Nick and Vanessa's Wedding

We were invited to Daddy's cousin's wedding, which was held on December 22nd. It was a very nice affair. The kids had a blast and it was nice to see the whole family. Usually the family gets together at Nick's dad's place - Gary and Lee's for the annual Christmas gathering. But since Nick and Vanessa were getting married that day, the annual Christmas gathering changed a bit to a wedding with all the family there!! Uncle Sean and Aunt Wanda even made the 12 hour journey to attend it!! (thanks to an overturned papaya truck, yes papaya on the highway, it made for a very, very long journey for them).
Anyway, the wedding was beautiful and Cailin was so excited to see everyone, especially her buddy Jessie (the groom's little sister). They had fun playing and Cailin liked looking at everyone's pretty dresses.

At the reception, we sat with Uncle Dan, Auntie Buzzy, Kayla, Joey and Christopher as well as Wanda and Sean. It was a very fun time. Cailin's favorite part was the cake and insisted that we not leave until cake was had. She also liked the dancing, although we didn't get to do too much of that since the dancing started just as we were leaving. But it certainly was a lot of fun!!

Congratuations Nick and Vanessa!!

Setting Up the Christmas Tree

We had a night out (thanks to our daycare person, she watched the kiddos for us as a Christmas present for the evening) and went for a nice dinner and then got our Christmas tree. We even had time to set up at home in the stand before picking up the kids.

The next morning, we got the tree all decorated with the help of the kids. Cailin did her annual duty by putting the angel on top of the tree when it was all done.
Andrew LOVES having the lights up. He wants to have them on all the time, he'll just keep saying 'light, on' over and over and over.

No nap day

There are several days at day care when the kids don't sleep for whatever reason. This day was one of those days. Usually when I pick them up and they haven't slept, it's been a long day for everyone. We were eating dinner and I noticed that Andrew was nodding off in his high chair, which I don't think I've ever seen him do at home. So I pointed it out to daddy and we tried briefly to keep him awake, but no luck.

He fell asleep mid-dessert with a cookie still in his hand. He had a nice, short power nap and woke up pretty cheery and upbeat!!!

Must have been a long day at the office!

Cailin and the Glasses

Cailin likes to do pretend stuff a lot. She loves to put on mommy's work ID badge and pretend like she is going to work with her briefcase. She also has recently found mom's glasses and put those on as well. She looks kind of cute, although they are a bit large on her.

A few weekends ago, Daddy was hanging some items in Cailin and Drew's rooms, so he had his cordless electric drill out. In the kit, there were a pair of eye protection glasses and Cailin had to try and put those on too. She loved those because everything looked red when she had those babies on.

Read, Read, Read..

As many of you know, Cailin has been an avid reader for some time. Drew however, has not until recently wanted to sit still long enough to enjoy a complete book. This has changed recently though and now the boy wants to read all the time!! Usually, he will want you to read the SAME book over and over and over and over.