Christmas

Well I am trying to recover from the holiday!

On Christmas Eve we went to eat at my Uncle Lou & Aunt Sally Labino's for a lasagna. Then were off to Christmas Eve service. The wind was so strong we almost got blown away. I thought trying to get her to sleep would be difficult luckily with a late service and all the running around she was out like a light! Although, she was up at 5:00AM to show me the bear Santa had left her on her bed and if ask if we could go downstairs. I told her it was too early and she crawled back into bed and slept til 7:10. Thank goodness!!

(I am going to apologize for some of my pictures the lighting in our living room is not good & gives everything a yellow hue Sorry!)

We went down to see what kind of loot she got. I must say she did very well cleaning up as she went. We had a box for her to throw trash in so there would not be major clean up. The dogs enjoyed there chewies. Mom got here after a quick look at the gifts we were off to the relatives. First we went to Aunt Pat & Uncle Ric's. Chris, Todd, & Bill were there too so we had lots of laughs. Syd & I went to visit Gram. Then we were off to Uncle Lou & Aunt Sally's. Mike and his wife Jen were home with her mother Judy & Gavin & Hayden. Also Jen & her husband Chris with Benjamin & Annamarie. So there was alot of us. Syd had lots of fun playing with her cousins. Her & Gavin always have a good time together. We got home around nine. I think I could of went to sleep then.
I made Steve a Redskins blanket and some pillows. Which I think turned out pretty well (with help from my Mom of course).

As you can tell from the picture Sydney was less excited over her father's favorite team. Poor Steve.

Angus with some of his new things

Of course I could not pass this up!!

I had to work on Friday so Sydney & her Grandma hung out together watching quite a few movies. And visiting Labino's.
On Saturday we decided to go to the Pittsburgh Mills to do some shopping. Much to Sydney's surprise we also went to The Putting Edge which is glow in the dark mini golf. She really enjoyed it. Of course the money she got from Christmas was burning a hole in her pocket so she was on a mission to find something.

Mom left Sunday morning. I must confess I was exhausted. I went back to bed & slept til almost three. Sydney was pretty happy that I decided to have our own pajama day. She did come down Monday morning & ask if we were having another pajama day.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Merry Christmas!!!!!

Hope everyone has a merry and safe Christmas!!!

Steve, Nickie & Sydney

All Aboard the Polar Express

The tuesday before Christmas in the freezing cold weather, Sydney left in her pajamas to board the Polar Express with the rest of the second grade class at her school. They were all super excited to wear their pjs to school. They watched the movie on a big screen with breaks for hot chocolate & marshmallows.

Then after lunch they had their party. Which luckily I was able to go & help with before work so I got some pictures. They played games, won prizes, ate snacks, decorated cupcakes, and had a secret Santa exchange.

I felt bad for the poor librarian because after all that they had to go to library. Not something I would want to encounter. A good time was had by all!

Over The River And Through The Woods

To Bradford, PA we go. Uncle Lou knows the way to guide the ....Okay that's all I got.

Last Sat. Syd & I rode with Uncle Lou & Aunt Sally to Bradford for the Pearce Christmas gathering. The year it was Uncle Ralph & Aunt Susan's turn to have the crew over. Like always Aunt Susan & Uncle Ralph outdid themselves with the food. We even had homemade cheesecake! Very delicious!!

Sydney of course enjoyed hanging out with her cousins James & Parker. They each played their video games. They even played each others. The day ended with Uncle Ralph showing us some video tapes. One was of Christmas when they were younger. The other was slide photos he had put together. Everyone really enjoyed reminiscing and picking on each other.

The brothers & sisters.

Uncle Bill, Mom, Uncle Ralph, & Aunt Sally

The girls...

Me, Amy, Mom, Aunt Susan, Aunt Sally, & Aunt Cathy

Luckily the weather was much more cooperative this year than last year!

Hope everyone is able to catch up with their familes over the holiday. You never know what the future holds!

Sled Riding At Pratt Hollow

While I was copying some photos for my cousin Amy I remembered I had not posted about sled riding. Sydney had the best time sled riding at her Grandma's. We spent a good portion of black Friday trying to find sleds for her & my mom. She was so geared up to go on Saturday. What topped things off for her was cousins James & Parker came over too. After the first trip down I thought we were in trouble as her sled came up & banged her in the ear. Luckily, Mom & Amy were at the bottom to check things out. Her pregnant mother was halfway up the hill taking pictures.

After about the second time up the hill I figured the kids would be ready to go home. It was a really big hill. But they were troopers and toughed it out. Parker even went down on Amy's back he looked like Superman. I missed getting the picture because I was too busy watching. They actually hit the jump and flew through the air. It was pretty cool. I did get a picture of James flying through the air in the midst of a crash.

(Sorry this the first time I have posted a video so it just ended up here.)

Anyway on the sled are James, Mom, Sydney & Amy. You can tell they are having a blast I do believe my child's mouth was open the whole way down the hill. As you can imagine she cannot wait to go sledding again!

Winter Funny

A Night of Frosty & New Christmas Cartoons

Sydney was very excited about Frosty the Snowman being on tv. I was quite confused as she has it in dvd along with several other holiday favorites.

She said but I don't have Frosty Returns. Now I know most of you agree this one is not as good as the original, but she is younger. Although I am kind for spray in a can that would get rid of the snow off the roads! There is a new one called The Flight Before Christmas. It looks a little strange but it is her holiday. So our night of cartooning and popcorn began!

Syd & Angus enjoying the shows