Frankenmuth 2012

The week after Christmas, we took the kids to Frankenmuth. They had a lot of fun playing in the pools, playing arcade games, minature golf, and hanging out in the hotel room. Sleeping arrangements did not work out so great, but it was a nice reminder of how much sleep we do get at this point in our lives. We even went to the Bavarian Inn for dinner, which was our first time as a family of 6 going out dinner at a place other than McDonald's :)

Christmas 2011

We had a wonderful Christmas spending time with family. We had four Christmas celebrations and we feel so blessed to have such amazing family. Callie and Tobin had a blast opening presents - it was just hard to get them to stop opening other people's presents :) Sara and Jonas enjoyed spending time with people they love and of course opening presents. Callie and Tobin at Uncle Robert and Aunt Dirsa's Christmas Day. Sara with her Hello Kitty pillow from Japan. Jonas on his new scooter.

Little Kid Freedom

While the big kids are away we have freedom to play with all their toys, and man, do we love it!!!

Reading

Now that Sara is beginning to read, she shares the gift with Callie and Tobin. This is great timing because Callie and Tobin are now really in to books. It helps to have multiple readers in the house :)

At Home Christmas Play

Sara directed another Christmas play this year. She also designed the costumes. Tobin and Jonas were shepherds. Callie and Sara were angels. Jon and I were Joseph and Mary. Sara had lines for everyone too. It was very cute. It is also sweet to see them get excited about the Christmas story.

Sara looses her first tooth

Sara lost her first tooth on Sunday, December 3. She was so excited. She had been waiting a long time for it to come out. At first, she didn't want to put it under her pillow for the tooth fairy because she wanted to keep it. We decided to write a note to the tooth fairy and ask if she could keep the first one since it was so exciting. The tooth fairy let her, which made Sara's day :)

Callie and Tobin 18 months

Callie and Tobin are now 18 months! They are so fun. They both love playing together, with Sara and Jonas and others. The other day they were walking around the house holding hands and talking to each other. This is also Callie's first time with pig tails. She actually left them in. Tobin found the pigtails fun too :)