We celebrated Christmas with the Bechdel’s during our stay.  Gifts were exchanged between the kids and good food was enjoyed.  The kids had fun being silly together. 

Making silly faces

It was great to see Cousin Jeets!

Here’s a few photos of what we did during our stay.

The weather was pretty mild so we made it to the parks

Andrew loved the see-saw

We relaxed

We walked up street for ice-cream and to hear the clock chime.

We cheered for the Steelers and climbed lots of stairs

We hunkered in a bit

We wished for lots of snow

And we played more at the park and ate more ice-cream

Piper was a busy bee seeing lots of friends during her stay. 

Above is a photo of Piper, Avery, Colby, Payton and Andrew.  Avery and Piper had a lot of fun together.  They are similar in age and oh so cute!!

Payton was so sweet to Andrew and read lots of stories to him

Two peas in a pod

Piper also spent time with Eli.  They had a lunch date together where Eli showed her his classroom, then they went to lunch at Pizza Joe’s, had a cookie from the bakery and played at Aunt Susie’s.  Later in the week Piper went to school with Eli for a day.  She LOVED it and wished she could go everyday with him.  After school they went to lunch and played more at Aunt Susie’s.

Here’s a recap of Christmas Day.

After arriving a little later than planned on Christmas Eve both kids slept really well that night.  Piper woke around 9:00AM and was excited to see what Santa brought.  We had to wake Andrew at 11:00AM because he was missing all the fun.  Santa brought Piper a pink camera and kid computer.  Andrew received a musical set and books.  Thanks to Santa Grandma Snitger the kids had stockings and lots of other things to open.  After presents we went over to Grandma and Grandpa Deelo’s.  We also saw Uncle Tom, Uncle Randy, Aunt Caryl Lynn, and cousin’s Michael Curtis, Ethan and Adam. 

That evening we had dinner with Great Uncle Chuck and Aunt Joyce.  It was a wonderful day!

Christmas Eve night sleeping in her Santa cap

Lots of presents

our attempt at a sibling photo

playing Go Fish

Ready for dinner

Horsing around with Uncle Chuck

waking up Andrew who was sleeping so soundly

Cousin Ethan and Piper taken with Piper’s  new camera

Even though Piper loved the snow she was very happy to get back into summertime wear.  As soon as she got up and saw the sun she put this outfit on.  Thank goodness it’s warm out!