Christmas Day

Christmas day was awesome!!! There were festivities the whole day, tons of presents and fun family togetherness! Here is a highlight of the loot that we received...Miles- ipod touch, Annie- surfboard (which Santa had the forethought to take a picture of for her to open Christmas morning - and he delivered the board to CA so no cross country shipping was required) and Jack- Super Hero Hideout House (which had been mommy's, made for her by her grandfather Baran when she was little.) It was awesome to have Miles & Annie with me and they made it my best Christmas EVER!

ER Visit

Little did we know that when we went to sleep on Christmas Eve that we would not all be snug in our beds awaiting Santa's arrival. Poor little Annie Banannie, who had been mildly suffering from an allergic reaction ended up in the Emergency Room  at 2AM because she was having trouble breathing. Luckily- a breathing treatment and some steroids were all that she needed to get her home and ready for a fabulous Christmas!!!! She was tired due to only a few hours of sleep- but Santa's visit sure  helped her forget about that!

A Devine Christmas Eve

This was our year to spend Christmas Eve at Aunt Lizzy's house in New Jersey. So fun to get to do this because this is the first time that I have gotten to experience this with Miles & Annie. A lot of our "second cousins" were there and we played, ate, sat on Santa's lap and opened presents! It was great to spend time with extended family and it was the perfect way to usher in Christmas!

All The Cousins

On Christmas Eve day, Uncle Sam and Aunt Jenna came over and all 5 cousins were together!!!! We  had so much fun and enjoyed every minute of their visit. It is hard to get us all together at the same time- so this was a super special day...

Preview

Here is a preview of the Christmas pics to come...

Christmas Concert

I had my very first Christmas concert today at school. It included not only singing about 5 different songs, but also all of us kiddies playing the bells and the sticks, too! I had fun and mommy said I did a great job! Check out my pipes...

A special thanks to my music teacher in the santa hat, Mrs. Pilcicki (of which I pronounce Mrs. Kensicki) for  everything she did to get us in such fine form. She must be an angel this holiday season as well as a teacher, huh??

The Polar Express

I got to go on my very own real live Polar Express yesterday!!!!!! Nana took me to this awesome train right near her house n New Hope and in only 1 hour it took us (inclusing mommy) all the way to the North Pole to meet Santa & Mrs. Clause & back!! Can you believe that? It musy have been magic because we even got to eat chocolate chip cookies and drink hot coco! There was a banjo christmas caroling elf and tons of beautiful scenery and excitement. I had a terrific time and came home with my own super special souvenir- a jingle bell...just like in the movie- because I BELIEVE!!!!!!!