We have had a crazy couple weeks with Christmas. I knew the Holiday's would be a little more hectic being closer to family and friends, but I had no clue it would be like this! Our days are so jam packed that Shawn and I are literally 20 minutes into a movie at the end of the night and one of us is sleeping! You know when it takes you up to 3 nights to finish an hour and half movie something just isn't right!!! Maybe it was our decision to have 3 babes in less than 3 years or maybe it is us not being able to ever say NO, whatever it is, it is EXHAUSTING to say the least! :) I must say though, we are having a great time and love all of the fun Christmas activities! We have done Holiday shopping till we literally dropped, we have baked so much that I think I've gained 5 lbs of pure cookie dough in my rear end, cleaned the house head to toe to entertain every other day it seems, went to Children's Wonderland (those of you not from Toledo ,OH...large Holiday display for kids), went to a "cookie decorating" party, viewed the LBC (lights before Christmas at the Toledo Zoo), had 3 different Christmas gift exchanges and of course a visit from the man himself Santa! We are pooped!!!!

Holiday baking for all of our festivities!

My sister Rachel and I (she's the "baker" of the fam.)


Claudia helping out making "sweet potato cookies" a recipe we got from her "Kids in the Kitchen" class at the local YMCA...

Claudia helping Aunt Rose with Chocolate covered pretzels...we gave these to all of our guests at our big party! :)


The girls had a blast decorating cookies, oh and eating the frosting! :)





Children's Wonderland (Clara's first ride on a big kid train by herself!)




Christmas Eve at Grandma's house...
Clara loved her new baby dolls, Chloe LOVES anything girly...so when she seen this "bracelet lip gloss" contraption, nothing else mattered! And Claudia loved her new baby doll :)





CHRISTMAS DAY!!!!!!!!!!



These girls are crazy about their blankets and thumbs, it's like they're twins sometimes!!!


Look what Grandma and Grandpa got for Christmas! :)


With Uncle Jimmy...

These sleeping bags are so cute!


Lights before Christmas at the Toledo Zoo...a tradition of ours...(this ended up being Lighst AFTER Christmas for us, we finally got a break in the weather and it was a record high of 63 degrees...I know, I know, talking about the weather is boring, but it was pretty exciting to us!) :)



Our GIANT stroller, it is called the Big Caboose! :)




I told you about our fun adult Christmas party, well I couldn't leave my baby girls hanging...so I set up with 10 of their friends/cousins a little gift exchange among themselves. We set a $5.00 limit and the kids got to help their mommy's pick out a fab. gift for their BF! :) We had a fancy Christmas party for them to go along with it. Everyone got dressed up, I made Christmas tree shaped peanut butter/jelly sandwiches, opened gifts, for a craft...they made ornaments with their cute little faces in them, and of course dessert....I found a super cute recipe for ice cream ornaments(we were totally "cookied-out", so we needed an alternative!) The kids had a blast, us mommies did too...and Shawny...he had the week off so he got to join in the festivities!

All of our precious babes...

Time to make ornaments...

How cute!

Time to open presents...

Clara with Skylar...
Us with our babes in the playroom...


All of us moms...

My creative treat...


Just when I think it will slow down...New Years Eve is right around the corner. My sister always hosts a casual celebration with the little ones who can hang till midnight, so we'll be there! My nephew's birthday is Jan. 2 and then Claudia turns the big 4 on Jan. 17th!!!!!!! So more planning ahead, she wants a princess, B.G. (A cartoon that she ADORES on the Qubo station), tea party...oh and she wants blue roller skates...so we'll see what I can come up with to accommodate little MISS! :) Today, we shopped at the GAP in search for the perfect birthday dress and no luck, she is very specific about her "all blue, poofy sleeved dress" (her words)! So, we'll be on the hunt for that!

AND...........how can I forget?!?! I got tickets to the Britney Spears concert in Columbus, OH on April 30, I can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)