the post Christmas post :-)

Wow! Can you believe it's all over already???

Anyway.... here is what our tree looked like around 11pm Christmas Eve...
Notice how none of our packages have bows or labels (names are written directly onto the paper with Sharpies)... we're fancy like that! :-)

Here are the Webkinz, all tucked in...
... or so we thought. Apparently Bella the Bulldog was hiding out in the packages all night.

The kids were not allowed to come and get us until 6:30am... so you guessed it... at 6:30 on the dot, the kids burst into our room. We opened presents and had our traditional yummy breakfast before packing up to head to Michigan. I did take photos but only two.... I got too caught up in the excitement and didn't take any more.

On the 26th, we had our Christmas with Jeff's family. They had a lot of snow and it was warming up.... so it made good packing snow. The kids spent quite a bit of time outside.

So did the dog...
She's getting so grey!!!

Alex built a fort...
for the snowball fight...
he was having with his dad...

Clara was busy making a snowman with her cousin and uncle...

Soon their uncle was involved in the snowball fight as well...
We left the next day to come back home to Chicago. It was an interesting ride with lots of fog at the beginning. We got home in time to change clothes and head out to a party with friends from church.

Yesterday was a nice low key day... the kids and I played with my new Wii Fit and then I went out for a birthday lunch with a friend. Tonight we're going out to dinner for my birthday. Our next hurdle is New Year's and then we can relax for a bit!

Good times!

Okay... off to play with the kiddos!