Bailey was in a Thanksgiving program at school and she did a great job. Unfortunately whoever lined the kids up did so without respect to height, and we couldn't see her very well. We did get a picture of her after the show:
On December 1, Emily turned 7. She also lost a tooth! Daddy was in New Jersey at the time so she spent the night at Mimi and Grandpa's house. She had a ball with them. Of course, the next weekend Bailey wanted to have a sleepover with Mimi, too! We actually had her sleep over two weeks later, because the next day was Emily and Liam's birthday party at Ace Gym. Here are some photos of that event--it was really something! Kids were doing flips and jumping into the foam blocks. Emily got to go on a special bungee swing that looked SUPER fun. And there were TONS of presents!
We had some very exciting adventures with NuNu the Elf this year. Some of his more creative spots included hanging from the ceiling fan and climbing the Christmas tree! The girls were very excited to look for him each morning. Liam didn't really "get" the whole elf-on-the-shelf thing this year.
We were also able to enjoy a few more visits to Sea World. They converted the Wild Arctic ride to the Polar Express Experience. We really enjoyed seeing the train and going on the "ride." We even got to meet Santa! We also did a family snow globe picture, which was cool--they actually have a huge inflatable snow globe that you can go inside for a photo. There was plastic "snow" on the floor and the kids thought that was great. They also had bubble snow in the kids' section that was very exciting, too.
Santa was very good to us this year. Some special gifts were a Bucky the Pirate Ship play tent for all 3 kids, a rollercoaster for Liam, LOTS of princess dolls, movies, and stories for the girls, and even some gifts for Mommy and Daddy. It was a very special holiday.
Finally, we rang in the new year with Grandma, Grandpa Buddy, Mimi, Grandpa, and the Hinsons. We had lots of snacks and the girls actually stayed up until midnight! All in all, 2012 was a pretty good year and we are looking forward to a wonderful 2013!
