I loved having Hailey home with me everyday for Christmas vacation.  I know some parents like it when their kids are at school, but I love having her home.  Anyways, we had a lot of fun over her Christmas vacation, which went by way too fast.  Here are some pictures of the fun:

Hailey asked for lots of Lego Friends for Christmas and she got quite a few sets.  The first one she wanted to do was Olivia’s House.  It was the biggest set she got, 695 pieces, and she decided that she wanted to do it completely by herself.  She worked and worked on it.

Hunter loving one of his new toys.

Hailey made these delicious cupcakes in her new Easy Bake Oven.

She tested one to see if it was good (it was).

Hailey with the completed Olivia’s House, front view.

And back view.  She worked so hard and there is so much detail in these sets.  I was proud of her for doing it all by herself!

We had some snow, so I wanted Hunter to get to go outside and experience playing in it for the first time.

He thought it was interesting for a few minutes.  He got tired of it pretty quickly.  The snow was pretty deep and he fell over every time he tried to stand up, so he didn’t last very long in the snow.

Hailey loves playing in the snow.

Trying to avoid a snowball that Rich threw at her.

Hunter all ready to cheer on the Vikings… the outfit must have worked because they won!

Bobby has been a busy little elf this year, and has gotten himself into some mischief.  Check out some of the places that Hailey has found him:

Bobby brought some magic beans for Hailey to plant.

She planted them before school.

When she got home the magic beans had grown into cookies!

(Having the light on in the fish tank made the water look yellow in this picture, but I just have to say that it’s not actually yellow and the fish tank does get cleaned!)

I was so excited about Christmas this year!  Since Hunter just turned 1, I knew he was going to be fun this year.  And of course, Hailey is 6 and that is fun age too!

Hailey and Hunter on Christmas Eve, all ready for an evening of fun.  First they each opened up 2 presents (new Christmas pjs and a new Christmas book, a tradition that we do every year).  Then we went out to dinner with my parents and my brother Mike.  After dinner we went to my Aunt Winnie’s house for our annual Christmas Eve celebration.  I took a few pictures there but none were great, so the one above is all I have from Christmas Eve.

Hailey watched all the way home to see if she could spot Santa and she was pretty sure she some something   When we got home we got our cookies ready for Santa and then Hailey went right to bed.

Cookies for Santa- Hailey picked out one stocking cookie for each family member for Santa to eat.

Looks like Santa stopped by!

Stockings

On Christmas morning Hailey and Hunter slept in until about 7:30am.  I was awake before they were, wondering when everyone was going to wake up!

Hailey was pretty excited to see all the presents that Santa left.  She divided them and then the kids got busy opening their gifts.

Hunter opening one of his presents.

Hailey working on her pile of gifts.

Hunter wasn’t really sure what to think!

Yay!  Lego friends!!

Hunter enjoyed standing on his gifts.

After the gifts were all opened, Hunter took a nap while Hailey played with some new toys.  Then it was time to get ready to go see all the grandparents.

Hunter and Hailey all ready to go.

We went to Rich’s parents’ house first and exchanged gifts there.  After that we went to my parents’ house.  We ate dinner and then opened some more gifts.

Hailey was excited when it was finally time to open presents!

Hailey’s number one request this year was a tablet and that was all we heard about!  She didn’t get one from us or from Santa or from Rich’s parents, so she was starting to get worried that she wasn’t getting one.  She was so happy when she opened one up from Grandma and Pa!  At first she didn’t know what it was since it was in the box, but once she realized what it was she was soooo happy!

Hailey spent lots of time playing with her new tablet.

Hunter seemed to enjoy Grandma’s new carpet that she got for the middle of the living room.

We had such a wonderful Christmas!!  It was a busy but fun filled day!

When Hailey got out of the shower today I told her to make sure she used her Eucerin on her dry skin. She said, “Awww mom, I hate that lotion. It doesn’t even taste good.”