Merry Birthday Happy Christmas

Here's our birthday girl who turned 5 on Christmas day...
the kids opening some presents after Santa's special arrival down the chimney... err, through the window...

Super excited about a new scooter... you don't know how many times I've tripped over that thing!!

a new kitten ... who said it couldn't be a stuffed kitten?

We had Kevin & Jody over on Christmas day... after feasting - again! - we went over to our new house and played outside in the snow, and then warmed up by a fire. Jody & I had to show the kids how 'really' to go wild on the sleds... until my husband warned me to not go so close to the trees cause I had 3 children to look after. Really, I'm not that crazy! We had a super fun day.

It was special for Bella having her friends over for her birthday....

Playing out in the snow...

Braden...

Bella

Kevin & Mike

kids by the fire

stoking up the fire

...capturing that special 'blog' moment...

me & Mike

Jody & Kevin

David roasting marshmallows

twins...

and singing Happy Birthday... one of her moments of glory!

Bella then went home with Brianna for a sleepover for 2 nights!! We missed her, but it turned out that David & Kate both got the flu, so it was probably a good thing it was just us... after 2 nights away, it was time for Brianna to come over to our house for a sleepover! Guess they were having too much fun...

here's a picture of Brianna reading a book to David & Bella with a flashlight before bed

We took the kids to the Children's Museum on Friday...

cutting pizza

...concentration required tongue work!

checking it all out! "Post Office, can I help you?"

I can do it!

Peeking out!

...and climbing around the submarine

Peek-a-boo

peeking though the stained glass window

catching lobster

what's under the microscope?

time to deliver mail...

...a more serious one

digging up dinosaur bones

archaeologist at work...