Christmas 2009

Went a little over board for our kids this year on Christmas... :) Emerald and Charlie got a train set from Ikea. Emerald LOVES trains for some reason. And Emerald also got a little plastic tool set so she can help Daddy build things in the garage. :) She's such a good helper! She loves to hammer and use the screw driver. It's really cute. She also got a Snow White dress up outfit (complete with shoes, purse and crown) from our friends Mike and Darcy. She wore the dress all day Christmas and the following day. She even slept in it...she just loves it. Uncle Nick and Aunt Sher got Emerald the movie Stuart Little...she has been watching it over and over and over since she opened it. Thanks Nick and Sher. :)

The kids also got a doctor medical kit and Charlie got a rocket tent. He loves climbing through and hiding in it. Then Emerald comes along and says, "peach a boo!" It's so dang cute. She likes tickling him too. They seem to be getting along better as Charlie is getting a bit older. He has learned to defend for himself a little now and when she tries to pick on him, he rolls over and tries to sit on her. Haha. He's a big boy! :)

I bought this awesome hand built, wooden doll house at the D.I. a few months ago and fixed it up before we moved. Painted it and put new wallpaper and carpet in. So I got Emerald a few things for the dollhouse...those cute Fisher Price Loving Family things. Super Cute.


Jacob got a model rocket that he hopes to launch in January at the next Rocket Launch for the Rocketry Club out here. It's really cool. He also got a new model air plane that we have been waiting to fly...it's just been so darn windy here! And of course, with all these new toys for Jacob to be working on....he needed a Man Cave. So we got some wood and a saw so he is working on building his Man Cave in the half of the garage where his car used to park. He's really excited about it and I am too....the washer and dryer are in the garage and so I told him he can do all the laundry while he's out there too!! He wasn't too stoked about that idea...but I loved it! :) Jacob also got the game Ticket to Ride from my parents...YES! We are really excited to play and so are all of our friends since none of them have that game! We are hoping to squeeze it in on New Year's Eve after our round of Bunco! :)

I got some really nice perfume sets from Victoria's Secret and a sewing machine!!! YAY!! I am so excited! My first project is making some sheets for my kids' beds. They look really easy! (Let's hope...) I've just been biten by a crafting bug and am really excited to sew and learn crochet and do some jewelry too! I swore I would never turn out to be like this...but... oh well!! Gotta do something to keep me sane while I stay at home all day! :)

After we opened our presents we had a HUGE brunch at our house with our neighbors....YUM. There was so much good food. We planned to go to the beach after we ate, but we ate so much we were all too tired to do anything. So we took afternoon naps instead!

Oh and we also went and saw the Festival of Lights down at Griffith Park in L.A. after we dropped Whitney off at the airport. It was beautiful! That will definitely be a new family tradition for us!