Santa Came!

Superdad had to work on Christmas this year, and since waking up the kids at 5:30 to open gifts before he had to leave was out of the question we had to get creative. On Christmas Eve morning Supergirl woke up with a rolled up note on her pillow. It was a letter from Santa explaining that he knows her daddy has to work on Christmas and Rudolph (she is very into Rudolph, almost more than the big man) suggested that they stop by our house first when they leave that night. He thanked her and Superboy for being such great kids, reminded her about his favorite snacks, and sealed the letter with some sparkly glitter. She totally bought the whole thing. When we returned from Grandma and Papa's house that night, she wasn't sure if he had come, but Santa never breaks a promise!

Supergirl's new Princess Castle and horse from her stocking

Yee-haw! Superboy new exactly what to do and jumped right on!
We truely had a wonderful Christmas. We missed Superdad a ton during the day, but he joined us that evening and opened presents with my family. I love the holidays!

First Birthday pics...a month or so late

Superboy fell a lot in November. A lot. And for almost the entire month he had some sort of greenish blue bruise on his cheek, eyes or chin. I put off his pictures for a week, and then another, and then another. Just as he'd heal up, another bruise would appear, or a cold, or some other malady. Then, with Christmas, getting into the studio was a joke. So here we are, 13.5 months old and just now getting his birthday pictures done. At least we got some great shots. What a cute chub!

This is my favorite because it shows Logan's dimply smile.

"I'm so big"
(these bottom two are linked from the Kiddie Kandids website so they are a bit fuzzy)

http://mystudio.kiddiekandids.com/viewshare.asp?c=5430335911R5Q1GGV

Christmas Sunday

Before we left for church we got a few shots of the kiddos in their Christmas Best. Halmony (Grandma Sargent) always sends the cutest dress clothes for the kids, and they worked perfectly for Christmas. The family picture is a bit dark, but I had the camera set up too far away for the flash I guess. Merry Christmas!

Ivar's Clam Lights

This year we discovered the Ivar's Clam Lights display at Coulon Beach on Lake Washington. Being someone who LOVES christmas lights, I don't know how I have lived here my whole life and never new about this display. A huge section of lake front is completely covered with lights, including the boardwalk, pier, restaurants and just about every tree. It was a beautiful display and is definitely one that we will be returning to next year...with hot cocoa.

Cookie Party

Supergirl is in a great neighborhood preschool that she just loves! Last night her teacher threw a Cookie Party for the children and their families. It was a lot of fun. Here are some highlights from the night.

Miss T had a little table set up for all of the kids to decorate some cookies.

As you can see, Supergirl is a fan of the sprinkles. Seriously.
Miss T filled a cute stocking for each of the kids.

Splish Splash

Lately Superboy hasn't been too fond of baths. Basically he screams. However, tonight was a rare exception and he didn't cry, in fact, I think we could say that he even had some fun. Who doesn't love a good rub-a-dub-dub in the tub?

Cutting Cookies

Just a few pictures of Supergirl cutting out our cookies to take to the decorating party.

She did such a good job!

Roll It...

Cut It...

Run, run as fast as you can...

I am afraid that many a Gingerbread Man meets a grim demise in our family. Every year we all gather (yes, ALL 22 of us) in our reddest of shirts and decorate gingerbread cookies. This is the oldest tradition in our family, and one that is still going strong. The methods have changed, but the red shirts will always remain the same. Besides being fun, it is certainly delicious :)

The cousin lineup

The Great-Grandchildren
Cousins (Superboy is so fascinated with J)
Supersargents

Super Sonics!

My friend Kristie invited me and some friends to go to a Sonics game with her. This was my first Sonics game ever and we had INCREDIBLE seats. Yes, that is Squach sitting on my lap :) The game was great. Really close and of course we won, making the night even better!

Kristie's little crush

Nice seats huh?
SQUATCH!

Say No To Crack

Ha Ha! There isn't much to say about this except "how cute are baby bums?"