Christmas 2010

Christmas was sure awesome this year. Having kids is just the best at Christmas time. Santa came and both the girls ripped, squealed, and had tons of fun opening their gifts. Gwen got a bike this year and it took alot from Brett and I to get her to look at it. Santa left the bike off to the side so she wouldn't see it when she came downstairs. She walked right to the tree with all the presents and then Brett and I told her to look by the kitchen and she looked and said nothing. We told her to go over there by the kitchen and she ran right into the kitchen walking right by the bike without saying anything. Then we pointed the bike out to her and she was like " This is for me???" She loved it!

It was funny each time Gwen opened a gift I told her to open another one and she was like " Is it for me?" She was so hesitant thinking the presents were not for her. Such a sweetie.



Penelope was excited to get her own purse and so was Gwen since Penelope always took hers to use.



Penelope was really into all the present opening but once we started getting a good amount of wrapping paper all on the floor she decided she just wanted to eat it. I swear this girl eats anything she can get her hands on.



Cinderella Gwen's favorite princess, mainly because she has blue clothes.



After all of that Gwen just wanted to go and ride her bike outside. It took alittle bit for her to get the hang of it, but she now is a pro.



Then we got dressed and went to Brett's parents to open all the gifts there. Gwen got a crash kart from Kami to add to all the Doctor stuff she has and loves.





Gwen was so giddy when she opened Winnie the Pooh in a blanket from Grandma. She was sad when Santa didn't bring it.



Penelope just wanted Kami or Papa.



Penelope's favorite was this ball machine that Grandma gave her. She screams with excitement whenever a ball comes out.



The girls got a whole toy store between Santa, Brett & I and Grandma and Papa.



Brett got this awesome shirt from Kami which was great since we all love Arrested Development. Mr. Manager.



Brett's parents are always buying us kitchen things since I hate buying them. I would rather spend my money on other things. They all laugh since I call it " kitchen crap". It is great to have new pots & pans we really needed them.



Christmas was huge this year and I wouldn't have it any other way!

Playing outside

It is easy to sit outside and let Gwenie play and have fun. This time I brought my camera and video outside to get Gwenie in action. She was making me happy since she actually let me take some photos of her.

We noticed a "birdie" aka Hummingbird flying back and forth and went to find out what it was doing........



Making a nest! It was so cool since I have never seen a hummingbird make a nest let alone a nest of a hummingbird! I even got a pic of the hummingbird in the nest with a stick in her mouth.



Gweniveve is really into collecting leaves lately. She loves to pick them all up and then throw them in the air. She is always so intent on picking out the best ones.



I took a video of Gwenie singing and dancing.....she is sooooo like me when I was little. I was always making up songs, singing and dancing everywhere. She only did it for a split second since I had the camera on her but it is better than nothing.



Then on Saturday we went to lunch at Knott's Berry Farms Chicken house with Brett's family. Gwenie did not want to eat and did not want to sit still so Kami was really nice and took her outside to play. I hear that Gwenie was enthralled with watching the wooden roller coaster!

Christmas eve.

We got together with Brett's family, and Jan's family and played our traditional Dice Game. It gets crazy with all the presents. Alot of them are white elephant gifts but some of them have money in them. It is a crazy game and it is fun to see what crap everyone ends up with.

This is only some of the gifts.

Gwenie was having a lot of fun playing with Grandpa's Christmas hat.



Then we had Gwenie open her traditional Christmas eve present of pj's.





Jan gave Gwenie a bike. Which made Brett & I have to go and return the bike that we bought her for Christmas. We will just find her something else. She loves it, it is the first thing she goes for in the morning.



The two of us. We had a great time hanging with family.