For Christmas my in laws gave Ander and Bella a drum set and mic. They love music. Bella breaks out in song at any given moment and Ander is obsessed with drums.

Here are some pics from christmas.

Ander teaching Uncle Gavin how to keep a beat.

Hahaha, I had to put this one in....

The Nutcraker

For Christmas Zach's mom and dad bought us tickets to the Nutcraker! Alannah is 9 so we thought she would really enjoy it. She was enthralled in the beginning but it is a long ballet and soon she was bored. I think some of the dances are a little long myself, but it was still very nice.

We thought the 3rd tier would be fun for Alannah, and also the tickets were much cheaper. But she was too short and couldn't see over the wall. So she sat on Zach's lap for a lot of the ballet.

The best part of going to a children's matinee is that you get to go backstage and meet the ballet dancers! Alannah thought that was the best part.

Alannah with The Nutcracker doll.

In the sleigh used in the Land of Snow



Meeting the Sugar Plum Fairy and the guy she dances with (I can't remember what he's called).

Sunglasses

Ander and Bella have been asking for their sunglasses when we're in the car. They take them off and put them back on a couple times while I'm driving. I looked back the other day and this is what I saw...they are sooooo cute.

Cookies

A couple of nights ago Bella couldn't sleep so we got up and made cookies! She was very helpful and loved patting the cookie dough into little balls.

Bella's first haircut

I took Bella with me to my favorite salon for her first haircut. First mommy got her hair washed and cut and then Bella did. She sat still for almost 45 minutes, waiting on mommy, reading books and enjoying sitting in the big salon chair all by herself. Than she sat still during her hair cut, eating her lollypop. Her hair is getting so long and more blonde everyday!

Thanksgiving crafts

We didn't have Alannah this year for Thanksgiving but the weekend she was here we made some Thanksgiving crafts. I got this idea from Family Fun Magazine. It's like the crackers you get at christmas time but instead it's a corncob filled with goodies (we filled ours with mini erasers, stickers and a piece of candy). They were really fun and easy to make. Unfortunately I don't have any pictures of the finished product! They were really cute!

Zach made blue corn

Ander and Bella's Birthday

Here are some birthday pictures of Ander and Bella, finally! They had a great day with mommy and daddy. We had pizza for dinner and homemade muffin cakes :) We got them vacuums for their birthday since they are obsessed with the vacuum. They love them and use them everyday!! If only they were real then I'd never have to vacuum again! :)

Peeking under the "wrapping paper"

It took Bella a little while to get used to the vacuum but now she loves it

Ander is still unsure about the "Big vacuum" but he loves his! Here he is enjoying his and Bella's.