Christmas 2011



Bing and Britta came down to celebrate Christmas with us.  We had a wonderful Danish Christmas Eve dinner followed by a festive church service.  We all gathered in the morning to unwrap Christmas presents!

Oliver opens up his new truck from Auntie.

Oliver has been having fun with Brooke's toys all his life.  This was the time to break into the world of trucks, power tools, and sports balls.  He was in HEAVEN!

Oliver knew where to go with his tools!  He spent lots of time fixing the pantry door that he watched his Daddy build!

Even Brooke got into the action!

Grandpa John helped open some toys.

Brooke has been very involved in art lately, so many of her toys had to do with coloring, painting and stamping.  She got right to work!

We took a short morning trip to Leavenworth.

The McCabe family in the Bavarian Village!

It's been an exciting week with company, presents and lots of laughter.  Time to take a break and watch some "Dragon Tales".



Our family.  Oliver is now 19 months and Brooke is almost 3 1/2 years old!

The kids LOVE their Grandma Britta!

Britta came down to babysit for us while we had a busy weekend for our local symphony.  Then she went home, worked and turned around to come back down again!

Inside Play

Getting everyone to smile at the same time is still challenging!

As the temperature outside dropped and the kids got colds, we have spent quite a bit of time inside.  There has been hardly any snow in December, so we are going to be so excited to enjoy that part of winter in January and February (hopefully!).

Brooke dances with her Olivia doll.

Brooke has been enjoying playing dress up with her various tutu's and other fashion items.  Then she dances around the living room like a ballerina.

After Thanksgiving, the Elf on the Shelf arrived and made each morning an Elf hunt!  Once in a while, he did silly things like make "snow" angels!

We definitely got messy.  The finger paints came out this day and the kids had a great time!

Brooke's picture was orderly...

and Oliver's was not!