Christmas, Igloos, Friends and MORE!!!

Sorry it's taken me so long to get a new post up, but I have some new goals for this year. I am trying to be a better wife and mother...that means spending more time playing with kids and doing the things my household and hubby need me to do. After that, then I focus on my other wants and needs. Anyway, I need to let you know what's been going on!

The Sunday before Christmas, we went to Hot Mama's house to exchange gifts. We got them some nice glasses, some martinelli's to go in them, some chocolates and a cute sign that says "We may not have it all together, but together we have it all!" They gave us some cute mugs and awesome wassail from Stephen's...YUM! They gave Super Boy a football and Super Girl got a cute little puppy in a purse! It was a fun night!

Christmas: We had an amazing Christmas. So many presents! We videoed Christmas morning, so I didn't take stills of the opened presents (yet, and I might not get to it ever) But I can tell you what we each got!

Santa rocks! He got Tall Boy some Logic puzzles, got me a electric griddle for pancakes and such and a cute silver necklace, Super Boy got a science experiment kit and a red elephant, and Super Girl got some bracelets and a Clifford dog. He also got the whole family matching blue Peyton Manning Colt's jerseys! Of course we left him a note, hot chocolate and these cookies too!

Tall Boy also got a Colt's Superbowl hat from Super Girl, a red football from Super Boy and a foot care kit from me (along with the unspoken promise that I'm the one who uses these tools on his feet!) My parents also went a little crazy and sent WAY TOO MANY PRESENTS! They sent Tall Boy a Santa Mr. Potato head, some money, A Tetris cube puzzle and cute magnet. There may be other stuff, but I can't remember it at the moment...sorry!

I got new oven mitts (much needed) from the kids and a beautiful, long pearl necklace from Tall Boy. My parents sent me some beautiful jewelry, hand lotion, a tangram puzzle and a cool Rubik's cube puzzle. We also exchanged presents with The Super 5, and they gave Tall Boy and I an assortment of goodies and treats along with a gift card for blockbuster movies..THANKS! Gma and Gpa C officially gave us the Pancake Puff cooker thing.

Super Boy got an elephant puzzle and book from The Super 5, an elephant and elephant DVD from Super Girl, another science experiment kit from dad, and elephant blankets from me. My parents got him a Horton puppet, a webkinz elephant, a cars blanket, a Wii Burger king toy, a cookie monster small lunch box with chapstick, and a fluffy dog (sorry again if there are more missing) Gma and Gpa C gave him all the ingredients for smores and a microwave smores maker! He also got a chocolate bar, calendar and book from his teacher at school!

Super Girl got a monkey and the 5 little monkeys jumping on the bed book from The Super 5. She got a curious george blanket from me, some boots and alphabet magnets from dad, and a pooh bear toy from Super Boy. My parents gave her a cute rolling lauging Curious George toy, a curious george blanket, a cookie monster small lunch box, a cookie monster that plays the trumpet, and i'm sure there's more, I just can't remember right now! Gma and Gpa C got her a stroller for her toys.

We gave Gma C 2 signs, 1 said "What happens at Grandma's stays at Grandma's!" and the other said "We may not have it all together, but together we have it all!" Gpa C got a tie with pictures of Super Girl ironed on that said "papa's girl" and "I ♥ Papa!" and a tshirt with a picture of Super Girl playing in the snow and this phrase on it "My heart (and this shirt) belong to Papa!" He loved it!

We had french toast (courtesy of the new griddle!:) and played with toys and such for most of the day.

The day after Christmas, Tall Boy came home from work very excited. He found Super Boy and asked him, "Do you know what we can make with all that snow outside?!" The answer was AN IGLOO!!! Super Girl was nice enough to sleep through the almost 2 hours it took to make, but we all pitched in to make this amazing igloo in our front yard! We used a plastic storage tote to pack down snow into "bricks"
Then Tall Boy arranged the first layer in a circle, then built the front arch. Then added more layers until the igloo was finally completed!

Then a few hours later, we had some visitors! Tall Boy's Brother and family all came to visit and brought along another of Tall Boy's nephew's too! That was a pleasant surprise for everyone! We had so much fun while they were here. Super Boy and Super Girl were in heaven with 3 more friends to play with. We were just happy to see each other and catch up. Unfortunately it was a short trip and they left for home on the 30th.

For New Year's Eve, we decided to go to Hot Mama's house (even though I caught Tall Boy's cold and her youngest had thrown up) We played Rock Band for the majority of the night with 4 other couples that were invited. We had a blast and brought in the New Year with noise makers, poppers, fireworks and martinelli's of course. We left shortly thereafter, and came home. We've been recovering ever since! I still have the cold, but it's getting better.

Anyway, that's all folks! Are you tired yet? I am!