Sunday, December 27, 2009

My favorite picture from Christmas

Christmas Day

Kaden & Dylan say goodbye with a big ole hug
Aunt Jill at Mackinna's salon. The stylist kit and orange towel- both Christmas gifts.
Kaden gets tickled by his uncles- check out that hair!
Kaden squeezes Grandma till she pops
A little timer action on the camera to get all 10 of us. Not bad if I do say so myself.

Saturday, December 26, 2009

Christmas Morning

A glimpse of the kids as they check out their presents from Santa...

Christmas Eve

We went to Grandma & Grandpa's on Christmas Eve. It was a full house. The kids enjoyed watching their Uncles and Dad play rock band, they also enjoyed eating large quantities of cookies, candy & fudge.
Me and my favorite nephew!
Kaden & Dylan got "work gloves" from Auntie. They were a pretty big hit. Here Kaden models them paired with dress clothes.
Mackinna spent much of the night by Aunt Jill's side or in her lap.
Kaden the pool shark

Pride's Corner Nursery School Sing Along

Mackinna did a great job at her school sing along last week. They sang so many wonderful Christmas songs. Here is one of her favorites.

Cookie Decorating party

We baked tons of cookies and had friends over to help us decorate them. There were lots of sprinkles, and lots of icing being used this day, but mostly the kids just loved having a house full of friends. They are still talking about it.
A sample of what the table looked like. Glad I used a disposable table cloth and could just ball it all up and throw it away!
Mackinna with Patty & Josie
Christmas cookie chaos
Mackinna working hard, making the cookies for all of our friends to decorate.

Sesame St Live- Elmo's Green Thumb

We went to see Sesame St Live again this year, it was extra special this time because Dylan, Uncle Shawn & Aunt Jill came. The kids loved having them there. When Dylan got antsy and they left early, Kaden kept saying, "Dylan missing it!"




A Disney Christmas with the Campbells

The first weekend in December, we met Grandpa & Grandma, Uncle Matt, Aunt Kate & Uncie in Orlando and spent a few rainy but magical days together in Disney World. The kids had such an incredible time!
Just off the monorail- can you feel the excitement?

Waiting for the park to open
The kids asleep in the stroller under the poncho- they stayed pretty dry and really they could breath.
Grandpa, Daddy & Mackinna on the tea cups- Hen likes to spin really fast.
Uncle Matt, Aunt Kate & Kaden on tea cups- they were a pretty big hit with both kids.
Daddy, Mackinna, Grandpa and Kaden on the magic carpets
Everyone with Donald
Mackinna and Daddy on the barn stormer roller coaster
Hugging Roseta in Pixie Hollow. He loves pretty girls.
Here Kaden is telling Cinderella what he wants for Christmas- she didn't ask...

The Barn stormer was a big hit, I think they went on it maybe 8 times.
I think this is Its a Small World- we waited in the longest line of the day because it was completely inside and it was pouring outside at that point.
All of us at Mickey's Christmas party

Kaden loved meeting all the characters, even ones he didn't really know- like the power rangers.

Tired kids
Kaden, Uncie, Mackinna and Daddy waiting to see Minnie
The kids with Minnie at the Animal Kingdom
Our little princess
The Castle was amazing with all the Christmas lights


Mater & McQueen!!
The kids with Woody & Buzz Lightyear at Hollywood studios on our last day- the only day we saw the sun.

Visiting Santa

We went to see Santa at Macy's. He was doing a 25 city tour which started in South Portland. It was so wonderful. The kids got cookies, Santa read the night before Christmas, we made ornaments, got balloon animals, wrote letters to Santa, and of course sat with him for pictures. Mackinna even talked to him to tell him what she wanted for Christmas! We were so proud of her. And Macy's! They did such a great job- it was a really wonderful event.