Christmas in PA part 1

THURSDAY morning, the day after Christmas, we all slept in from our long Christmas day of traveling.  When we finally woke up and looked out the window we saw that it had snowed sometime in the morning after we had arrived!  David's words when he saw the snow were, "Praise the Lord!"  He had really been wanting to see some snow.  We fed the girls breakfast and then our first order of business was to bundle up and go out into the snow.  Haley saw snow last year when we were up in PA for Christmas but Emy was still just a baby then so she had never really experienced it.  The girls do have snowsuits but somehow I left them in Texas, as if we will ever use them there.  I dressed them in two pairs of pants and their winter coats instead.  Haley wore her boots and Emily wore regular shoes with plastic bags around her feet.  We had mittens for Haley but Emily wore socks on her hands, haha.  David had come prepared for snow so he put on his stuff and took the girls outside.  I only stayed out long enough to grab some pictures and show the girls how to eat snow.  Emily ended up coming in soon too, she wasn't a huge fan of the sock gloves and soon she had taken them off and then her hands got cold.  Here are a couples shots of the fun in the snow:

Mimi and Emy

Daddy and Haley made this snowman together

It was a baby snowman

Eating the snow

Emy was not impressed

After some fun in the snow we came inside and had some fun with our cousins!  The Fentons and Mountz cousins braved the snow to pay us a visit.  Haley did ask where the Brust cousins were a couple times but we told her they were coming later (they arrived on Saturday).  It was great to catch up with Kelly and Kimi while the cousins played.  In the afternoon we did our laundry and the girls took good naps.  For lunch Mom pulled out the Christmas dinner leftovers so we could try and make up for our own 7 Eleven Christmas dinner.  It was all a distant memory after a couple bites in.  I can't remember what she did for dinner but I do remember thinking that I would have just had more Christmas dinner leftovers again!  Corinne and Daniel came by at some point, I think they had dinner with us actually.  I have this picture of us playing Rummikub and I'm pretty sure it was that night!

 

Catching up with cousin Ellie and Maya

FRIDAY I think Kelly and Kimi came over again.  Aunt Rin came by sometime after lunch because David and I were going to go on a date to see the movie the Hobbit and then get dinner.  David had arranged for her to baby-sit while we were gone.  I was planning on putting the girls down for naps and then leaving but the girls really gave me the run around with naptime and Aunt Rin ended up with Emily wide awake.  I can't remember if she even ended up going down or not.  Anyways, David and I went to a 2:45 showing of the Hobbit and the place was PACKED.  I don't know why the whole world decided to go see that movie on a Friday afternoon after it had been released for weeks but whatevs whole world.  Dave and I didn't even end up getting to sit together and Dave had an awful seat in the front.  We're planning on renting it when it comes out on Redbox so we can try and relive the moment.  As stinky as the movie situation was, our dinner was amazing.  Mom had recommend this little restaurant a couple miles from the movie theater called Georgiano's and it made everything worth it.  David and I both ordered steaks and Dave was a fancy one that they prepared tableside.  I got chocolate cake for dessert and I can't remember what David got, I just remember it was something I wouldn't choose, haha.  We brought some chocolate cake home for Corinne (the piece was huge) and then she gave us the run-down on her day.  I think she said the girls did well, I do remember that she had given them baths and big bowls of ice cream for snack before bed.  She must be in the race for favorite aunt because those are definitely two of their favorite things.  We thanked her and Daniel who had ended up coming to Mom's and keeping her company at the end.

Friday morning Pops showed Haley and Clark the train.  Emily watched from a distance

Emily and Ellie playing together

SATURDAY the Brusts arrived!  Well, they didn't arrive until lunchtime but I don't really remember what we did in the morning so we'll just start there.  The girls were eating their sandwiches and macaroni and cheese when they pulled in.  I let Haley stay up a little longer before putting her down for a nap so she could play with Calla and Kelsey for a little bit, she just adores her older cousins.  Calla taught us all a game she had gotten for Christmas called 'Tenzies.'  It's a fun one, a humbling one too.  You can just as easy lose to a six year old as to an adult...repeatedly.  We laid low for most of the day, helping the Brusts recover from their road trip and preparing for the busy weekend ahead.  More on that weekend in my next post! 

Cousins together on the couch, watching the Ipad  I think.

Aunt Carly = the Pied Piper

Jay got this game for Christmas and Aunt Carly was playing it with everyone.  It looks like she could easily have five kids, and have on on the way!