School Christmas Party

It's been a long time since I've posted on our blog, so I'll try to do some catching up. I've just felt too overwhelmed by photos since Christmas and our trip to Yosemite. But I'll do my best!

Christmastime at Legoland

Bounce!

Mimi and Grandpa Niki got Parker an awesome blow-up bouncy house for Christmas--it is SO much fun! He loves jumping in it, and had no qualms whatsoever about throwing himself face first down the slide from the get-go! It seems like the perfect outlet for all of his excess energy, and I much prefer it to his love of jumping into a pile of couch cushions strewn across the living room floor!

Christmas Day

Christmas Eve

Merry Christmas!

Family!

Our Montana family is here visiting for Christmas--my brother Ian, his wife Krista, and their ten-month old son Forest. We only get to see them about once or twice a year, so this is a real treat. Forest seemed super excited to see another little kid to play with, and Parker remembers everyone from our visit to Montana this summer, so he was thrilled to see them again without needing any "warm up period" at all!

Gingerbread House Building

I almost forgot that I picked up a gingerbread house kit at Trader Joe's a long time ago...luckily I remembered it was hidden in the cupboard before Christmas arrived! Levi screamed bloody murder for the first half of the building process, but luckily he fell asleep at some point. It was messy but fun and, according to Parker (and he would know), yummy. (p.s. He says that it's a gingerbread police house, apparently because he made a stoplight out of colored M&Ms on one side of the roof.) 


(And no, poor Levi did not get his own stocking this year :( Mommy just did not get around to crafting him one of our fine family stockings...sorry dude!)

Santa's Little Helper

O Christmas Tree!

We went to our favorite Christmas tree lot this weekend to pick out our tree. We gave Parker Jared's GoPro video camera to record his experiences--we tried putting it on his head first (it has a strap that goes on your head just like a headlamp), but it kept slipping off. So Parker carried it around with him in his hands, and had so much fun filming his view of running in and out of all of the trees like a crazy evergreen maze. He and Jared played a lot of hide and seek until we settled on a nice big Douglas Fir.