Santa Visit

Last year...
What a difference a year makes!

Christmas Cuties

The girls are loving all of the Christmas decorations and activities so far! They both say "wooooow!" everytime we see christmas lights, so we took them to the Westminter city building where there is a Santa village and lots of lights - they loved it! We also took them to Blossoms of Lights at the Botanical Gardens, but it was freezing cold that night and not quite as much fun since we kept them in the stroller. They have had a great time at the Christmas parties they went to and at Uncle Bradleys graduation party (Congratulations Bradley!!!!!!!!!!). It's great to see them being more social and playing with the other kids (they were so clingy 6 months ago we used to have to hold them the whole time whenever we went anywhere!)

Around the house they have been playing with our little snowmen and a singing penguin. The other day I walked into the living room to find all of the snowmen laying down covered with washcloths and the girls saying "shhhhh" - they were putting the snowmen to sleep - so cute! As far as the christmas trees, they have been doing pretty good - we kept some ornaments within reach for them and they like to look at them and try to pull them off :) But so far no destruction, which is a good thing! They did however get into some of the presents and there are a few gifts that are partially unwrapped already!

I'm not sure who is more excited for Christmas - the girls or us... We can't wait to see them play with their new toys :) And we are looking forward to spending the holidays with my grandparents Otto and Marion again this year! Christmas just wouldn't be the same without them here. And it's fun to pick out cute clothes for the girls to wear when great-gramma and grampa come to see them!

Holly Paccione Session - 17 months

Winter is here!

We are so happy winter (and therefore ski season) is finally here! We have been able to hit the slopes a few times but can't wait to see the snow really fly up in Keystone, so far it's mostly man-made and icy :(

We have been cooped up inside the house the last week with frigid cold weather and snow around town, so it was very nice to get out and go to a Christmas party last weekend. Here are the girls all dressed up ready for a night out on the town! Bella is giving Sophie a hug, how sweet

Being stuck inside almost always ends with them trying on our clothes and shoes - they love it!

We took them sledding around Keystone a few weekends ago and they really liked it while the sled was inside (going up and down the hallway), but once it hit actual snow Bella got a little scared when she fell off!

Mimi pulling the girls (and the dog) while I tried to take pictures...

By the end Sophie was saying "sled" and having fun, and Bella gave up and just ran around in the snow for awhile. She mostly likes to eat it, not ride a sled through it!

Yummy Noodles

From the looks of it the girls enjoy their fideo noodles! Our kitchen had fideo EVERYWHERE after they finished eating, we even noticed the dog was covered in noodles when she walked by :) They kept eating and eating and they were shoveling it into their mouths going "yum yum!" and laughing, so cute.