Christmas Eve

We had a great time celebrating on Christmas Eve with my family although we missed Amy and Seth.  We also enjoyed our tradition of going out for Christmas Eve lunch.  This year we tried a new restaurant in Kirkwood that the kids keep asking to go to, Billy Gs.  It was pretty good.  Then in the evening we headed over to my parents for our dinner of apps and presents. The kids were so excited for all their presents!

The girls were excited to wear these dresses they picked out themselves

PaPa and Tommy

The girls love to pose in pictures

Me and Hadley

About to enjoy our dinner

A quick call with Aunt Amy as we started opening presents

Present opening excitement

Tommy was very excited the box this present came in had a handle

The actual present inside the handle box was also very exciting.  He loves to pretend to build

The new Cardinal hat was also a big hit

PJ pic in front of the tree

Madeleine learned this pose from our Sugar Plum Fairy lunch.  You could get pictures with the Nutcracker dancers and this is how they all posed

Tommy didn't want to cooperate for a family pic so we tried the upside down trick

Then of course the girls wanted in on the action too

Skiing

Back before Christmas, we took the girls out to Hidden Valley for a ski lesson.  They were blowing snow that day which wasn't ideal but they both had fun.  It was Hadley's first time on skis and did great.  She was nervous before but smiled the whole time.   They will have a couple more lessons this year and we are hoping to ski with them too.  Then maybe next year we can head out West!

Madeleine ready for her lesson 

Madeleine coming down the hill.  She was doing good with the snow plow and starting to turn.

Hadley all smiles