Christmas 2012

Christmas 2012 was so busy and filled with lots of love of family and friends. This year was the first year Victoria was really into Christmas and O'Neill loved finding our Elf Sprinkles everyday and wasn't a big fan of Santa. It was great to see the Davis family visit from Austin and it was so special to spend the holiday with both sets of grandparents and Uncle Kiko.

 

 

 

Making a gingerbread house and eating LOTS of candy.

Victoria as an Angel #23 in the St. Thomas Pageant. Special thanks to the grandparents that took V and O - SK and JZ headed to the Cowboys game.

 

The nutcracker is taller that O

Playing with cousin Kate; they had new names and were pretending they were Jungle Girls. Victoria had her first ever sleep over slumber party with Kate in Papa and Cecie's backhouse! She had a blast and slept surprisingly well; no middle of the night call to come get her. They watched a movie and went to bed and stayed there - I guess constant non-stop parties will do that.

Victoria's PreK 3 Christmas concert.

Cecie and Papa invited us to ride in a limo to see Christmas lights. Victoria loves limos and thinks we need to take them everywhere. The ride was hilarious with kids singing Christmas carols along to the radio, kids eating pizza, adults drinking wine, Kate and V roaming around the car squishing their noses to the windows, babies crying, giving the driver directions, seeing houses bigger than the White House in Highland Park, and seeing moms new rental property!! You gotta love family.

  

 

 

 The gang - it was JZs first ride in a limo ever!

 

Christmas Caroling! We have been listening to Christmas music since before Thanksgiving and it sure paid off.

 

 

We took a trip to the Dallas World Aquarium and it was a blast! The kids loved it and for a Saturday before Christmas is wasn't crowded so we were up close and personal with the animals.

 

 O'Neill feeding a baby toucan

 

 

 

 

Family Christmas with the Davises and Cecie and Papa

 

 BARBIE!!! I am so excited that Victoria loves her Barbies! (Although she kept having serious meltdowns everytime a shoe came off.) She still loves playing with cars but at least she is somewhat interested in Barbies and dressing up.

Victoria is into princesses and she told me today that she wants to grow up and be one--- although this is after she said she wanted to be a chef and an architect.

 

Kate and Ali's roller coaster!!

 

SK and Cecie at the Davis Christmas party

 

 

Santa came!

 

 

The kids putting reindeer food outside

 

 

 

 Christmas morning

 

Ha! The kids are worn out!

 

It was a white Christmas! Victoria is all about snow - she loves it and the cold doesn't seem to bother her one bit. O'Neill on the other hand hates putting on his jacket, gloves, hats, and didn't even want to touch the snow; I had to hold him the entire time we were outside. He was so much happier the minute we got back inside.

My little snow angel

 

Hair Cut!

O'Neill got his first real hair cut - long gone is the shag. The golden highlights and sweet curls are gone and he looks so different! At his Little Gym Class they had a moment of silence for his locks. And he wasn't a big fan of the haircut but he managed after a candy cane. And he wasn't a big fan of the haircut but he managed after a candy cane. But I don't get anymore comments about how beautiful my two girls are...

 

Handsome!

Chopping Down Our Christmas Tree

We drove 1 1/2 hours each way to East Texas to select the perfect Christmas tree. Nana and Kiko came and it was great to be in the country. Victoria was most excited about the hay ride and O'Neill couldn't stop saying "tractor!" The weather has been so mild in Texas except the one day we spend outside -- it was COLD but bright.

 

 

Victoria said they had a petting zoo, although it was just the farm's livestock - hilarious!

 

 

Hay ride with Uncle Kiko

 

 

Hay Bales

 

 

TRACTOR!

 

 

Selecting a tree - this looks a little big

 

 

what about this one?

 

 

Brothers cutting down "the" tree

 

 

Victoria takes charge and cuts it down

 

 

choo choo

 

 

 

growing up

Clearly I need to take more pictures... because these babies are growing up! 

 

 19 months

 3 1/2 years

O loves to pour water - everywhere - all the time; we had to lock the fridge water dispenser and hide the stools for the sink. The hardwood floors are warping due to all the water spills.

Dinnertime can be a challenge. O likes to stand in his chair and throw food - or "drop" food. He lasts for about a good 10 minutes.

O still LOVES balloons and balls.

 

V's new thing is building car garages or car repair shops with her blocks/legos. Really? What happen to building princess castles?