Christmas morning  Helping Grandpa open his snowman bird feeder  Christmas Eve eveningWith Tad and Monica on Christmas Eve

Merry Christmas! Daddy arrived this morning and there was snow!  What a treat! It’s just not Christmas without a Santa cake!

Piper and Andrew have been enjoying the holiday magic.    The kids had fun making and rolling out the cookie dough.  We decorated them on Sunday.

Mommy loves that Piper is old enough to enjoy the Nutcracker each Christmas.  It’s a real treat to enjoy this tradition with Grandma too.  This year we saw it at the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center.  They did a wonderful job!  Grandpa and Andrew had fun at home together.  The ladies before the show 

Piper and Andrew were so excited to see the snow when we landed on Wednesday.  They couldn’t wait to play in it.  We knew we only had a little bit of time with the temperatures warming up so we did as much as we could in a few hours.  We did lots of sledding  We made snow angels We just enjoyed the surroundings  We made a small snowman  Had a snowball fight Please snow come back again real soon!