Where has the time gone?

Okay...so it's been a while since my last post.  Vacation time was over and we have been back in the books, and back to our busy life.
Christmas was fun and full.  We celebrated the New Year in Grammy style with a fun spread of snacks and food.  Here is a short recap in pictures.

Gabriella's "BIG" gift

a kid at heart!

she was excited about this one

we got little people down and regifted...she was in heaven

Karate Kid oh happy day

The Bounty Hunter...funny movie

the princess gets her princess gear

new ball to throw and wearing his new snuggie!

another barbie car OH MY

MORE little people...she banked

I'm crooked here...it's a snuggie

remote car

Playdoh...24 packs

Gabriella had daddy's help putting her new letters together

We had the Smith family Christmas in the afternoon/evening.  These are some of there exchange gifts.

The next week was the Pflug family Christmas at the gym.  We celebrated the new year before we went to the party.  We were all there at the table playing games...it's just this crazy girl that got in the pictures.

she does normally wear pants...but likes to take them off and put all different shoes on :)

The gifts just kept coming!  Aunt Megan's package came and there was MORE excitement and fun.

Daily life at Crazy House.  This is what a typical break looks like :)  Dancing...boogie...exercise...call it what you will but they burn some energy with loud music and "cool moves"

Gabriella and I do swimming on Wednesday mornings.  She recently got goggles and loves to wear them and look under the water.  Fish number 3 is growing gills.

She is learning to relax into a back float.  I sing twinkle twinkle in her ear and she makes a star.

Her playmate/friend Eden

The other night after watching Alvin and the Chipmunks movie Gabriella was putting on a show...dancing.

More Cookies!

We did more cut out cookies on the 23rd.  Five big ones of each shape and five little ones.  Everyone had their own cookies to decorate and eat.  It was lots of fun...and a BIG mess.  I think dad has eaten most of them.  Our little cookies we dipped in icing glaze and wrote on them with food coloring markers.  The kids thought that was neat.

 On Christmas Eve the kids finished their cookies...the small ones.

 After church we went to my Grandma Pflugs (GiGi to the kids) house.  Growing up we always went to Grandma and Grandpa Pflugs for Christmas eve into the wee hours of the night.  The family is so much bigger now we rent a gymnasium and celebrate the Saturday after Christmas.  It is great to just visit and see her before Christmas.  Many of us stop in for an hour or so on Christmas eve.

 When we got home the kids got their typical Christmas eve gift...new P.J.'s. 

Todd and I were up late finishing stuffing stockings and wrapping the last few gifts.

Back to CRAZY life!

We can always depend on a laugh with Gabriella...

 We were busy making cut out cookies that we took lots of time to decorate...and now I realize we didn't get ANY pictures of the final product :)  Here's the fun.

 A friend of mine invited us to the Childrens Museum.  We hadn't been there in quite a while and she had extra passes.  The kids were pretty excited about that, they had a blast.  Painting faces, creating ornaments, running around crazy!  They have a "light show" for the kids and Gabriella especially loved that.

Mckeever decorated cut out Rice Krispie treats for his Christmas party.  He enjoyed making his own creation.