Merry New Year

I'm not even going to try and pretend to catch up on the last few weeks. They have been filled with fun, excitement, family, food, and all that good stuff. It is good to get back to our own house and boring normal routine, I guess.
Mostly for my memory I am adding a few events/highlights from the Christmas season including the good and not so good for Sadie. It really is a totally different experience having a kid that gets excited for Christmas, and I was the one responsible for making it happen. So the family traditions begin.

• writing and sending letter to Santa
• getting the live video of Santa (isn't this techno stuff amazing)
• making sugar cookies (10 mins is enough) eating was better
  
• seeing Santa AND getting a treat = success
• Decorating gingerbread houses twice, still good.
• going to mom's to make chocolates, it was worth it but I still can't stop eating them
• kids dough art ornaments, painting was a hit.
• playing outside in the snow, again only for 10 mins - Sadie is a cold wimp for sure
  
• chocolate countdown
  
• Elfie & Santa watching Sadie
  
• zoo lights I was way excited for this, but in my opinion it is so not worth it, freezing cold screaming kid means is the very definition of not worth it.
• trying to take Sadie sledding just tried today with Allaina & her kids. Sadie was screaming before we even made it to the hill. Winter outdoor activities aren't looking so good.
• even suprised Ryan with a boring present, but still he was suprised. & he suprised and spoiled me too
  

Now really just a whole wack of pictures & I didn't slim down too much & in no good order
making sugar cookies

my dad loves his iphone and apparently the kids do too, okay me too if it is keeping the kids entertained.

Christmas Eve pj's

late christmas eve nap

Girls Night Out
Festive Christmas Party - if you can't tell I am Suzy Snowflake, Ryan is Jackfrost & Sadie is cute, I mean a snow princess

There ya have it, Christmas 09 and now onto the new decade 2010.