Happy Birthday Jesus!

The kids woke up this morning around 8am and we went downstairs for our traditional birthday cake for breakfast.

We sang "Happy Birthday" to Jesus and
then Joshua blew out the candles.

Rachel really enjoys this family tradition!

My wonderful husband Brian
Rachel double-checking to make sure
it's okay to tear the wrapping paper.
She eventually got into the swing of things.
Joshua playing with his pop gun from Granny & Grandad
Rachel playing with her baby doll from Nana & Papa
Joshua excited to open his new toy - a Leapster2
Rachel's new wooden kitchen set - isn't it adorable????Merry Christmas Everyone!

Christmas Pictures 2009

Here are Christmas pictures of the kids. Don't they look so grown up?
I can't believe how fast time is going by....

My New Present

I got an early Christmas gift to myself (with help from Grandma's Christmas Money) - a new lens for my camera. It's the one MckMama recommends for getting those sought after blurry backgrounds. I've been taking lots of pictures trying to perfect my craft. These are some pictures of the kids from last week.

Museum Fun.....For FREE!

I love taking the kids out to visit places and discovered that the Witte Museum is free on Tuesdays from 3pm to 8pm. Needless to say we will be making many more trips to The Witte in the future!

In the HEB Treehouse, they have a light-up dance floor where you chase the lights and stomp on them. The kids LOVED it!

There's all kinds of things to learn about at the museum. Joshua made a light bulb turn on just by spinning the wheel!

Rachel played with Lincoln Logs and ran around with Joshua.

It was a rainy day, but it was a good day. They really had a lot of fun and we can't wait to return.