Christmas in PA

We went to Philly for Christmas this year and had a great time.  This was Bailey's 1st plane ride and Jackson's 3rd (but 1st he remembers). They did awesome.  Jackson was obsessed with looking out the window the whole time and Bailey thought we were in the clouds when we got on the plane...lol.   

 By the time we got home Jackson had decided he wanted to be a pilot!

Luckily we got to see one day of snow before it all melted.  The kids had so much fun and lasted a lot longer than I thought they would.

My Aunt Beth and Uncle Cal came over to visit us too :)

We went on a train ride with Santa with some of my cousins and their kids and some of my Aunts too. Eric and Jackson get along great and Jackson loves him so much!

Jackson and Bailey did great telling Santa what they wanted.  Luckily this Mama coached reminded them every time with exactly what they wanted from Santa.  Jackson asked for a Wii and Skylanders game. Bailey asked for dress up clothes, barbies, and kitty cats (hello kitty stuff).

These are the Great Grandchildren and the oldest is actually my cousin Eric.  Its hard to remember he is not my nephew, but my cousin :)

After the train ride we surprised my Grandmom with a lunch with the whole family for her 85th birthday.  She was shocked and loved it!

Here is our contribution to the Ostien family :)

We are missing 3 here in this picture.  Pretty neat what just 2 people created.  We are lucky to have each other.

The flight home was LONG and finally Bailey fell sleep.  The kids really did fabulous on the plane, I couldn't have asked for better behaved kids.  It was a quick, but great trip!

Dentist

Jackson did great with his first dentist appointment. I was very proud of him :)

Christmas Programs and Parties

Jackson did AWESOME in his school Christmas program!  He is the 3rd from the right on the bottom row waving :)  He loved it, he even asked me at church why he wasn't in the choir.  Funny, I never thought he would want to do that, but he has changed so much over the last year.  John's father, Grandmother, and Aunt came up to watch Jackson preform.  He was SO surprised and excited.  Then we all enjoyed a lunch at Parana afterwards. It was a great day!

Bailey was hysterical! I learned my lesson the next day and got there a lot earlier to have a better seat.  She was just soooo cute in her first Christmas program.  It was just a lot of laughs. 

 Then the next day was Jackson's Christmas party at school which I helped to throw. I was very proud of my creation (I made the Grinch fruit skewers...thanks to Pinterest!).

 He was pretty funny.  He gave a play by play of what he was doing and what everyone was doing.  I asked his teacher if he was just doing that b/c I was there and she said...."Nope, he talks A LOT!" lol.  I had no idea!  Well, glad to know he is not shy!

I thought his teacher was going to chop my head off when I said I had to bring Bailey to the party, but she was a perfect Angel.  Thank goodness! Whew! Glad that is all done! What a BUSY week that was!

DISNEY 2013!!

We went to Disney with Grandpa and Grandma last week!  It was the kids and John's first time going!  The kids are still begging to go back.  They loved it so much! It was super hard to come back to reality :( We had the best weather and crowds were not bad at all on most days.  We also got to try out the "magic bands" which made life so easy, I am so glad they finally came up with an easy way to deal with fast passes and tickets :)  Makes me sad just looking at the pictures, CANT WAIT to go back!!!

 Bailey had more treats than all of us, she didn't get to ride a bunch of rides, so she took full advantage! lol

 This is the smile of a little boy who was about to ride the scariest rollercoaster at Animal Kingdom.  lol

 This was hysterical, Grandpa got pulled over while we were in Hollywood Studios for "speeding". hahaha.