The Doctors Wife

A Milestone

One of the reasons I have been a little scarce around here lately, is that David is now paci-free! He has done pretty well, although we have had a few late nights and apparently no paci= no nap! So between no naps and the holidays, my free time has been non-existent! The paci fairy brought David some neat dinosaur stuff and we made a specail trip to Build-A-Bear to celebrate our big boy. David picked out a Snoopy (he loves Snoopy!) and found the cutest Woody costume for him to wear. Hannah was very sweet, saying "Oh David, I'm so proud of you!" she picked out a pink Hello Kitty with (of course) a pink princess dress. The kids had such a good time, and I am happy that my little guy is 100% paci-free! 

 

Christmas Catch Up

We have had so much fun this holiday season! We enjoyed Magglio and all of his antics and this year we added a fun advent calendar and had so much fun with different activities/ projects each night!

I really hope that Hannah and David grow up with great memories, and I hope that the holidays are a particularly special time for them. I want them to enjoy the fun of the season, but my deepest wish is for them to embrace the love of Christ. 

This year's advent activities (not in order) so I can remember next year!

1. Add a new ornament to the tree (this year we added a ballerina and a Woody)

2. "Elf" the neighbors

3. Write a list for Santa

4. Go to the Christmas Train 

5. Watch It's A Meaningful Life

6. Make Oliver and Sophie holiday treats

7. Go look at Christmas lights

8. Decorate a gingerbread house

9. Pick out a gift for Daddy

10. Watch A Charlie Brown Christmas and pop popcorn

11. Pick out gifts for a needy family from our church

12. "Rudolph" Daddy's car

13. Christmas craft (foam Christmas trees)

14. Watch How the Grinch Stole Christmas

15. Make Christmas cookies

16. Pick out Jesus' birthday cake

17. Read the Christmas Story and play with nativity puppets

18. Open and read a new Christmas book 

19. Give a gift to Ms. Meggie (our babysitter)

20.  Go see The Nutcracker and add a nutcracker to our collection

21. Have Christmas ice cream for dessert (peppermint chocolate chip- they didn't like it!)

22. Do a good deed for someone (without them knowing)

23. Open gifts from each other (they were so sweet picking out gifts for each other)

24. Shop for groceries for a family in need

I hope that you all had a very Merry Christmas!!

All Aboard!

The Christmas Train!

We took a little trip to ride the Christmas Train- it is so neat! It was our first year to do this and I hope it becomes a family tradition. It is an amazing Christmas village with all kinds of activities, we took a carriage ride, rode the mini train, rode the carousel, visted Santa, had dinner, rode the big Christmas train, and had so much fun! There were carolers and lights every where, so the ambiance was amazing. The best thing is that the Christmas train tells the story of Jesus, the real meaning of Christmas.

On the mini-train- they had so much fun, David was so excited to ride the "chugga chugga choo choo". Their sweet little faces were lit up the entire night, and it was such a great family night. I took a ton of pictures, but this was one of those nights that I hardly got any with them both looking at the camera without having a goofy look. Evidence of said goofy looks:

Yeah....he was very excited! We had so much fun and they are both still talking about it and I hope we will be able to get tickets next year!

 

 

 

Elf On A Shelf- Magglio is back!

Last weekend our Elf, Magglio came to our house. He comes when the Christmas decorations are put up- we think it's because the decorations make him feel a little more at home. ; ) I saw the cutest idea for a breakfast here and knew that I had to do a version of it. Her breakfast was adorable and I LOVED her letters, (googly eyes?!? LOVE!) so of course I had to steal borrow the idea. Here was our "North Pole Breakfast"

 

Hannah loved it and was super excited that Magglio brought them their very own snow globes that they could touch as much as they wanted. (because there is no touching Mommy's)He also brought some coloring books, stampers, and stickers and little reindeer notebooks to put their stickers in. (David had his eyes closed in EVERY shot I got, so no pictures of my little man, but he was very excited). This was a really fun way to welcome Magglio, and I think it will become a fun tradition. 

Magglio has been up to some new tricks this year. The last 2 years he has just moved around from spot to spot, but this year (thank you pinterest) he is stepping out of his shell. One night he dyed the milk his favorite color...

Hannah thought this was great and loved it even more when we got home later in the day and he had moved out of the fridge (too cold) and onto his favorite spot at the top of the tree.

Last night he had a little tea with Woody and Heidi:

They both thought this was fun, and Hannah was especially excited because he used her "good dishes" that are put away and only brought down when David isn't around. Magglio doesn't do something this elaborate every night, but he has a few fun things planned that he will do every few nights. What about you? Do you have an elf that visits your house?