Our Christmas

We had a great Christmas. Christmas Eve, traditionally at my parents home went well, despite crazy weather. Christmas Day was just Paul, Ryan, me, Demeter, Joey and Louie. We enjoyed a quiet day and watched another 3-4 inches of snow fall. The Saturday after Christmas we went to Paul's parents place to celebrate the holiday with them. Here are pictures of each day.

Christmas Eve, playing with a new toy:

Cousin Michael and Ryan, playing with some one's expensive i-Phone!

Christmas Morning, opening a stocking. Joey and Demeter-kitty not wanting to miss a thing.

Ryan and a very tired looking Mom, playing with the new dinosaur that Santa brought.

December 27, 2008 at Paul's parents place. Ryan had a great time playing with his cousins, Ruby, 6 yrs. old & Kimberly 2 yrs. old.

Catching up on Ryan's Facebook. : )

More snow!

Lately this very much reminds me of living in the Midwest (shout out to Trenton!) - snow, continuous snowing, snow drifting, bitter cold. It's all been fun and beautiful!

Cold Stuff

Cold and beautiful

Joey loves the snow.

Stuck

I heard an unusual squeal from the living room, so I investigate and see this:He was stuck. But once he saw me laugh about it, he brought out the smiles.

Before and After

The second haircut of Ryan's life happened today. He pretty much hated it, just like he did the first time. We did get some smiles from him in the midst of his misery however. : ) Here is a before and after shot.

The picture below is also kind of a "before haircut" photo because it was taken this morning, but I took it because how cute is he just sitting there amongst all those books?! I LOVE it when he does this. It's not often, but on occasion he will sit in front of the book shelf after pulling most of the books down and go through them. He was content there for a good 30 minutes today. So sweet.