Christmas Morning

Some of Maimou's best smiles are on Christmas morning. He got everything he wanted. Then, he commented that he got all his toys even though he has been bad and "Maybe Santa is giving toys to bad kids." Alexia on the other hand was super excited when she received her pink and purple pony. The problem was that she understood the concept of presents and she wanted to open more presents. Even her new bike from Mommy and Daddy did not help. For Daddy, he wanted a white Christmas and snow fell on this quiet lovely morning.

Burdrick Hot Chocolate

Then, what is better than hot chocolate after skating. It was totally packed and the line went out the door.

Skating at the Charles Hotel

We took the kids ice staking for the first time today at the Charles Hotel in Harvard Square. It was brilliant that they had these red crates that you could hold on to keep your balance. Alexia sat on them and Daddy pushed her along. With Maimou, it came so naturally for him. Within minutes, he learned to balanced and skate all by himself. He was so fast that I hard time keeping up with him. The few times he fell, Maimou spring up without any crying. I guess Maimou is a winter sport kid.

Alexia's Song and Light

Oh the differences between public and private, everyone and everything was decked out. The kids did such an amazing job singing. They even did a dance to Mozart that was so cool that I wished I had recorded it. Alexia sat there the whole time observing.

Tobin's Holiday Concert

It's so hard getting a good picture at Maimou's school. At least I got one good picture of Maimou next to his friends, Kolbe and Ripley. Then, he performed 5 Little Snowmen. Maimou had a yellow scarf and had to walk around to melt the snowmen.

Oh, Christmas

This was the year that the kids were so excited to pull out the holiday decoration and also decorate the tree. Alexia and Maimou tormented laughing santa and put tried on the stocking. Laughing santa was given to Maimou for his first Christmas and we have never changed his batteries. Yet, he keeps laughing. We also saved the kids' first shoes.

Wild Turkeys

We have seen tons of wild turkeys in our neighborhood. These turkeys had survived thanksgiving. Yes, that is Alexia trying to catch one for dinner.

Letters to Santa

It was a good writing practice.

Santa Pictures

The picture with Santa was horrible again this year. I think I'm done with getting the kids picture taken with Santa. The only nice thing was that the gave their letters to him. How do you explain that Santa? Is the real one? Then why does he look different from the others. Is he a helper because the real Santa is working? It's all confusing on top of creepy. These pictures that I took myself are great.

December Snow

Just joined Facebook yesterday. Not sure if I like it, but it's addictive. My poor blog have been neglected. We got a dusting of snow this weekend, but it soon melted. Pretty, but I'm tried of snow.

Thanksgiving at the Beach

Hope everyone had a restful Thanksgiving. We had Toga's family to share the day in Newport. It was a beautiful sunny day and it was a treat to hang out at the beach together.