Casey is super excited that we're going to get "big snow" today. He's trying to stand on everything-chairs, the back of the couch-so he can see the snow on the ground. He was thrilled with The loot Santa brought him yesterday & got both the firetruck & mustang he asked Santa for. He's currently eating a turkey sandwich & singing what he calls the Lightning McQueen song with the wrong lyrics...laughin on the highway, I wanna ride it all night long.

Christmas tired someone out

Merry Christmas

We had a conference for Casey at school yesterday. He's a genius. Ok, his teacher didn't call him a GENIUS, but he can cut on lines, trace, sit still, follow directions, count to 12, recognize shapes & colors. And he can do all sorts of other things I can't recall right now.

Claire got another tooth on Saturday.

It snowed this afternoon, so it took us (me & the kids) an hour & 1/2 to get home. Both were remarkably happy trapped in the car going 5 MPH or less for the last few miles on the parkway. We all bundled up and went for a walk outside, where Casey informed me it looked like sparkly things were falling from the sky & were all over the ground. After he made some snow angels, he came inside & had hot chocolate to get warm (except he wouldn't drink it until it was cold).

And we have

a tooth! I found Claire's first tooth yesterday morning. I'm hoping this is the cause of her restless slumber. She's also started waving, which is super cute.

Wilsons ice cream

We went to Florida to see Matt's family. We left Thursday evening and the kids were great on the plane. Claire enjoyed the king sized bed in our hotel. Casey had a fabulous time playing with his cousins. Sunday we got to pay a visit to the Coyne pediatrician for Claire's double ear infection. We enjoyed the lovely 70ish weather, and then came home Monday to the cold and some snow flurries.