Just because I can

I am blogging for no reason other than the fact that WIFI is free on flights during the holiday season, and it is fun to be online and in the air. Flying today has been fun!! You see I typically do this on my own, and today Chris is along for the ride. I thought it would go a lot smoother, but I am not sure who I was kidding. The best part was that although I had more help through security, for whatever reason Maggie and I set some alarm off and both were honored to get the infamous pat down. I have to admit---I thought people were exagerating when they made such a big deal out of it, but from experience let me tell you that they were no joke, ---I will leave it at that.

We are so excited to get to WI----well I am so excited. Not so sure Chris is ready for the weather shock, but I cannot wait to see my family. We celebrated Christmas with the Mustaine's this past weekend and I do not have the pics uploaded but we had a ton of fun. MaryCate got the computer she has been asking for, an easel, and most importantly a pony whom she named TINY TIM!! Lots of other gifts but those were the highlights.

Alright, I think my time is running low on my daughters being entertained so from thousands of miles above you, we wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New year----will post when I return, sometime after January 11th!!

Christmas comes early

So here are a few snapshots of our holiday season so far. We began the season about 2 weeks ago when Chris's Aunt Sandy sent some gifts to the girls. I put them under the tree, and when I was doing laundry one day, MC helped herself to them and there we were---celebrating Christmas a bit early. I hadn't really told her not to open them, so it was hard to get mad, but quite funny when I walked in and saw her so excited about her new elmo purse. We also celebrated X-mas with the Wells, enjoyed a great Young Life Christmas party, went to the holiday house here in Fort Myers and saw Santa!! Christmas with the Mustaine's is this weekend and then we head to Wisconsin on the 23rd.

MC and Cora Wells eating dinner

THis is what she does these days when you ask her to smile---so ANNOYING

The Well's with all the girls

Going for a walk

Aunt Jodi tickling the girls

MC trying to drag Cora along

MC got this LOLLIPOP from Aunt Jodi and Uncle Andy, she was in heaven

The ornament we got from the Wells to remind us of this year and our BEE fiasco

So---this would be the gift we ended up with from the Young Life X-mas party---you know the song---I WANT A HOPPOPOTAMUS FOR CHRISTMAS---well we got one this year, and MaryCate LOVES the freaking thing...pretty sure we are not getting rid of it, even though I tried to pitch it before we got home

She has to kiss it goodbye everytime we go somewhere

The weather has been super cold here, and I have been LOVING it---here I am out swinging with my happy girl

This would be the infamous ELMO purse that came a little early

Maggie checking out Santa

She did a lot better than her sister

THis was the closest we could get MC to Santa and she had a DEATH GRIP on Chris---but when we walked in, she was screaming she was so excited to see him---jumping up and down and waving at him

MC and Brett checking out Santa

I LOVE these girls

Hanging with Brett outside at the holiday house

A tree at the holiday house

Maggie and her Daddy

The whole FAM

The outdoor gingerbread house

One looking

The other looking

I just love when she wakes up from her nap

St. Nick Makes a visit

Well good ole St. Nick came to the Mustaine house on December 5th and I got a sneak peak into how fun Christmas is going to be. I think I have another year, until it gets REALLY fun, but Mary Cate was definitely into it and SO pumped to go check out her stocking. Luckily I remembered where I hid the gifts I bought at the end of the season last year.

I decided last year that I would get my kids X-mas PJ's each year for St. NIck---everyone wants a pair and that would be pretty good timing. So I had to get gender neutral this year since I was not sure last x-mas if Maggie was a boy or girl. I also got each kid a book!! Then at the last minute I scrounged around the house for some odds and ends to stick in there. I found some hand me down shoes and MC needs some patten leathers for X-mas, not to mention the fact that she LOVES new shoes. SO I stuck 2 pairs in her stocking, along with some play dough I found left over from my RD days at Liberty....great addition, she was in HEAVEN.

In other news the weather here has been fabulous. Definitely feeling like X-mas and I am loving it! Maggie is ABOUT to crawl. I was hoping it would not happen until Christmas, but she gets closer and closer every day----I know that my busyness level will multiply when this happens as well as my accountablility to keep things clean so that she cannot put them in her mouth, so needless to say I am somewhat dreading it!

Chris has been really busy with basketball, but his season is going well and he, as always, loves coaching. It has been fun to take the girls along to watch him in his element. I was laughing so hard the other day when I was watching football on TV with MC and she started cheering "GO DAddy"---I am going to have to explain to her that we only cheer that when HE is the one coaching. With him being out a lot, I have had some nice quiet time at home----AFTER the kids are in bed that is. I LOVE my house all decorated for Christmas and it is so nice at night to turn off all the lights and sit by the fire reading---it doesn't happen that often, but when it does it is HEAVENLY!! That is about all that is new around here.

MC in her sassy tights and brown mini-skirt

LOVE that look

So, sometimes in the morning I will take Mags out of our room so she can play in the TV room. I did this the other day and was in and out on the couch. All of a sudden I realized she was being quiet, so I open my eyes and there she is --- totally passed out on the floor, I thought it was so stinkin cute

Maggie's stocking was done just in the nick of time

You can never wipe a smile off of Maggie's face

Look at my new shoes----and yes I know I need a little help with the hair in the morning

Playdough heaven

Look Mama

Smiles all around---I LOVE my new book

MC LOVES to help me cook---here she is helping me fry up some potatoes

In our matching Jammies

I cannot get enough of both of them