Christmas morning...

We were lucky enough to have both my mom and Mike's Aunt Jane spend Christmas with us this year! It will always be a memorable Christmas because of them.

Isabella showing her princess gown to Grandma...

Bunny peeking out of Gianna's stocking...

Andrew's lightsaber!

A magic trick for Isabella from Santa...

Stocking stuffers...

Grandma got lots of chocolates!

Gianna got Grandma a snow globe and was quite excited to help her open it!Gianna with the gift that Isabella picked out for her - a princess paint set.The girls picked out turtles for Aunt Jane - yum...
Bella opening the gift that Gianna picked out for her - a fairy doll.

She actually was happy, just not happy to stop to pose.Andrew loved his Cars toys!Gianna giving her daddy the Christmas gift she got for him - a purple calculator!

She was so excited for him to take it to work and show it off!

Of course he loved it!Daddy opening the scarf Isabella got for him...

She is so happy every time she sees him wearing it!Isabella with the Christmas gift she got for me. I love it so much because she thought of me when getting it!!!Andrew opening his space station he asked Santa for...Isabella made this pipe cleaner hat for Gianna in November and hid it in her daddy's sock drawer until Christmas. Gianna loved it!Isabella giving Grandma the gift she picked out for her, soap embedded with little pieces of real-looking orange slices. Isabella was so excited about getting that for her grandma!Andrew loves his grandma!Isabella's bead set from Grandma...

Isabella in her princess dress from Santa...Gianna's talking dog, Jingle...

Kindergarten Christmas Party

This was the girls' last full day at their first school (sniffle, sniffle...).

But it was their Christmas party and they had an especially great time because their Aunt Jane from NY came to it!

Give me some M & M's and I'll be good!Andrew and his "friend", Hunter. Hunter was always so sweet to Andrew when he came into the classroom with me. It was so cute, he'd tell Andrew his address and phone number and say, "you should come over, I could teach you a lot."

Breakfast with Santa at the children's museum

Andrew is very serious in these pictures, explaining to Santa that he wants a space station. The girls were pretty amused with him!

Once Andrew was done, the girls were able to tell Santa what they would like him to bring. Gianna said, "surprise me" and Isabella asked for a princess dress.

Andrew had come back to mommy, but ran back up to Santa for a bag of goodies from Mrs. Claus!Isabella is working on the ornament she made...Doctors at work...Hmmm, a sign we will have more twins in our family? (Maybe in many, MANY years!)During the Christmas music performance, Isabella found the best seat in the house!!
Now for the gingerbread house decorating!Does anyone else notice candy cigarettes in there?!? I didn't think they made them anymore. But the kids had no idea what they were supposed to be.I don't know why, but I thought it was so cute at the end watching the 3 of them wash in their own sink...

The Nutcracker 2011

I'm finally getting to a post from December, hopefully more to come soon. The girls and I went to the Nutcracker again and they loved it! Afterwards the lobby was filled with tables and tables of homemade cookies for everyone!
Like last year, they were enamored with "Clara" from the Nutcracker and wanted to give her a hug.