Only Two More to Go!

Christmas celebrations that is! We've had a busy time since Olivia got out of school. We celebrated with Patsy and my Dad, Sharon, Dylan and India on Christmas Eve. Olivia and Carina had a great time. Olivia got a Playmobil Castle - "some assembly required"...I think there were about 10,000 pieces or so (maybe slightly exaggerated). It's done now. Here are a couple pictures from Christmas Eve and Project Castle that just ended tonight at 7:05....

Carina got a toy that she plays with at a local toy store every time she visits. She was a little excited.

Olivia wrapped herself up for India. I'm almost a little afraid of this crazy look....

Olivia took a picture of Carina and I with the completed castle... (Aunt Joan - you can see my new red highlights if look carefully!)

I really wish I had a picture of all the pieces, but here is the first page of the directions...it was a 12 page book.

And a closer look at the completed castle. I almost can't believe it worked!

We had a great time on Christmas morning...here is a before....

and after!

We had Christmas dinner at Anne (Matt's sister) and Brad's. Here is a picture of the family dressed in our fancy Christmas outfits.

Finally, Matt got a Wii for Christmas. We've played a few different games, lots of bowling and boxing. Matt has yet to win - I even beat him at Tiger Woods Golf. Carina has beaten all of us at bowling and Olivia has beat Matt 4 or 5 times at boxing. Watching Olivia play these games is enough to make me fall over laughing. She's constantly jumping all over the place. Here are some pictures of her boxing. I played her last night and she had to have Matt take over for her because her shoulder was hurting! She plays with very high effort!

I hope you all had great Holidays with your families - we're not done yet folks! We've got Tuesday and then down to my Mom and Steve's on the 1st. HO!HO!HO!