Silly Sammers

Sam likes for me to take his pictures then he looks at them and laughs =)

Life with a toddler

A sled full of toys

Friends

We saw our freinds Chad and Gena and their kids  - it was such a nice visit - they recently moved to MD from GA so its nice that we can see them now =)  Here is Mark with their twins Taryn and Evan

Hannah meeting thier new little one Annaliese

Playing with the cars

If you click on this picture to make it bigger you can see my screaming Sam - no surprise there - if its not his idea to have his picture taken then he wants no part of it! - The rest of us look good =)

Gena (with an "e")  and Gina (with an "i")

A and H

Every time someone said "Gina/Gena"  we both looked - haha

We love you guys!

So Sweet

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas!  Cant believe its finally here - every day Sam would ask me "Is it Christmas yet?"  haha

I went light on the gifts since the kids are so young and was wondering if Sam would notice or even care - to my surprise when he came downstairs he looked under the tree and said "There are too many presents!"  And yes we got that on video so when he complains next year that he doesnt have enough we can say well.... you said you didnt like lots of presents- heehee

These little finger flashlights were Sam's favorite gift I think!



At first Sam had no interest in his new balance bike so we just ignored it - then he went over and decided to try it out - he loves it and rides it around the house all the time - as a side story he even carried up the steps - by himself! - how in the world did he do that?  He said it was "Bass Power"  (thats from a show he watches)  =)

With the headband and yes I should have removed those socks! 



Without the headband -I think I like this one better

My brother must have taken 50 pictures of the 2 of them and this was the best shot - I think its pretty cute!



Sam refused to be in this picture.... and Hannah was tired.... oh well.... maybe next year?



Four Generations

Mom gave me a hair scrunchie made from our old school uniforms - hahahahahah

Twas the night before Christmas

In preparation for Santa's arrival we made some sugar cookies and Sam decorated them

Next up was our "new"  Christmas Eve tradition for dinner......  waffles and milkshakes!!! Yummy!!!



Sam chose strawberry banana like Zac had  - I had peanut butter chocolate =)



Then Sam put out reindeer food and a key for Santa



Sam and Hannah fresh from the bath with their new Christmas pjs



Impromtu Fire

Mark decided to burn some sticks we had in the yard so we pulled out some marshmallows and had a little snack - fun times!



Window Clings

Mark's Aunt Lucy and Uncle Bill sent the kids a little package and inside were some window clings so I let Sam put them up  - it was so cute to hear him tell me where things were going - I put the Manger on the window then let Sam do the rest



The stars are for Baby Jesus - so he can see

2 of the wise men are in high heaven

The other wise man is in low heaven

The sheep on the top left are in the jungle

Joseph is in heaven with the 2 wise men

Baby Jesus is "by his daddy"

Mary is in Princess heaven

The trees are at the beach!

The animals are resting... cuz they are tired.

Teacher Gifts

I was trying to decide what to do for teachers gifts so I pulled out my trusty sewing machine and made some canvas bags then I hand embroidered the teacher's initials on them - they turned out great! 

...or maybe I just bought them at Land's End... whatever.....

For the Directors I decided on my trusty Lemon Sugar Hand Scrub but this year I added some lemon peel - it definitely made it look even more awesome =)

And a little Christmas Fairy got me the MOST fabulous gift ever - a Sillhouette cutting machine - OMG it is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!!  Thanks Christmas Fairy!!!!  Anyway I was able to cut out some vinyl for the jars making them look all fancy - even Mark was impressed!