here is our christmas eve pizza. it's a tree... can you tell? for christmas eve dinner the kids and hubby requested pizza. i complied and gave into my dreams of having a gourmet christmas dinner with well dressed and well behaved attendants. YAH RIGHT. pizza's a big hit around here and we all enjoyed the easiness of it. especially me! very little clean up! i think we will make this a tradition!
P got a tinker toy set from santa. it turned out to be a great gift for d. this was his creation. we had a very relaxing day skyping with family and talking with my sister Angela on her mission in England! actually the day was kinda boring, i missed spending time with the extended family. but the girls enjoyed going to town on their candy and toys. i let them eat WHATEVER they want on christmas!
our christmas finest! they didn't end up wearing them until the last sunday in december because we had a major snow storm the sunday before christmas and church was canceled.

note to self: don't buy 'dry clean only' dresses for little girls. H was sprayed with chocolate by another 6 year old at church. the dress is now clean and wrapped in plastic only to be brought out for VERY special occasions. regardless they looked adorable! these were an awesome find last year at an end of season sale at Macys!
we had our first over night visitors over the new year holiday. the woodburys joined our busy house for a few days and we took them to the city. it was one of the coldest days we have had here in MA. the temp was not over 20 and we were FREEZING! not only that check out how the day went:


-arrive at the parking garage after sitting in traffic and a cramped car with a poopy diaper baby. i thought kristen was going to throw up on me!
-let kristen out for some fresh air and unstrap crying baby to find.... a poop explosion! change baby and put her into the only spare clothes we brought, a onesie and light pants. wrap baby in eskimo suit and pray that she will some how not get hypothermia in the kiddie backpack.
-enjoy the sites
-stop for lunch at quincy market (fun place btw). take p to the bathroom. eat lunch. try to take p to the bathroom to find that a woman has passed out in a stall and they won't let anyone in
-head out to the fridged cold and forget that p has to pee. arrive at harvard square. enjoy scenery. look down and see that p has peed on harvard's steps (d loves the idea of this). -walk/drag a wet and cold girl all around to find out that there are NO children's clothing stores near by (really why would there be?)
-buy $20 sweats from the harvard coop. instruct child to go "commando" and wear wet pee boots with no socks even if she doesn't want to!
-finally get back to parking garage to discover that the baby has also peed through her diaper and has partially frozen limbs.
-after we FINALLY got home after sitting in 2hours of traffic we discover that p has peed AGAIN in her car seat.
awesome


me: being cold. right before the peeing on harvard

walking on the duck pond in the boston public gardens that is frozen solid!
the steps she peed on!

h trying to stay warm!
we really had a great time with our visitors! thanks for coming guys!

this is e.
yesterday at the grocery store some guy came up to me and asked if she was a girl. I said yes, she is wearing a bow, see?
to which he said
thank goodness. i thought i was going to have to tell the guys at the gym about some schmuck who put her boy in a bow!

he walked away and i turned to look at e. she was wearing a green bow, and a brown jacket. BUT the jacket had ruffles. the binky was purple and the blanket across her lap was PINK!

everyone comments on her blue eyes! i guess people in ma don't have blue eyes

she's had it rough the last few weeks with a UTI and a cold coming on. i have had it rough too. it feels like she NEVER sleeps.

i cut p's hair a bit ago. it looks so cute. i will show you later

hope that was enough of an update...
more opinions next time