Valentine's Day Prep

Cecilia had a wonderful time preparing Valentine's for her friends this year. We cut out some pretty paper and then she added foam heart and love bug stickers. You can see the results :)

Grandpa Marc's Birthday

We all went out for dinner to celebrate Grandpa Marc's birthday. We figured out the trick to get the kids to stay put through the whole meal (how long did it take us...?). We let them each bring a few of their figures. Cecilia brought some princesses and Thomas brought Star Wars guys. The kids loved the fish tank at this restaurant :)

Thomas's Date Day...

Thomas got to have a date with me, and Memere took Cecilia out on a date. The really fun stuff was playing with Thomas the Tank Engine at Barnes & Noble and lunch with Grandpa. But, we just have pictures from mom's midwife appointment... He enjoyed that too, though.

Little Christmas

Our annual Plante Christmas party (Gramma's mom's family) was postponed because of one of our wonderful December snow storms. We rescheduled for Little Christmas, which was appropriate. The kids loved helping everyone open up their Yankee Swap presents. The posed picture is of Gramma, Aunt Kathy, Memere, and Aunt Sandy. Apparently the most recent picture they could find of the sisters was from about 1970... so Matthew took a new one for them. Finally, the picture of Thomas.... I imagine he'll hate us for this one day, but just look at that face. (And, for the record, he requested to wear that flower.)

Cecilia & Dad's Date

Matthew had been planning a date with Cecilia and they finally decided on Barnes & Noble. After looking at some books and playing with the trains, they headed to the cafe to get some hot cocoa. Matthew let Cecilia choose a special treat too... What did she choose? Of course, the item with the most amount of chocolate--a chocolate cupcake with chocolate frosting. (A girl after my own heart...)

Day after Christmas

Our tradition is to go over to Gramma and Papa's house in our pj's the day after Christmas. Auntie and Daniel were there as well. We have so many families to celebrate with that the festivities go on for several days. Thomas, as you can see, is entranced by his little Star Wars guys. He loves them! Cecilia got some new dress up costumes for Christmas. Auntie gave her this ballerina costume with ballet slippers. She's been dressing up in either this or her princess dress pretty much every day since...

Christmas Festivities at Home

We spent Christmas morning at home and the afternoon at Grandpa's. The kids had a blast playing with their new toys :)