Have a Holly Jolly Christmas...

Making cookies for Santa (check out Jack's upper lip!!)
Oh boy, let the fun begin!
Jack is showing Reagan how to use the puzzle
Reagan trying out the puzzle on her own!
Can we say...what a mess! So fun!

we sure did and hope you did too! From the mouth of Jack, "Santa really came! He really did!" and there was no lack of disappointment from both Jack & Reagan! The kids must have been good this year because Santa left them some really great presents. Cool Rescue Heroes for Jack, a puzzle that makes noise for Reagan and an art easel for both of them...we had lots of fun playing all day yesterday! When I asked Jack what his favorite gift was, he said "GEOTRAX, Mommy!"

Welcome to New England!!!

"Do I really want to play in this mess?"
Our driveway & stone ledge
Our driveway out to main road
Front of house
Just saying Hi!!
Everywhere you turn...there is SNOW!!!! In the past week and a half, we have had 3 different snow storms. Thank goodness we hired a snow plow to come clean off our driveway or Matt wouldn't be able to get out of the garage!! Of course, Jack couldn't wait to try out his new snow gear...so I bundled him up during Reagan's nap & took him out in the COLD. Brrrrr!

Ho, Ho, Ho...

Christmas came early for the kids this year...they were showered with amazing gifts from ALL of our family! We spent a short & busy weekend in Indy...many wonderful memories with our loved ones!!! Here are just a few pics from the trip:

The Lehman & Waldner Family
Decorating cookies with Aunt Sara
Future Eric Clapton??
Being silly
Compliments of Nana & Papa Waldner...Rudolph blinking noses for Jack & Reagan! Don't they look cute????

Gobble, Gobble!

We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! While we were unable to spend it with family in Indiana, we did celebrate with our close friends, the Babka's here at home! "Chef Matt" cooked up a fabulous Thanksgiving feast and boy it was DELICIOUS!!!

What a wonderful family weekend we had! We were lucky to have nice (only a little chilly) weather for most of the weekend and the "outdoorsy" family that we are (ha!), we took advantage of a beautiful state park here in Hingham.

Here are some pictures of the kids at Wompatuck State Park!

O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree!

Along with eating turkey & watching football, Thanksgiving is a time to...you guessed it, put up a Christmas Tree (or at least for our family!). We've decided to start a Waldner Family tradition...picking out a tree during the Thanksgiving weekend! So on Friday night, we trekked over to the local nursery to pick out our tree. "The early bird gets the worm" and so being the first ones of the season to pick out a tree from this particular nursery...we had MANY to choose from! ha!

Here are some fun pictures of us trimming our special Christmas tree! Tis the Season...

A Future Boston Bruins Player????

The day Matt has been waiting for...Jack on SKATES!!! Two weekends ago, we took Jack skating for the very first time. Matt has been very anxious to get our little guy on the ice...and I have to say, I'm impressed! Jack wasn't scared at all & even threw a mini-fit when it was time to leave the rink. Aunt Jill was there to witness Jack's first time on ice skates. Wish I had better pictures to show you!

Splish, Splash...

This weekend, the Waldner Family took a trip to CoCo Key Waterpark and boy-o-boy it was FUN! This indoor water park is attached to a Sheraton hotel - so we stayed the night too! (Hmmm, can you imagine how 2 toddlers sleep in a hotel room? Well, they don't!! But that's beside the point!) Both Jack & Reagan had their share of water fun...splashing in the pool, going down water slides, watching Toy Story (the movie) in the pool, etc. Oh yes, Jack was in heaven...they actually showed a movie above the kiddie pool for all the little ones to enjoy! Our busy bee Reagan didn't even notice as she was splashing around but Jack took it all in with wide eyes! A BIG thanks to Daddy for coming up with this amazing idea!!!

Just a little fun with chalk...

Who knew that sidewalk chalk could be so fun??? Well, my kids LOVE drawing with chalk on the driveway - and they will FIGHT each other for the best pieces of chalk. It's kind of humorous! To me, chalk is chalk - but to them, it's an adventure into their imagination. So cute! So here are some pictures showing off my little driveway Picasso & the chalk Van Gogh!

BOO!

Trick-o-Treat, Smell My Feet...give me something good to eat! That's the little jingle I kept singing to Jack all day yesterday & it made him giggle. He kept telling me "Sing it more, Mommy". Halloween was really fun for us - even Reagan got into the spirit! She was great at grabbing the candy from our neighbors and then saying "tank ooohhh" (thank you). Of cours, Jack was on his best behavior - he kept saying "Thank you very much!" when he got the candy. Guess he was hoping Mom & Dad would be so impressed with his politeness that we would let him eat ALL the candy!

Life is good!

Happy Birthday Daddy!!

Well, another year older and you can't even tell...Matt had a birthday on 10/29 and we celebrated in style! While my parents & sister watched the kids, Matt and I enjoyed relaxing massages...afterwards, we did some shopping & then hit Cafe Tosca for yummy dinner and drinks! What a night!!!!

The kids made him a special birthday sign - even Reagan participated by putting stickers on the sign! It was cute! I took a pic of the kids & then sent it to Matt at work. I think he liked it...

Hurray, Hurray our little Jack is 3!!!!!

Jack is now officially 3 years old...and with his older age, he has become quite independent (and it's only been a few weeks - we are in TROUBLE!). He insists on doing EVERYTHING by himself, which is good & bad! The good: he gets his sippy cup for me, he climbs in the car & gets in his carseat while I'm strapping Reagan in, he puts his clothes on (takes forever but he's so proud) and The bad: going pee pee all by himself! Oh boy, guess we need to work on aim now! :)

For his special birthday, we threw a crazy party! It was an art-themed soiree and boy did all his friends go nuts! It was so much fun...thank goodness for a nice day! The mess was made outside (phew!)...

Here are some pictures from his party!

And the celebration begins...

Jack's 3rd birthday is on Sunday & he is already talking about it! The celebrating started a few days ago when Jack received his first gift in the mail from Nana & Papa...an orange Home Depot tool bench - SO COOL! And it continues tonight with Mommy & Daddy giving him his first BIKE - WAY COOL!!! :) He is loving life and riding it (with the training wheels on of course)around the house this evening. Life is good for the Jackster!!! His official party will be on Sunday morning - so many more pictures to come!!!