Blodgett Xmas in Neenah

Today we hosted my mom's family, The Blodgett's, for Christmas. Everyone arrived between 10 and 11am, we had some appetizers, and then had a delish ham lunch around 1230pm. After lunch we opened gifts with everyone. Kids of course were spoiled and loved each and every gift. Some people left shortly after that, and some stayed for a bit. Grandpa Bill and Grandma Pam spent the night so we could celebrate with them in the morning. We spent the evening playing with all the kids new things.

1st Christmas of 2012

Don't they look so grown up! So cooperative today!
 

gotta be like his sister

Poor Eddie gets sucked into doing whatever his sister is doing. But the reality is, he loves it. And she loves that he wants to play with her. So he wears lots of heels and wings. He thinks he is the coolest clopping around the kitchen in those plastic heels. So Silly.

 

1st time in salon

Rowan got to get pampered in the salon with me today! I had an appointment to get my haircut and colored today, so I decided to finally just take Rowan with me instead of cutting it myself, or waiting for Casey to be home again. And Rowan did quite well. She got a little antsy near the end, but 2 hours is a long time in a non-kid friendly place. She even got a pink extension put in. That was even Ed's idea! Pretty cool.

 

can't get enough

...of the snow. Kids would be out there constantly if we let them. Except, it usually isn't very warm out there. So we have to limit out time. Tried to get Eddie to eat some snow today, he wasn't a fan. He liked touching it though, and then didn't want his mittens back on. Which meant it was time to go in. Gizmo of course loves racing around in the white stuff as well. Which leads to snow balls all over the house and he thaws out.

 

measurable snow

Well, we got plenty of snow today to make a snowman! So we headed out to clean up the driveway and have some fun before we got too cold. It was hard to pull the kids around in their sleds with the snow so deep. But we managed, and I got a work out in the meantime. Then Dad helped build quite the snowman. Ava and Sophia were out playing and helped us as well.

 

Santa Float

Tonight the Neenah-Menasha Fire Department came around our neighborhood with Santa on a float. He even had his reindeer with him. We got to see McKenna, Kendall and Angela too. When it gets cold around here, we all hibernate and don't see each other much. So the kids had fun running around waiting for Santa to drive by our house.