Christmas (4.9 years old and 3.25 years)

Somehow I didn't write a Christmas post!  We must have been so busy I totally forgot or it somehow got lost.  Picture of our elf, Kristoff and the kid's gingerbread house.

Christmas Eve we went to Mass.  Austin and Sydney fell asleep on us.  They no longer nap and were getting use to it.  They ended up sleeping during the last part.  After mass, we went to McDonalds for dinner.  We did that last year and it worked out for us.  Then we came home, set up milk and cookies for Santa and off to bed.

Christmas was a lot of fun!  Santa was very good to Austin and Sydney.  Sydney wanted a doll house which she wanted.  Austin wanted a compass.  They got both.  Austin got some walkie talkies and dress up clothes.  Sydney got baby dolls.

My parents came over in the morning to watch the kids open their gifts.  Austin and Sydney were very excited when they came downstairs and saw what Santa had brought them.  It took us about an hour to open everything. They played while opening gifts.   After we opened gifts, I made breakfast.  That is something Brian's grandma always did and I have continued to do it.  After breakfast, my parents went home.  We went up to Cleveland to visit Brian's side of the family.  It was nice to see them.  Then we went to my parents house to have dinner and the kids opened gifts there.

It was a great Christmas!  A few days after Christmas, we drove to Sesame Place for a day.  We drove the same day we went to the park since it did not open until 1pm.  Then we got a hotel and drove home the next morning.  Sesame Place was fun.  We went on the rides, train ride and enjoyed the parade.  It was a fun little adventure.