Thank You!

Logan helped me make thank you notes this year and we’ve sent out a few of them but them Naomi got into the stack of cards and shredded a bunch of them.  So if we haven’t received your gift yet . . . will you accept a virtual thank you?  That’s more or less what the following is anyways.

Christmas morning :)

 
Considering the possibilities!

Naomi’s got her priorities in order.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Christmas morning reading of “At a Construction Site”.  To pass the time while Naomi was finishing breakfast.  (We did get the actual Christmas story in there a little later as well.)

 Now the unwrapping.

 
Janet and Henry: A portion of Logan’s gift appears to still be en route.  No worries about that, but just wanted to let you know. 

Jake got exactly what he asked for: coal.  Sidenote: there aren’t many pictures of the adults here.  It’s not that we are not thankful for the great things that you got us; it’s just that pictures of adults with adult gifts aren’t nearly as much fun.

Logan makes sure that the camera gets a nice, close shot of his “bear glass picture”.  The Curious George book didn’t get captured by the camera, but that has been a huge hit.  In fact, we had an unintentional Curious George semi-theme this Christmas, with three different George books received, and none of them repeats!

The classic Pooh and friends have been toted around in Naomi’s little stroller/pushcart and also been made to “eat” some of the play food.

 

This puzzle is more challenging than it looks.

    Covering Baby up with the great new quilt.
 

And here is Baby in the new clothes.  Boy baby or girl baby, take your pick, but Baby looks pretty cute either way, I think.

Logan’s brand new digger! 

It’s about time we got some play food around here.  The poor kids have been using coasters as cookies/pancakes/sandwiches until now.

These blocks are awesome.  Definitely another toy that Mom and Dad have just as much fun with as Logan.  (And even Naomi can get into them a little bit since they stack so well.)

Superhero cape.  Knight cape.  Bat cape.  It even became his special “clean-up cape” once already!

Just got this in the mail today, so we don’t have batteries for the light yet but this is fabulous.  Logan had to wear it into the farmer’s market today.

And well . . . you’ve got great taste, Uncle Jonathan.  But this picture is not from today, when your package arrived.  This was Christmas morning.  We got her the exact same set.  Both Logan and Naomi love it!  It was a great pick, and I did want you to see that she enjoys it.  Luckily, the site has a great, no-hassle return policy.

So, THANK YOU everyone.  We had, and continue to have (as things still trickle in), a wonderful Christmas and know that we are blessed and loved from across the globe!

Say “Jingle Bells”!

   

(The “good” shot.)

 

(The other shot, which I also like.  It’s more real life.)

Merry Christmas!  Happy New Year!  Have a good day! :)

Christmas Prep

Are you ready go, Mommy?  I help Naomi.  (This was before church, one week prior to Christmas.  Today is something of a smattering of remaining cute shots.)

After church, it was Naomi’s turn to be the helper.  When I was taking this picture, she was successfully pushing the lawnmower, but it got harder once she got it into the grass.
  Then Daddy helped.  (It still wasn’t on as long as she was behind it.)
 Naomi has been flashing her belly all over the place recently.  Logan decided to jump in on the belly action.


New Thomas shirt and that’s a real ponytail that you can’t see on the back of Naomi’s head!

Logan made himself a crown; Jake added the blanket robe and suggested the scepter.  We decided later that he looks more like a pope than a king.

 
Making Jesus’ birthday cake, at Logan’s insistence.  He did the colored icing and the sprinkles himself :)

The Most Wonder-ful Time of the Year

In the week or so before Christmas we made two trips to the Zoo/Wonder Museum, one for the Wonder Museum’s new display and one for the Christmas lights and laser show.
 

Is that my big girl?










Or is that my little boy?



 

Hooray!  They brought the ball ramps back!  (This wasn’t the new display.  The new section is flight-themed and while it was lots of fun, it didn’t make for particularly good pictures.)

Physics lessons galore.

Logan the red-nosed reindeer and Naomi the puppet master.
Stack and crash.
It’s fun to see Naomi really start to take an interest in all of it.
Merry Christmas from the Wonder Museum!  Now we move outside (and forward in time a few days) to the light show!
Oh, the lights on the trees, I wish you could see . . .
Definitely no “logs on the fire” though.
Looking down on the stage where they did the laser show.  I didn’t even try to take pictures of the show; with those light conditions, Logan on my shoulders and Naomi on my hip, there was no way I was going to get anything other than crazy blurs.  Sometimes it’s better just to step back from the camera and enjoy it anyways.

Jake joined us after the laser show because he dropped us off, then parked the car and rode the bus from the parking lot and it took him quite a while.


It’s Japan.  Of course there’s a Hello Kitty Santa.




    
And this is Christmas island-style.  A hibiscus, a palm tree and a reindeer.





Doesn’t that make you feel merry (again)?