Early Celebrations

If you ask me, Christmas came early this year...my parents arrived last week! They brought a bucket load of legos, lots of energy and good spirits.

Lunch at Lola's. (right before we hit up the casino - and all 3 of us won!!)

Early Christmas celebrations continued when Leela came over and we did our xmas ornament exchange.

And Emily came over for fun playtime. Colin & Emily spent a good amount of time creating "the biggest boat ever." And I would be safe to say that Legos have been the theme of the week thus far...

My mom and Justin playing cards...

And then Alexis & Andy came over and treated the boys to their first ever treasure hunt. Instructions, 5 stops with maps and prizes at each stop and a final present!

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

We went to Chuck-e-Cheese once for a birthday, and the kids have not forgotten. They requested another trip and they loved it even more! Justin was a huge fan of this simulation roller coaster.

And Colin loved this snowmobile virtual game.

I downloaded pics from my mom's camera and found about 10 pics of deer in our backyard. haha.

The elf is still around and we have been spicing things up...

And our Justin is growing up everyday. He talks the most during dinner and sometimes ends sentences with "actually." As in, "I want the blue one, actually." or "Colin is sharing, actually." We often find him talking with both hands on his hips, just like this...

Let the festivities continue... Merry Christmas eve everybody!