Slow January

So January has been a slow month for pictures... and well without pictures the blog really is not that exciting. But I took a few the other night so now I have a reason to post. We have had a snowy January although we haven't really gotten out to enjoy it. Hadley is getting excited for her upcoming birthday and moved up to the 2 yr old room at school. When you ask her how old she is going to be she sometimes answers 1 and sometimes 3. Madeleine is still dancing away and also loves to talk about her birthday although she has a much longer wait. Both girls absolutely love going to a bounce house place by us called Monkey Joes. Jim and I like it because it burns off some energy!

The ballerina in action

Hadley created quite a snuggle place the other night... she loves to cuddle up with all her babies. Her crib is quite full.

Christmas

One of my many goals for 2011 is to post more than I did in 2010... hopefully Jim is going to help with this effort! We had a great Christmas and break afterwards. We were lucky to have Amy, Seth and Dave in town even though Amy and Seth had to leave early to beat the blizzard back to NYC. The girls are having a hard time understanding that Christmas is over. I think they both would love to have a tree in our house year round. Hadley told me today, "miss tree, get another one." After Christmas we spent some time relaxing at the lake... I'll leave Jim to update about that.

Ready to go to Poppy and PaPa's for Christmas Eve

Madeleine and Poppy
One of the biggest hits with the kids... a singing dog that kind of dances too
I just love Hadley's look of awe when seeing her baby who she has named Baby Luna... Madeleine named a baby that once and it has stuck... not sure where that name came from. Also note that Hadley ditched her dress to wear just her slip for opening presents.
Hadley's new Elmo hat... another favorite. She wore it today and told me she wanted to "show Madeleine teachers"
First attempt at a Christmas family picture, someday everyone will look at the camera and smile
Christmas morning Santa brought Madeleine a ballet outfit for the baby she had gotten the night before. She was very excited to dance with her baby that she has named Baby Madeleine Von Lahr Krewet... she fits right in with Jim's family where everyone has the same name.
Madeleine expressed the most excitement over the pink and purple basketball she asked Santa for after seeing it in Target one day. Her reaction was priceless.
Another excited face from Hadley as she sees Santa brought her a book of just her pictures. She loves seeing pics of herself.
This might have been the girls' favorite present. With the press of a button it sings, spins and lights up. Amy and Seth be warned... Jim has promised that you will be getting a similar present when you have a 2yr old.
Christmas Day at D and Butch's

Second attempt at a Christmas family picture... we are getting closer to a good pic
Cousins all in cherries... not planned... they all looked so cute together but the picture thing wasn't really happening