Happy New Year 2014

Happy New Year!

We recreated our Christmas outfits for New Years Eve!

Some of us love dressing up, 

while some of us do not....

one in particular does not understand 

why you would need to wear dark socks with dress shoes,

hmm, that is strange...

At church tonight I did snap a good one of this guy.

He said something like:
"Hey mom, pretend like I am giving baby Jesus this straw so I can give him a gift."
love this boy - he says the best stuff.

Narnia with the Children

We took the 3 oldest children to see Narnia

at the local children's theater.

The kids really enjoyed it - it was long for Cy Guy- but he did great!

This girl

was excited for another chance to wear her Christmas dress

and her fake new glasses!

Really, they are not real.

However, her vision is borderline, so we may need to get used to it!

We ate our little snack, finished the 2nd half of the show,
and headed to our car.  Little did we know (because NO signs were posted!) that the parking garage closed!  We had a little scare, but thank Heavens someone was leaving for us to sneak in the gate!

(Please ignore someone's sweatshirt - he did have a nice shirt on under...)

My Christmas Curly Q's

Merry Christmas Girls!

Lydia rising from her new loft bed

 love this pink tree in their room

 it is all glowy

someday, I will have to roll a 3rd head of hair

but not quite yet.
(go ahead and ignore that 0-3month size pacifier in her 1 year old mouth)

On our way to 8:00am Mass

We did not even peak at gifts

before we went to say

Happy Birthday to Jesus

Merry Christmas!

This was taken at church -

we are quite blessed with a beautiful church-

I could take pictures there forever,

but I think people think I am a little strange taking pictures there sometimes.

Also, someone gets a little annoyed with me a chance to practice the virtue of patience, but I hate to push it too much!

Made These

Lydia made

these

beauties

I saw a lady making them

in Michael's

I knew my Lydia would be all over

making one three.



Next year we will sparkle our magazine Christmas Trees up with paint and glitter.

(Since we did not get to making ours until after Christmas.)

Here are Martha's

Me & My Kiddos

Ahh, the family love

My kids love posing for a picture so we can

remember these times.

Oh, not so much.

Can you see me trying to squeeze Cyrus in the picture...

He was mad because he wanted to take the picture

as I let Evan take a picture earlier.

I do not like letting him touch my camera, let alone hold it by himself!

His 3 year old finger prints

all over the lens...ugh



Merry Christmas 2011

Merry Christmas

Many Blessings to All!

Our Family Advent Wreath 2011

I saw Sarah's post ~ so I thought I would share.

This is the "Stonelook Celtic Advent Wreath"

I know they are supposed to be evergreen

but I just like this one too much!

I bought some very sweet Holy Cards from ebay

for our kindergarten Religious Ed Class to decorated candles.

We glued the cards and some gems on Dollar Tree candles.

This one is minus the "gems".

We will light it on Christmas Day.



Christmas Books

These are some of our favorite books at Christmas.  I saw different family blogs where they would wrap the books and the children got to unwrap a book each day of Advent.  So, we have been doing that around here. (Some books are new and some "old", but it is still fun for the kids to unwrap them!)

Humphrey's First Christmas 

This is hands down my FAVORITE book this year!

It is so cute!  It is funny and Holy at the same time.

Illustrations are wonderful! 

And it is NOT long. 

(My 7 year old boy is the only one who can listen to the "long" books.)

 

S is for Snowman - God's Wintertime Alphabet

Another book with great illustrations for the kiddos.

It is simple and sweet and does not forget about God's wonders.

I snapped a few pages of this book...

The Miracle of Saint Nicholas

This is a fictional story - but I just love it.

I love Russian things and this book is set in Russia.

It is informative in a simple way.  (Catholic traditions/art)

The pictures are fairly simple, but suit the book very well.

If you Take a Mouse to the Movies

Ok, so this one is Cyrus' favorite - the 3 year old.

I must admit all my kids love this series.

It is just a fun read! 



Saint Nicholas

Saint Nicholas made a quick stop

bringing sweet treats

and gifts of faith



The coin idea is from Shower of Roses - she amazes me with what she does!