December/January Catch-Up

I figure before January is over, I ought to catch up on a few things that happened in December! :) Time has just gotten away from me, and with a bad month of Quinn's (lack of) sleeping and napping, I have taken most evenings "off" to just veg and get away from the computer - and maybe to join Sam in a binge watch every night of Orange is the New Black. But, so much is coming up in February, and I don't want to overlook the end of 2014 and the beginning of this new year! So, here's what's been going on these past 6 weeks or so:

We (Banner and I) went to Helen & Bob's annual Christmas Eve dinner. Hanukkah had just ended, and going to a Christmas event felt strange for both of us, but we're always up for hanging out with our family! The funny thing was that Banner requested to listen to a Rosh Hashanah song he likes, so we listened and sang to that on repeat the entire way to Helen & Bob's! :)

We asked for a serious face, but that doesn't happen very often when a camera is involved.

So, Uncle Trey agreed to be silly with Banner

We went to Zaide's & BeeBee's for their Christmas celebration. Banner and Quinn got some very nice, fun gifts:

These weren't gifts... they were Colby's toys he brought to share

And, Banner didn't like Quinn playing with them - so here's the aftermath

Aunt Gayle & Quinn

When Banner opened his gift from Zaide & BeeBee, he kept saying "Holy Moly, Holy Moly!"

Miles

Colby

Quinn getting into breakable Christmas decor "OOOOOH!"

 We hung out near the fireplace:

Banner took this one

Banner also took this one - our disaster of a house... at least the laundry is folded! :)

We had play dates and outings during Winter Break:

Ella & Banner at the library

Selfie

The Children's Aquarium

LOVING Play Street

 
We celebrated New Year's Eve with friends! We took Banner to a fun party at Logan & Alan's house, and the kids had a blast.

Every hour, the kids got to open a fun surprise!

Banner, Landry, and Ryan in the ball pit.

Playing Bingo

"Cheers!" to a fabulous 2015 (taken at 9:00)

And, the next morning, we went to Grandma & Papa's house to get Quinn and to have New Year's Day brunch!

Grandma & Banner being silly on the iPad

 Banner's class led Shabbat, and he had a fun crew there to watch!

Fun at Grandma's house:

Playing with the remote control speed boat

The youngest cousins

 Brycen turned 3 on January 2nd! We went to his Little Einsteins birthday party later in the month:

On his actual birthday

Caden & Uncle Tyce (who was so funny when later in the party he asked Banner to play with a toy B was playing with.... and when Banner refused, Tyce responded with, "Please? You're making Uncle Tyce very sad!")

Batman & Robin (aka Landry & Banner)

And, here are some other random pics from the month:

 Banner's swim class has been going to the deep end and jumping off the board. He's doing great!

Levi and Quinn are best buds! They get special time at Grandma's a couple times a week together!

Dressing up at Shayna's house - Elsa & Anna

My beautiful princess!

And my amazing superhero! (With another amazing superhero, Brycen!)

Grandma & Quinn playing

And this treasure was in Banner's backpack one day. . . taken by Aunt Kira and/or Nadine. LOVE!

And, that concludes a busy few weeks! We ended a phenomenal year, and I can't believe we are already a month in to 2015! Happy New Year from our family to yours!