Rudolph

Here is Andrew singing Rudolph!

Fun with Friends

Before Christmas, we got to play with our friend Jacob in NYC, and then meet up with some friends in Baltimore. It is just amazing how big all our little friends get when we don't see them every few weeks.  There were a few friends we haven't seen since we left so it was such a treat to get to get together.

                                       Superheros to the rescue! Noah and Madeline

                                                   Joey

                                                           Baby Katy who really isn't a baby anymore!

                                                                Wyatt

                                                          Connor

                                                      Joey, Ryan and Patrick.  Thanks Meg for hosting!

                                 Visiting the retirement home to sing and hand out treats

                                          Kendall and Santa. Andrew asked after we left if that was a real Santa or not.  A kid at the playground in NY before we left told him Santa didn't exist. I think he has already forgotten about it, or at least for this year he did!

                                                     Christmas with the Kelly's

I also tried to suck in every bit of green grass and large spaces I could! We miss everyone!!

Polar Express

We got tickets a few months ago to join our friends the Schilbs and the Mattsons to take a Polar Express train ride.  We drove about 2 hours into New Jersey to a town called Phillipsburg for the Deleware River Railroad.  We took a 2 hour train ride where we got to visit with Santa, receive bells, get hot chocolate and cookies.  It was a bit long, but all the kids really enjoyed it.  I didn't get a ton of great pictures, but here are a few! I didn't have any good ones of the Mattson girls but they were super cute in their pjs. I wish Chris and I wore ours to match!!

                                      Adela and Ryan jumping on the seats

                                                 Carly loved her bell

                                      Conductor Jacob

                                         Cady and Peter and Katie and Carly

Train Garden at the New York Botanical Gardens

We woke up early to take our first trip up to the NY Botanical Gardens Train Show.  This was by far the coolest thing I have seen while in New York. There weren't a ton of trains like I had thought, but every replica was made out of nature. The buildings were all done with stone, twigs, leaves, etc. The boys really liked the trains going around them.  Then we went into the Children's Garden for a Gingerbread Adventure where the boys got to ice cookies, crush cinnamon and make booklets. We had a great time!

 Ryan wouldn't take his thumb out of his mouth or let go of Chris hand.