Gabby is 2!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Birthday to you!!!
Happy Birthday to you!!!
Happy Birthday to Gabby!!!
Happy Birthday to you!!!!

Isabella is decorating the cake while Gabriella has other plans...





All Gabby wanted for her birthday was balloons!!

Happy 2nd Birthday Sweet Girl!!!!

The Best part

Why do they say Save the best for last???

Without baking first, there is nothing to enjoy.

What can be better than decorating, sprinkles, and EATING!!!!

Enjoy!!!!

Nicholas, the baker???

Nicholas was very excited to go to Grandma's house for cookie baking. Instead of baking the entire time, he came in towards the end and helped a little. His focus was elsewhere for a while. Two games of basketball with Papa, coloring trees with Papa, and then cooking. Can't blame a kid for having his own priorities!!!



Beautiful pictures, Papa...

Rolling the dough... Stockings and stars...
Twinkle Twinkle yellow star....

He is a baker afterall!!!!

Cooking with Grandma

Nicholas and Isabella spent the afternoon with Grandma yesterday baking cookies. Grandma said that Isabella was a complete natural. She was very tuned in from the beginning to the end. She rolled the dough into a ball, sprinkled it with flour, rolled it out with a rolling pin, used the cookie cutter, and LOVED the decorating. Apparently the sprinkles were her favorite.

Rolling the dough...


Cutting out a star...
The first batch is done...

Decorating...look at the green fingers...

All done!!!!!

Gabriella's Christmas

Gabriella's Christmas has been off to a good start. Santa came to my preschool to visit the children and I spent a great deal of time holding her while she checked out the big man in the red suit. She did NOT want to sit on his lap but admired him from afar. When she saw the candy canes, she thought she would share with Santa but still on her terms.

Gabby doesn't really have a list this year. This will be her second Christmas and two days later, she celebrates her 2nd birthday. She loves the tree and she wants to flip the switch for the lights. "So pretty" she says every time. It will be fun for her to see everything all lit up this year.

Merry Christmas Baby Girl!!!!


Do you want to sit with Santa??? "NOPE!!!'

I'll share candy canes with you...


Reading books with Grandma Rose...

Nicholas's Christmas

Nicholas's got to perform in his first Kindergarten holiday program this year. He had a speaking part which he was completely uncomfortable with and it showed. I think I saw him break out in hives!!! :-) He is his Mother's child after all.

He got to dance with a cute little girl to Jingle Bell Rock and that was WAY fun for him. Cowboy hat and boots are just his style. As he was dancing, he never once looked out at the crowd. I have a lot of pictures of her and the back of his head. Oh well!!!

His Christmas Wish list this year includes...
**a santa suit with beard (no idea where to find that..looked but not since Halloween can I find it)
**the Transformer movie (not getting that)
**a cowboy hat (definitely got that)
**checkers (got that)
He will also be getting Transformer chess, shaving kit, and new K-Nex.
Maybe with everything else, he'll forget about the Santa suit!!! Crossing my fingers!!!

Merry Christmas Little boy!!!

Dancing the Jingle Bell Rock....

Dancing the Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho-Down...

YEEEE HAAAAAAW!!!!!

My Little Cowboy!!!

Isabella's Christmas

Tuesday was our last day of school and Isabella's school program. This child will someday be a performer although it must be on her terms...as are most things in her life. :-) She sang loudly and was born for the stage.

Her Christmas list this year includes anthing GIRLIE!!!! This child is the exact opposite of her Mother but Her Grandma Cheyann thinks that it's the best thing ever. Definitely paybacks. Her letter to Santa states...

**lip gloss (check)

**lip stick (check)

**make up (check)

**nail polish (check)

She is easy!!! And done!!! Merry Christmas!!!!

Singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.....

Just singing...

Checking out her Red Nose... :-)

Happy Girl!!!
Her best friend Kendall!!!