Christmas

This is Mathew "hiding" in his pillow so he doesn't have to go to bed.





This was our first Christmas at home and I must say that, although I missed being with family, I enjoyed being able to focus on the kids and also not have to live out of a suitcase. I also loved all of the things we got--Santa brought a wii, my parents got the girls rollerblades, and I bought art supplies and clothes/play makeup with money from Matt's parents. Matt had 3 weeks off because of paternity leave so he was taking the kids out daily to roller blade or bike ride. We also spent a lot of time playing the wii and learning to water color and use oil pastels.






Sophie finished her second piano book so, as a prize, we purchased some fish. Ellie chose a beta (prize for stopping the thumb sucking) and Sophie got two little upside down cat fish--they really do swim upside down.The funny thing is that Mathew is the one that asks to feed it every day. The novelty wore off for the girls around day 3. One of my biggest joys was to watch them learn to rollerblade. After just a few days, they were good enough to confidently skate to the park. Then we turned our attention to Tito, getting him to grasp the concept of riding a bike which he finally got right before vacation ended.



Our neighbor Alex (10) also came over everyday and although she's a sweet girl, I do feel sometimes that I have 5 kids.