Monday, December 31, 2018

Baby it's Cold Outside and Christmas in the Dalles.

Jace
Friday was cold but sunny, so we went outside to play and ride bikes. Bella and I crashed into each other and I got a huge fat lip. We went ice skating on Saturday with Maren, Maddox and miss Tami. We had a great time with hot cocoa breaks and a picnic lunch. It was a cold morning on the ice, but we didn't want to leave. They made me a captain America tie dye shirt for Christmas. As soon as we got home, we headed to the YMCA so I could go swimming with Demian while Aven and Bella went to a birthday party. We had so much fun racing on the obstacle course in the pool! I was exhausted when we got home and slept in the next morning. We packed our bags to go to lala's house and headed out after an in and out burger in gp. We all took big naps and then watched Peter rabbit, we made it there without stopping and in only 5 hours. We were so excited to see everyone when we got there. We had bampa's yummy fish soup for dinner and opened our Christmas presents. I got remote control legos, batman legos and more legos. I am very focused when I build my legos, so I sat for hours building the next morning. We went to Graces house after nap and jumped on the trampoline, wrestled and played games before dinner. We made our own pizzas and headed back to lala's for bath and bed after dinner. We gave lala lots of snuggles before leaving the next day. After all....tomorrow is a new year!!!










Bella
I had fun riding my bike and playing in the mud outside on Friday. We played games and watched a movie when we went inside. I've skating with Maddox, Maren and miss Tami was so much fun. I even learned to skate without the pusher thing this year. I had lots of breaks and snacks, but I stayed warm without hot cocoa. We had a picnic before heading home and they made me a sunshine tie dye shirt. I love it. We made Maddox and Maren duct tape wallets. After we dropped Jace off at the YMCA and picked up Aven, we headed to kid zone for Enzo's birthday party. We had so much fun playing in the tubes, slides and ball pit. We sang, had cupcakes and watch him open his gifts. We went to pick up Jace after the party and he told us all about the fun he had in the pool. I packed my bag with mama's help the next morning, but I wad very excited to go to bampa and lala's. We opened gifts, played with babies and watched olaf frozen adventure before bed. I got a workout outfit, snow white legos and a baby with a carrier and front pack. I built my legos the next morning and then bampa made us yummy Donald duck pancakes with lots of syrup. I pulled lala upstairs to play with the babies with me, then we walked around the block a couple times with lala to help her exercise from her back surgery. It was really cold outside, but no snow. I had fun playing with Grace, jumping on the trampoline and making a mess in Grace's room:) I gave lots of snuggles before bed and was not looking forward to leaving the next morning.








Wednesday, December 26, 2018

Maybe Christmas Perhaps....Means a Little Bit More.

Jace
We had our 3rd annual Grinch party on Saturday evening. Mama made Grinch quesadillas and Grinch fruit snacks. Miss Audra made Grinch popcorn and made us really cool Grinch shirts. We all put on our Grinch pajamas on to go see the Christmas lights and the Grinch. We watched the movie in the car on the way and on the way home. We walked around the decorated streets and got our picture taken with the Grinch. Miss Audra made us a really cool photo memory book with all of our Disney pictures! We was a great evening with friends. On Sunday, we did our Christmas performance at church and then went to the Tocher's house to decorate cookies for Santa, play and swap Christmas gifts. I got a new 5-minute bedtime story book. We watched Elf before bed and it was hilarious. We put Santa's cookies out and headed to bed. Daddy and mama were up before Bella and I, but we were so excited to see what Santa brought us. I got a drone and a remote control monster truck! Daddy and mama got me Peter rabbit movie, battleship game and a magic show box. It was a great Christmas! We went to the gym for the ugly sweater twelve days of Christmas workout and spent the afternoon playing with all of our new games and toys. Papa and grandma came down for breakfast and to see what we got for Christmas the next morning. Then, after nap, we went to the fire station to have dinner with daddy. We played games and watched The Star while we were there.























Bella
Miss Carly came over on Saturday to play with us while daddy and mama did some shopping and went out to lunch. We exhausted her with all of our energy:) I wrote my Grinch dress and purse for the Grinch party and then my Grinch pajamas for our wagon ride around the lighted streets in Medford. The Christmas little were beautiful and I have the Grinch a big hug this year. Everyone had hot cocoa, but I just wanted plain milk. Miss Audra made us yummy Grinch cookies too. We wanted to see the new Grinch movie again, but it was playing to late, so we just watched the old one in the car. I sang all of the songs at church with all of the hand motions too. Daddy took us to church while mama stayed home to get gifts ready for the family that we bought Christmas gifts for. We had a great time decorating cookies for Santa and paying at the Tocher's house. They got me A 5-minute princess story book. I was laughing really hard at the Elf movie before bed. When I woke up the next morning I saw my yellow kayak that I asked for under the tree. I got a Santa dolly and lots of goodies in my stocking too. Daddy and mama got me a light bright, the game guess who and the movie The Star. We got some new Bernstein bears books too! The very first time Jace flew his drone, it got stuck in my hair:( We played all afternoon and say in the hot pool after dinner. The next morning we had homemade English muffins that mama made and played lots of games with papa and grandma. I played a lot of match games at the fire station and played with the baby that was there for dinner too.
My quote last week " Fe Fi Fo Fum...I smell the blood of an English muffin."