Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Merry Christmas!

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Oh, the insanity! We had a wonderful, blessed Christmas. With everything going on in the world right now, it was nice to have a special day to experience joy, surprise, magic, family, generosity, compassion, and love.
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Santa's elves were up late on Christmas Eve/Christmas morning making sure that everything was ready for the little people living here.
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Checking out her new kitchen
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A dollhouse to play with!
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Then it's a quick check for the stockings and to make sure Santa and his reindeer tried our snacks. We headed over to Grandma and Grandpa's to open presents with our cousins.
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Cousins await the word to storm the tree!
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Frenzy...
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No stacking! Take turns!
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Gift-opening bliss
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Zeb and Grandma check out his new toy
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Uh, Matt...you're going to let your son play with that, right?
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Neve loves her new Doc McStuffins doll
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This little boy seems to want a puppy for Christmas!  
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Kids table! After dinner and some clean-up, it was back home to finish opening gifts! DSC_0116
A new bike for Greer! She loves it, and has had to remind her big brother that it is sized for her!
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Wearing Dad's hat to play
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Showing Mom his new toy
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Face-timing with Grandma Gloria in Itasca

Hope all of you had a Merry Christmas too!

Monday, December 24, 2012

All is bright!

1.day One day left...where did the time go? Happy Christmas Eve!

Saturday, December 22, 2012

Friday, December 21, 2012

Have a holly, jolly Christmas!

4.day Alex is mixing up some fun with Legos the elf! 4.day.legos A little nog and Jack for one of Santa's helpers!

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Five golden rings (years)!


Five years of the advent calendar? No way! I started it on a whim in 2008 when Alex was two years old, and here we are!


Here is Otto trying to eat the number five last night. We got quite the blizzard, so our internet access has been knocked out. Thanks to our cell phone access, we are still able to do some very limited work online. Stay safe and warm out there!

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Silver and gold

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Six days until Christmas!

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Monday, December 17, 2012

You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen

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This is actually Comet, he was visiting the Blank Park Zoo on Saturday and we got to have our picture taken with him!

Sunday, December 16, 2012

Santa Claus is coming to town (or our house)

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In a fire truck, no less! Every year, the Clive Fire Department has a truck go around the neighborhoods with Santa. It's so much fun to hear the trucks approaching, and we look forward to it every year!
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Waiting for the Santa truck...


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Here he comes!
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Hug for Santa (they loved his firefighter rain coat)
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Greer says, "thanks for the candy cane, but I'm going to stand over here".
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She loves her dad!

Friday, December 14, 2012

Soon it will be Christmas day!

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In only 11 more days!

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Just being a cutie!

Thursday, December 13, 2012

On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me....

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One screaming toddler!

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We did manage to recover quite nicely, but still did not smile!

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Oh what fun it is to...

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...drive Mom nuts by getting into a bunch of toilet paper!

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Monday, December 10, 2012

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

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Well, we finally got some of the white stuff yesterday! Not much, and most of it had melted by the afternoon, but still pretty to look at!

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Enjoying the remnants of the snow.

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This uninterrupted 15 minutes are brought to you by Apple...

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Such cuties!

Saturday, December 08, 2012

With little tin horns and little toy drums...

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Seventeen days and the excitement is slowly building!

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Can't forget this little lady, either!

Friday, December 07, 2012

Oh bring us a figgy pudding...

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Or we can just settle for waffles and sausages!

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Thursday, December 06, 2012

...With good St. Nick!

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Happy St. Nicholas Day! We celebrate in our house by having the kids leave their boots out by the fireplace so St. Nick will leave them a little teaser in anticipation for Christmas.

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Alex got a Hex Bug - insect robot

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Greer got an Ariel ballerina doll, but she is more interested in the chocolate coins...

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Enjoying the spoils!

Tuesday, December 04, 2012

Deck the halls...

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With a side of surliness! (I swear, this child is usually pretty happy!)

Monday, December 03, 2012

Sunday, December 02, 2012

There's no place like home for the holidays...

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Today we are using our address to count down the days until Christmas!

Saturday, December 01, 2012

It's the most wonderful time of the year (or maybe not)...

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It's time once again, for the annual Hennig Advent Calendar Extravaganza! Rule of Day 24, do not interrupt the Greer while she is having breakfast!