Christmas 2010 Highlights

We celebrated Christmas with my Grandma's traditional prime rib dinner with my Mom's side of the family, The Kelly's, the weekend before Christmas.

Round #1 with presents, they got the hang of it very fast! My Grandma made Chloe a doll bed and a ton of baby clothes to go with a new baby. She loves it. The baby bed has to go everywhere with us. This little girl LOVES baby dolls.

We had a little gingerbread man decorating party and it just turned into a frosting/sprinkle fest. So fun!

My Grandparents got Carter his first remote control train. This thing is so awesome and is perfect for this age. It's by GeoTrax and we would highly recommend it. They both loved it so much we had to go and buy Chloe her own car & remote so they would stop fighting over the train! Now they both can play together with it :)

These two little friends showed up on our doorstep as a gift for Jerame. It was a live lobster dinner for two shipped to us from Main. Very cool idea but Omg they were alive and squirming around in there little ice box. They sure were yummy but what an experience to cook them...I couldn't watch Jerame throw them in the boiling water.

We went to my Mom & Jerry's house for xmas eve dinner & presents. It was a blast...4 kids under 3 will make anything exciting especially Christmas!

We started a new tradition the Christmas Eve cousin jammie picture

Christmas morning at our house, I think Chloe is saying "wow" in this picture. They were so happy, overwhelmed and in awe of all the gifts they received this Christmas. We have moved 1/2 of their old toys into bins & out to the garage to make room for new.
The plan is to switch them out every so often, otherwise they have so many toys they have no idea what to play with.

Christmas morning

We hosted Jerame's family & my Dad/Shelly on Christmas day

We got together at Jer's Mom's house after Christmas for some more time with his Grandma (who is celebrating her 90th bday next month) who lives in Chicago.

such a lucky shot that we are all smiling & looking at the camera...it's not an easy feat with all these kids!

4 generations : Thurik, Schramm & Bennett ladies

And this is how we ALL have felt in the days after the holidays. It was so much fun but oh so exhausting!!! Such is life with little ones though