night in his bed. Maybe one day....

Before 

After!

Before

 

After!

Ryan

Ryan is at the best stage right now.  He is so funny, super smart and unbelievably loving.  I hope he is always this happy and sweet, he melts my heart.  Right now he:
- Loves the movie Frozen.  He and Emmy fight because she no longer wants to watch it and it is his favorite.  He gets completely gitty when Elsa sings Let it go.  He hops off the couch and sings and dances along.  I love it!

- He also loves the movie cars.  He thinks lightening mcqueen's name is mater :)

- Instead of saying "what's that?" he says "who's that?".  I will be holding something and he'll say "who's that?"

- The kids loves to snuggle.  He still comes in our bed every night (sigh) and if I turn my back to him he'll tap me on the shoulder and say "mommy nuggle with me".

- Everything is "I do it"

- He loves when Daddy makes his "moothies" everyday.

- He absolutely loves school.  He talks about his friends yoyo, roro, tate, holden, breezy, ronan and quinn all the time.  Every time he leaves school he gives each of them a "big hug" and says "bye, have fun!" and blows them a kiss.  Actually he says that to everyone, all the time.  "Bye, have fun!" followed by a kiss.  I love it.

- The other day I sneezed and he said "bless you mommy".  What a sweetie.

I can't even remember all the funny things he does right now but I can understand every word he says and he is the cutest thing ever!

Ice Skating!

Emmy and I both had today off school and work so we had a girls day!  I wanted to do something different and fun so gave her the choice between trampoline jumping and ice skating.  She chose ice skating and we had a blast!  We skated for almost 2 hours (with a lunch break in between) and by the end she was getting pretty good!  Holding me hand, we skated around the rink for a while.  I almost forgot how fun ice skating is :)  Hopefully we can go again soon!

Like a true San Diegan, we showed up at the ice rink in basically a t-shirt so had to buy Emmy a sweater.  He choice was perfect for our day of ice skating!

Chilaxing with some hot chocolate.  She agreed to let me take 5 pictures of her today - this was the 6th so she wasn't too happy.  ahaha.