Christmas Gifts 2009

What fun we had on Christmas morning!

FedX Arrives... finally

Oma & Tante send a FedX package to arrive Tuesday before Christmas... It finally arrived Thursday after Christmas... wow... that was some weather and backlog. It worked out well for us as the kids got an extra package and were able to really enjoy it.


Emmi received a wonderful chest from Tante and a beautiful necklace, a music box and a new red scarf that she cherishes. The chest has become her desk... very cute. She also received two books that she has read and reread. And... $20 from Oma... she was so excited. We headed out together to Punky Doodlebugs a local children's boutique to spend her money. She found her treasure in 2.3 seconds... a notebook purse with colored pencils and a pad of paper. It's perfect for taking to basketball games.

Stefan & Joey received football cards, football card notebook with protective holders for the cards. They each got new books... Artemis Fowl for Joey and Frog and Toad for Stefan. Perfect. They also each received $20 from Oma. They were very excited and decided to pool their money so that they could buy an new game for the Wii. I don't know if this is the exact game... but you get the point.

The tin of cookies and the nostalgic Packers puzzle were also a huge hit!

The snow is melting and it's GROSS outside!

Emmi is sewing...

Joey is enjoying a pear (reminds me of his Opa)...


and Stefan is still in his pjs...

See the kids celebrate!

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Christmas Family Night

This was our last Christmas family night at the preschool. We've been to 6 of them over the years... 2 for Joey, 2 for Stefan and Emmi has had 3 (She and Stefan overlapped for 1 of them.) Because I play the role of Mommy and Teacher for the night, it is always crazy and busy, however, when I look back at the pictures I'm filled with much emotion.

Beautiful Emmi and her beautiful friend Claire(both with their sparkly tights)... there is little man peeking around the back. Too cute!

This and That

Stefan with Santa!

Joey at the Polar Express breakfast.

Emmi at the Polar Express Breakfast.

Emmi and I visited the tree farm on a preschool field trip.

The tree is here!

It is 9 1/2 feet tall and it is beautiful! Joe did a great job picking out this one. It is now fully decorated... in the above photo is wasn't complete.

Finally... CHRISTmas!

A few pictures to capture the morning fun. The kids were great. Santa came and left a big surprise... a pinball machine. They didn't find it until they were done opening everything. They all took turns opening gifts and were polite to each other. Joey had been up until midnight and then woke up at 4:30a to tell me that Santa had been to our house. My response.... go back to bed!