A FUN day at the Herrigs

We spent the day at the Herrig house today! All the kids had fun...we exchanged presents, ate lunch, the older kids played outside in the snow, and we made new crayons with the crayola crayon maker!

Molly is excited about her new Elmo see and say!
Kelly loves her Little Mermaid bath slide....and her new outfit and PJ's too!

We gave Madison and Ana the Crayola Crayon Maker along with a DVD....we got to make crayons today too!

The three big girls after they opened presents!

The four older kids.....Logan came for the afternoon too....played in the snow for a LONG time!

Kelly and Ana on the sled ready to go down the hill

Molly watching from inside wondering why her and Myles didn't get to go out and play too!

SNOW ANGELS

A tent, a tunnel, two laptops, and two blankets!

Molly got an adventure play tent from Grandma and Grandpa Snyder for Christmas. It has a tent with a tunnel attached. Both girls have had a lot of fun in the tent in the past couple days. Yesterday, they both took there blankets and laptops and "hung out" in the tent playing for awhile.....it was cute!

Molly crawling through the tunnel
Kelly in the tunnel!

Two blankets, two laptops, and a tent = FUN!

Snyder Christmas

We spent Christmas day with Brian's side. We had a nice meal, opened presents, assembled presents, played with toys, and then ate leftovers. It was a busy day.....but it was nice to stay in Dyersville and be at our house for most of the day....especially with the crazy weather!

Here is Molly's reaction to the sock monkey she got from Uncle David....she loved it!
Molly opening her BIG present from Grandma and Grandpa......a rocking horse.

Kelly's BIG present......the LEGO table she told Santa she wanted.....good thing Grandma's and Papa's help Santa out!!!

Kelly was soooooooo excited! She gave Grandma Pat a BIG hug first to say thank you....while almost knocking her down! Kelly LOVES her Lego table!

She gave Papa Tom a BIG hug too!!!!
THANKS FOR THE FUN LEGO TABLE!!!

Kelly playing with her Christmas Piano book that she got from Great-Grandma!

After the lego table was assembled, Kelly and Uncle David got to play with the legos Kelly got on Christmas Eve.

They made a PINK lego house!!!!

Christmas Morning

We were able to spend Christmas morning at home....which was reallly nice and relaxing (other than the fact Kelly was up at 6:15am)....we were finished opening presents by 7:30am....and playing with all the new FUN toys! Kelly really got into Christmas this year, which made the holidays so much fun!

Christmas morning PJ picture!
Santa brought Kelly a Hello Kitty Chair and the Princess laptop computer that she asked for! As you can see....she was EXCITED!

Santa brought Molly her own baby laptop too!!!

(Brian is rubbing off on our two girls...they already have their own laptops at 1 yr. & 3 yrs. old)

Kelly opening presents while enjoying her new chair!

Molly loved the bows as much as the presents!

Molly sitting in "her" chair while holding part of the Melissa & Doug band set the girls got from Santa. One of the reasons why Kelly got her own chair is because Molly seems to think this rocking chair she is sitting in is "hers!" She does not like it if Kelly sits in the chair!!!

Kelly got a Melissa & Doug cookie set....she has baked us cookies about 15 times already since Christmas! YUMMY!

I gave Brian & Kelly the 1st season of the originial Smurfs....so that Brian can share his love of the oldtime cartoons with Kelly.

Playing Gator Golf at 8am!!! We need to work with Kelly on how to hold the golf club!

Molly's version of playing Gator Golf!

Mulgrew Christmas

We spent the 23rd and 24th with my Dad's side. Brian had to work both days, but the girls and I went to play with all the cousins, decorate sugar cookies, and enjoy the craziness of the holidays! All the kids got to open their presents from Grandma and Papa on the 23rd. On Christmas Eve they got to open a present from the cousin exchange (the 15 grandkids all draw a cousins name), and godparents. Then we had our traditional visitor.......SANTA came with a present for all the grandkids too!!!

Here are 9 of the kids waiting on the 23rd to open presents from Grandma and Papa....everyone is here but Molly and Jessen (who were sleeping)....and Ben and Daniel didn't come for Christmas this year.
Kelly's big gift --- a PINK box of LEGOS!

Molly opening her present....she loved the tissue paper and bows this year!!!

Playing with my godson Jessen!!

Molly and Jessen.....soon to be good friends! The two youngest grandchildren!

Molly wasn't so sure about Santa this year!!!

Santa brought Molly an Elmo book and stuffed animal....she wasn't crying, but wasn't a big fan of Santa this year either!

On the other hand, Kelly LOVED Santa and patienty waited for her name to be called to get a present from Santa.

Santa brought Kelly the Hungry, Hungry Hippos Game....we have only played it about 30 times already!!!

Santa even brought Grandma and Papa a present!

Bye Santa.....please come to my house in the morning!!!

Merry Christmas!!!

We hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas!!!

SANTA!!!!!

Kelly has been waiting to see Santa for a LONG TIME! We were supposed to go a couple other times, but due to weather and sickness.....it didn't work out until today. Molly wasnt't quite sure what to think of Santa.....as she played strange and looked a little scared. Kelly on the other hand sat with Santa for about 6-8 minutes and they looked through her Santa wish list book. It was adorable watching Kelly with Santa! Since we went in the middle of the day on a Tuesday, it wasn't busy and Kelly got a lot of "talk" time with Santa.

Molly & Kelly with Santa
Kelly showing Santa all the things she wants for Chritmas. She then gave Santa her wish list book so he would remember!

Molly wasn't quite sure what to think.

The Nutcracker

This afternoon I took Katelynn and Kelly to "The Nutcracker" ballet at the Grand. We got free tickets through Big Brothers/Big Sisters and Katelynn wanted Kelly to come with us too! It was fun.....we enjoyed watching all the dancers and Kelly loved seeing all the pretty dresses and costumes!!!

Uncle David's birthday/graduation

We spent the afternoon in Cedar Falls yesterday celebrating Uncle David's birthday and college graduation (he graduated with his second bachelor's). We went out to lunch and had brownies and ice cream at Dave's house afterwords. Of course, Kelly had to help Uncle David blow out the candles and help him open his presents too!!!

Dave & Kelly blowing out the candles
Smile!

Kelly & Molly playing with the ribbon from David's present......Molly loved this green chair! She could climb up into it and get down all by herself!

Molly playing with the ribbon in her fun chair thinking she is hot stuff!

Kelly helped David open his presents!!!