Party Time

This weekend was kind of a busy weekend.  Along with the Disney on Ice show Saturday we had the kids birthday party on Sunday.  With the kids birthdays being so close together we decided to just have one party for both of them.

Emma wanted to have a water balloon party but we had to explain to her that since it was winter time that would not work.  Instead we rented the small room at the Avon Jump and Play and had their party there.

 Linda brought Betty up with her for the kids birthday party. It was nice being able to see Betty and spend time with family.

 Emma begged for this barbie cake from Meijer.  Every time we went grocery shopping she thought we had to go over to the bakery just to make sure that they still had the cake available.  She was so afraid that they would sell the display cake.

 Madison and Mason joined us for the birthday party.  They go to daycare with Emma and Freddy and also just moved into the neighborhood. 

 Barbara and Kaden came up on Sunday to help celebrate the kids birthdays and also to get Aubrey back. 

 Playing Basketball with Grandpa.

Dinsey on Ice

One of the presents that Emma and Aubrey's got for Christmas was a ticket to Disney on Ice Princesses and Heroes.  Mom and Dad picked Aubrey up when she got off of the bus on Friday night and headed our way.  On Saturday we all went to the Disney on Ice show.  It was a really good show and Emma, Aubrey and Freddy really enjoyed it. 

Aladdin

 The show was during Freddy's nap time so I was not sure how he would do but he did great as long as we let him sit and watch the show vs trying to get him to take a nap.

 Emma and I went to Once Upon A Child and picked out several dresses so the girls could dress up for the show. 

 Snow White and the seven dwarfs

 Beauty and the Beast

 Cinderella

 This was at the end of the show.  Tinkerbell kept making appearances throughout the show and now she is in the carriage that they used in the Cinderella part.  It was kind of cool that it had a lift in it and raised her up.  There were also fireworks at the end which the kids really liked. 

 

I do not think there was any part of the show that the girls did not enjoy.  Every time a new set came out they would get so excited.  It was kind of funny because they were standing at the railing and they were dropping their snow cones on the people below.  We had to make them sit down. (we were in the handicap section so that dad could use his cart)

Playing in the Snow

Well we had our first really big snow fall and Emma really wanted to go out and play.  Drew took her out with him when he went out to shovel off the driveway.  A little later on I bundled Freddy up and took him out to play in the snow as well.  We ended up getting about 12 inches of snow which pretty much shut the entire city down.  Now it is below zero and nobody wants to step foot outside unless they have to. 

 Emma and Lilly one of the neighbor kids decided to make a snowman.

Christmas 2013

Merry Christmas to everybody and a happy new year. 

Drew and I were both off for Christmas Eve and Christmas day which has not happened in a long time.  Drew had taken off the week of Christmas and I took off the rest of the week as well.  We had talked about heading to Jasper on Christmas Eve already and spending time with family but decided we wanted to wait and do Christmas morning at our house.

The kids had a really good time opening presents and I had them let me take a picture before we started so that I could at least get one good picture of them. 

 

 

After opening presents we headed for Jasper to spend time with our families.  Vince was hosting the Schroering Christmas and Drew told him that we would help get everything ready.  Here are a few pictures of our Christmas in Jasper.

 

Emma and Freddy enjoying pancakes at Grandpa's.

 

 

Freddy playing with tennis balls at Grandma Schroering's house.  Drew and Tony kept piling them up in front of Freddy and he thought it was the best thing in the world.

 

 

Santa came for a visit while we were at the Hartings Party.  He had presents for all the girls and boys.

 

We had a busy but great holiday week.