Snowmen

It was good weather for snowmen, this weekend!

The snowmen got a little chilly, so Charlotte and Lily let them get toasty in their coats.

Little Gymnast

Lily takes a gymnastics class once a week at a local gym, and she loves it!

The week before Christmas, her teachers allowed the parents to come in to take pictures and tape the kids while they were doing the obstacle course. It was so cute! I really can't watch it enough, so I decided that everyone might get a kick out of it!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Christmas is such a fun time of year with the kids! Here are some highlights from our Christmas celebrations.

Christmas Eve at Home We celebrated Christmas Eve at home.


We had plenty of loved ones to share the fun evening with. Here are Nana and Rene.


Uncle Dan and Lily

Grandma and Poppie

Auntie Kris and Unkie Bri Bri

Charlotte and Lily

Danielle and Charlotte snuggled up to a good book.

Angela, Randy, Baby Rocky and Amanda

Charlotte and Lily setting out cookies and a carrot for Santa and the reindeer

Christmas Morning

Santa left some pretty fun stuff.

Charlotte and Lily waking up in the morning

Sammy checks out all of those gifts under the tree. There were no presents under the tree until Christmas eve (we wanted them to stay wrapped until Christmas morning)...so it was a big surprise.

What's inside here?

Polly Pocket Roller Coaster was the most requested toy from the girls, and Santa came through for them. Those elves sure are good at putting together tons of tiny plastic parts.

Christmas Day at Grandad and Gram's

After opening gifts in the morning, we headed over to Grandad and Gram's house for Christmas dinner. Here are the girls with Great Grammie Elizabeth.

Charlotte, Auntie Heather, and Greg

Gram and her boys, Nick and Simon

After coming home from Grandad Corbitt's house, we headed out for the weekend with Nana and Rene. Unfortunately, I didn't seem to take any pictures out there. But, we still had a great time visiting with everyone!

Celebrating with Great Grandad Corbitt at Auntie Lisa's

After two snow cancellations, we finally had the annual celebration with Great Grandad Corbitt, at Auntie Lisa's house. Here are Lily, Lindsay and Alden.

Four generations of Samuel Corbitts

There really is nothing quite like Christmas with kids. Every part of it is so very magical.

Visit with Santa

Our MOMS club had a wonderful Christmas party this year. There were lots of friends, great crafts, and of course... treats.

Then the big man made a surprise visit.

Gingerbread Houses with Auntie Cherie

About a week before Christmas, Auntie Cherie came over armed with LOADS of candy and all of the necessities to make delicious gingerbread houses. The kids were so excited!

Nice house, Charlotte!

Yummy!

The kids loved spending some extra special time with Cherie.

Tangerines

Apparently, Sammy doesn't really care for tangerines. I have to wonder why he asked for more several times, only for it to end this same way.

Nutcracker Ballet

Last weekend marked the girls Second Annual trip to see the Nutcracker in Boston with Nana. This year, I was lucky enough to join them. Last year Sammy was too little to be left for very long, and we thought that at 5 months, he wouldn't appreciate the wonder of the nutcracker:)

The girls at home getting ready to go.

Charlotte and Lily with their Sugar Plum Fairy crowns waiting to be seated at the Opera

House.

Lily and Nana enjoying a treat during intermission

Mama and her wonderful girls

I had forgotten just how magical it was. The girls were completely enthralled by the performance. As each character came on the stage they were delighted with ooh it is Mama Ginger, or the Sugar Plum Fairy, or the little sheep. They have been requesting the Nutcracker as their bedtime story for the past couple of weeks. We were lucky that there was a very nice group of young women seated behind us, who instead of being irritate by the constant chatter, where actually quite taken by the girls and how much they knew about the story.