Although Will had terror in his eyes, he held it together.
Last day of school for 2011. They both had their Christmas parties at school.
We have had one significant snowfall this year, but within a few days it had melted away. It has been abnormally warm this year (knock on wood) and we didn't have a white Christmas. :(
We went downtown to visit Macy's store windows and the walnut room. On our way, we passed this iconic building in Chicago.Everytime I see this building it scares me. My stomach just drops at the thought of backing up to park in those parking spaces. Yikes!!
In one of Macy's windows, we got a sneak peak at Santa's nice list and Will's name was on it. It made the other two a little concerned.
This store is so beautiful and impressive inside. FYI: It's the same one Chevy Chase (Clark Griswold) visits in Christmas Vacation.
We went to the viewing area in the walnut room, overlooking that gorgeous tree.
Look at the coffered ceiling oh and the tree. :o
Outside Macy's on State street.
We had more outdoor plans for the day but the weather made it impossible. It was sleeting and cold but we did make time to stop at the very famous Garrett's popcorn and got a jumbo size bag for a snack. Delicious!!
In one of Macy's windows, we got a sneak peak at Santa's nice list and Will's name was on it. It made the other two a little concerned.
This store is so beautiful and impressive inside. FYI: It's the same one Chevy Chase (Clark Griswold) visits in Christmas Vacation.
We went to the viewing area in the walnut room, overlooking that gorgeous tree.
Look at the coffered ceiling oh and the tree. :o
Outside Macy's on State street.
We had more outdoor plans for the day but the weather made it impossible. It was sleeting and cold but we did make time to stop at the very famous Garrett's popcorn and got a jumbo size bag for a snack. Delicious!!Ben was very excited (or trying to stay warm or both). The picture caught him in mid-jump!
We had to wait in line for about 30 minutes to get the popcorn. It's that good.
Buddy returned to our house after Thanksgiving and has kept us busy with finding him each morning. The kids love him!! Even Will knew what to do this year. He was the first to find him a few times. He would run to where Buddy was hiding, point and yell until someone saw what he had found.
We made gingerbread houses and sugar cookies.
Olivia and I in our cute matching aprons! She actually helped me make the dough and icing this year too.
Although, it is way more fun to decorate and eat them.
On Christmas Eve morning, we were able to go help our friend Jimmy open his presents. I'm so glad we got him, two years in a row. He is always so sweet!!
Buddy left us this note, that we found on Christmas morning. There were tears from Olivia the night before, knowing that we wouldn't see him for a whole year!!
On Christmas morning we opened presents, had homemade cinnamon rolls and went to church. We took a picture outside but everyone was lauging so hard because it was freezing!!
Merry Christmas!!
We had to wait in line for about 30 minutes to get the popcorn. It's that good.
Buddy returned to our house after Thanksgiving and has kept us busy with finding him each morning. The kids love him!! Even Will knew what to do this year. He was the first to find him a few times. He would run to where Buddy was hiding, point and yell until someone saw what he had found.
We made gingerbread houses and sugar cookies.
Olivia and I in our cute matching aprons! She actually helped me make the dough and icing this year too.
Although, it is way more fun to decorate and eat them.
On Christmas Eve morning, we were able to go help our friend Jimmy open his presents. I'm so glad we got him, two years in a row. He is always so sweet!!
We spent Christmas Eve with our friends the Browns. We had such a fun night and we love them so much! I don't know what we will do next year without them. We ate dinner, talked and the kids sang Chistmas songs and dressed up as the Nativity. For the record, Olivia has eaten all of her gummy bears and the whoppie cushion and swords have all been in use, since we left. :)
This year we tried doing something a little different. We bought all the kids presents with the following guidline. "Something you want, something you need, something to wear and something to read". It made buying presents easier for us and they still had plenty to open. Of course, in addition they still received gifts from Santa, grandparents, nana, aunts and uncles too.
This year Ben asked Santa for a Skylander Wii game, Olivia wanted a Doodle bear, and Will got a Little Tykes basketball goal that he hasn't stopped playing with since Christmas morning. Something sweet that Olivia asked for this year, as her 'something she wants', gift was a locket that had her Mommy and Daddy's pictures in it so that we could (and I quote)"always be close to her heart." So sweet and so funny!
Buddy left us this note, that we found on Christmas morning. There were tears from Olivia the night before, knowing that we wouldn't see him for a whole year!!
On Christmas morning we opened presents, had homemade cinnamon rolls and went to church. We took a picture outside but everyone was lauging so hard because it was freezing!!
Merry Christmas!!
2 comments:
We are going to miss your darling family so much!!
Great pictures, beautiful kids!
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