Gingerbread Houses

We decided to make Gingerbread Houses with all of the cousins this year. It was so much fun, the kids enjoyed spreading on the frosting and choosing their favorite candies. Aaron's favorite motto as he was making his selections, "One for me, one for my house."

Callaway intently works on his creation

Auntie Jill and Natalie observe from the side

Julian carefully places his licorice

Marshall joins in the fun

Maya carefully frosts her house

Helena samples the decorations

Lexi, Helena and Ainsley

Finshed products: Helena, Ainsleyy, Lexi, Aaron, Callaway, Maya and Julian

Little Cruiser

At ten and a half months, Natalie is quite the mover. She can move very quickly and is pulling up and taking steps, as long as she is holding on to furniture. Natalie loves to be near other children, she loves watching them play and likes to be right in the middle of all of the fun!

Here comes trouble...

"Look at me, Mom!"

Natalie plays with her new Nativity set

Tree Lighting

Thanksgiving weekend, we all bundled up and went to Niantic to watch the tree lighting. This is the second year we have gone and this year we participated in the snowball drop. Thanks to Uncle Adam we even caught a "snowball" and were treated to chocolate lollipops at the local candy shop. Aaron especially enjoyed watching Santa and Mrs. Claus ride in on the big firetruck.

Aaron and Helena stand in front of the tree

We ended up running into Aunt Kristie, Uncle Adam, Maya and Callaway