Merry Christmas 2014

Elena's First Christmas! And her First Birthday (well it's still a few days away, but we had a little celebration in Buffalo) What a success! She had a blast and got a ton of great stuff- including a new toy box  built by Papa Jerry for her birthday! She even slept in the pack and play- so well I woke up to make sure she was alive! And she was..don't worry. Her brother made her a blanket for Christmas and her grandmothers spoiled her rotten. She still has more presents to open on Tuesday and one more little birthday celebration. The kids met some new cousins - Abby and Amanda from Lewiston, and some new friends, Spencer and Catherine from Utah. Also met some great aunts and uncles too! Very fun time in Buffalo this weekend. and a great Christmas with the Albanese's and the Kwasnowski's!

Gingerbread House building

So tonight, we built our annual graham cracker gingerbread house. (Eventually we will do the real gingerbread, but attention spans are short so it's not worth the effort). Winner is the first person to spot the turtle about to eat the ooze that will turn him into Donatello....

Christmas Tree Collecting

Sunday, we met Jay at A Pizza and More in Tully, NY for lunch and then went to get our tree!
Wyatt was very excited, but even more excited to get it home to decorate it. He seriously spent at least an hour helping me to decorate. His sister promptly removed all the pretty glittery ones on the bottom, but has since lost interest.

November..oops. Forgot all about it!

Been a super short month....crazy! Can't believe it is December already. I will just post some of the highlights....as photos.

Happy Halloween...Now Welcome to November!

Halloween was a whirlwind. Fun and FAST! Now we are on to the month of Erin, I mean November. :)

Wyatt's first football SU game...

Crazy Crazy Hectic Week!

So as many of you know we had quite the week. Elena got an infection on her little bottom and it wouldn't go away or come to the top, so she had to have surgery to have it lanced, which required anesthesia and a night at Golisano's Children's Hospital. She had a great time because she is such a social butterfly and thought everything was terribly interesting. She hardly slept! We walked and walked and walked......Grandma Judy came on Friday to escort Daddy and kids to Family fun night at the Latin School and I went to the wine crawl with Ginger and Gilligan and I was dressed as Mary Ann. Saturday, Wyatt and friend Max went to a birthday party at Billy Beez at the mall and Elena had a fall photo shoot. Sunday, Wyatt had another birthday party at Sky Zone, a wall to wall trampoline place. Elena will be out of daycare all week until her drain is removed. I can't wait till November. It will have to be easier than October!

Wyatt's 5th Birthday Party

well it has been the week of Wyatt. Started last Saturday and continued to cupcakes at school on Friday and then a Halloween themed birthday party on Saturday afternoon and then, as soon as Ninja Turtles is over, Wyatt, Max and I are off to Chuck E. Cheese's. Elena and Grandma Judy have elected to stay home for this adventure as Elena is a bit under the weather.  Wyatt's birthday cake was designed by him. We looked online at some photos, but then combined a few ideas to come up with the final design! He got some legos, some ninja turtle things, some spy gear, a sword, a rocket building kit, and some art supplies. He had a great time!