We headed to Joe's parents' house in Kansas for Christmas. It snowed there the day before we got there, and the kids were so excited to see snow on the ground! You would have thought they had never seen snow before. I think they were a little snow-deprived because we didn't get any snow in NWA last year. Kylah actually said, "mommy, I've never played in snow before!" Poor thing... I had to remind her that she has, but she probably doesn't remember it because she would have only been two and a half.
Joey and Kylah bundled up Saturday morning and headed out to play in the snow.
(One thing I hate about getting ready to play in the snow is the amount of time it takes to get the kids all geared up. And then it seems like they only spend 10 minutes outside and are done. Thankfully, this day they played out there for at least an hour in the morning!)
Joey found a little hill and Nana had two sleds, so they were good to go!
Joey was sweet and gave Kylah pushes to get her sled going.
Hot chocolate is always good to get warmed up after playing in the snow! (I love their rosy cheeks and sweaty heads!)
That afternoon my niece Hannah came over to play. They all wanted to go out and play again in the snow, so we got them all bundled up (again!) and they headed out. But again, they amazed us and played out their for about 2 hours! Norah looks pretty cute, but after getting stuck in the snow in Nana's blueberry bush, she wanted to be back inside with us. :)
I love this little snowman that Joey built all by himself.
Saturday was a nice quiet day with Joe's parents and us. Joe's brother Josh and his family were with Val's family in New Jersey, so it was very quiet. It was nice to have some time with Joe's parents, but we definitely missed Josh and Val (and Joey and Kylah were bummed not to play with their other cousins too!)
Norah and Grandpa hung out at the pinball machine for a while.
Norah loves playing with all of Nana's snowmen and toys that play music. I'm hoping she didn't break any of them!
Joey got quite good at pinball while we were there.
Kylah always amazes me how she can play quietly by herself for so long (which is so unlike Joey...). She played with all of Nana's different nativities and loved it.
**Oh, I forgot to mention that I forgot my camera this weekend, so all of these pictures were taken using Joey's new camera (the one he just got for Christmas from my parents.) It's not quite the same quality, but at least we had something!**
We went to church with Joe's parents and got a family picture after. It's a bummer I didn't have my camera because it would have been a pretty cute picture...
Uncle James and Kylah (he calls her "Crackers", and she loves it!) :)
Great Grandma came over on Christmas Eve. We got her a cozy blanket that we hope she enjoys. Norah enjoyed helping her open it. :)
Aunt Kris is an amazing crocheter(???), and made the girls these awesome scarves and ear warmers. Aren't they adorable?!
We enjoyed seeing Grammy too! Grammy picked out some fun gifts for our kids!
Cute little ones in their footy pajamas.
Christmas morning was so fun. I was impressed that Joey and Kylah didn't actually wake up until 7. Which means they didn't wake their aunts and uncles up until 7 either. Those poor aunts and uncles with no kids...but they sure were troopers and got up to watch the kids open their gifts. :)
The kids couldn't wait to open their stockings. I love these stockings that Joe's mom makes. She makes them all by hand. She had quite a few stockings to make this year with two weddings and multiple new grandbabies!
Uncle Jeff got some cuddle time with Joey and Kylah.
Joey and Kylah got Norah a big pillow pet to match her little purple pillow pet that she has. She has been quite attached to her little pillow pet, and now she loves the big one too!
One of Joey's favorites...a nerf rifle from Uncle Jake. We have collected quite a collection of Nerf guns over the past few years. Who knew that Nerf gun wars in our house could be so fun?! We have been enjoying those quite often lately!
Speaking of favorite gifts...here is a great video of the kids opening a gift from Joe's parents. I gave Joe's mom a hint that the kids might enjoy these little Dream Lights, since they had seen them in the store and were raving about them...
I found this picture on here when I was looking through the pictures. Joey must have taken it. It is Joey and his Aunt Brianna. I love it, because you can see by his eye that he is smiling. He still has a special spot in his heart for his Aunt Brianna! :)
I failed at getting a big family picture. That would have been fun...
I did manage to get a picture of Nana with a few of her grandkids...
We made it home safe and sound on Christmas evening.
We had to take a picture of our kiddos and all their pillow pets (the Dream Lights are pillow pets with night lights that shine out the top...)
We had a great Christmas and fun with family.
We can't wait until Easter when Josh and Val will be home and we will have the entire Manthe family under one roof! :)
1 comment:
Looks like a great time. My mom has all the same musical snow man, and they are Timmy's favorite too!
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