In addition to Maisy being born, our North Pole Breakfast, Kate's Christmas Party, and obviously Christmas (pictures to come next post), we had a really fun month!
We got some snow, which canceled school on Daddy's birthday (nothing compared to the 12" we just got on January 5th).
We celebrated Daddy turning 32.
Kate's Daisy troop had a little Christmas party at one of our meetings. My co-leader bought these for all the girls.
We visited Santa at the firehouse.
We went to Union Station to see the Holiday Express train. It was FREEZING and crazy people were standing in an hour long line (at least!) to walk through it. I don't think you could have paid me to stand in that line. We went in and watched the guys at the Fudge Factory instead. ha!
All warm and cozy at Qdoba afterwards.
Kate had Spirit Week at school. This was on Mismatch Day.
Jack and I went to an event at the library all about snow. The kids put on smocks, ate ice cream, made crafts, read stories, and played games.
We had a few playdates with friends.
Mark and I went to a couple Christmas parties... without kiddos!
I sold a bunch of custom made tiles for Christmas and pulled a couple LATE nights getting those done. In fact, I snoozed on the couch one evening after one of those late nights while Mark and the kids made the gingerbread house.
Sidenote: Mark took off the whole week before Christmas. It. was. bliss. Jack would come in our room every morning saying, "Daddy, will you play superheroes with me?" I told Mark that Jack never asks me to play his superhero guys with him and Jack said, "Yeah, 'cause you talk funny." Apparently, I haven't mastered the art of superhero voices. Anyway, it was just soooooooooo nice having him home for ten days! The kids (and me) were thrilled about it.
We had a big baking night with Brad and Victoria. We baked for HOURS!
We saw Babaloo at the library a couple days before Christmas.
We drove around and looked at Christmas lights with popcorn and hot chocolate.
The day after Christmas, the kids had fun playing with all their new stuff.
Then, on the 27th, we left for Texas. Mom, Uncle Stuart, the kids, and I all drove down to join the Texas crew for a 60th anniversary party for Gammy and Gampy (since they were down there for Christmas). I was soooooo worried about the 12-13 hour long drive, but the kids did AWESOME!! We had a ton of fun down there, too.
Kate and Jack got to meet my cousin's four kiddos and my other cousin's little guy. They all had a blast.
Out to dinner to celebrate
At Steve and Jill's the next day
Loving the hot tub in December!
These two became fast friends.
Then, we drove back to St. Louis all day of the 30th, grocery shopped for New Years Eve on the 31st and had a low key night with Mimi, Papa, Brad, Victoria, Ruckus, and Maisy. We ate yummy food, celebrated at midnight, and stayed up WAY too late.
Now, we just experienced Snowmageddon 2014 and Kate's first day back to school after break was canceled because the whole St. Louis area was shut down. For real. Someone posted this on facebook...
