Monday, January 5, 2015

New Years Eve

New Years Eve with 2 small children is definitely not a huge party, but when you're tired and still have to work all day, I like being able to hang out with some friends at a child-proof house.  It was really nice to get some "time off" to have some drinks with my friends and let our kids play together.  All the babies are getting so big!

The toddlers practically babysit themselves...yeah, right! There was the usual bickering and drama, but they did pretty well together.  Connor jumped right in despite being pretty upset on the drive there.  He love the train ride toy!

He spent a lot of time playing in the kitchen and cooked me some food.  I asked him if I could have special prize like he always asks us and he said, "You have to eat ALL your dinner, Mama!"  Good kid.  Just like I always say.

At 9:00, they had a special surprise for all the kids when they did a countdown and threw balloons and bubbles from the second floor.  All the parents and kids had no idea, so it was a huge surprise for all of us!  It was adorable!

Connor jumped up and down when he saw the balloons and bubbles falling and he kept a balloon to bring home.

That blue balloon has been making its way around our house for the past few days :)

And I think we were all in bed and asleep by about 9:30 or 10:00.  Happy New Year!

Our Week

Matching chevron headbands for our New Years Day shopping trip


A little butt...poor girl had a bad rash last week :(

Caylee got to play the piano for the first time!

Poor baby Caylee wasn't feeling good all week.  Between her diaper rash, itchy head, runny nose, etc., she was a mess. 

Finally, on Saturday, we found out she had an ear infection...and then I got mastitis.  The girls have been on the mend with our meds and hopefully we'll be better soon.


Santa at Our House

Santa made a special trip back to our house since we weren't home on Christmas.  I had a video of Connor walking into the house with the lights off and red Christmas lights making a path to the presents, but it didn't record all of it for some reason :(  He was in awe as he walked in and saw all the gifts.  He turned around and said, "See? I told you I get presents!"

This gift exchange was really special for me because it was just us.  I feel like all the other ones were really rushes and we didn't get to enjoy them or really spend the time to interact and talk about the gifts.  The rest of the holidays seemed very rushed and over-stimulated and this was after, so we could be more relaxed at home, and just enjoy the moment together. 

Even Baby Caylee got to help open her presents!

But Connor helped a lot too

Connor loved his new Lighting McQueen sunglasses and Ninja Turtle socks, so he insisted he put them on right away and take pictures!


Crowning Princess Caylee

Showing off his new monkey hat