Guess who else loved his gift from Grammy and Poppy? He loves is "Big Nate" book!
This is Aleks' really happy face! She loved this gift!
Gwen loved hers too, as much as Aleks loved hers.
Nate seemed more pleased with the cash than the book, but the book was perfect, I mean look at it!
OK, got him looking at the camera this time.
Jonny is happy all the time! They loved the Skittles by the way :)
Isabelle not looking her loveliest, lol.
She looks like an orphan:)
The girls went and got Aleks' birthday gift from sister Staker and wanted a picture of the three together.
We ate well again :) The bacon wrapped weenies were very yummy this year. Got Gwen reaching for a snack, she tried to retract, but wasn't fast enough :)
The kids were excited to play the new HedBanz game from Denise and Seth and the kids.
You strap a card to your head and ask questions of everyone to try to guess what your card is.
Gwen reads us the instructions and leads us off.
Let's see, Jonathan is Ketchup, Aleks is a light bulb, Gwen is an Igloo.
Christopher is a Lion, Nate was a jump rope and Isabelle was a ladder.
Isabelle was quite excited to play, I was helping her (a little too much, she didn't enjoy me taking over for her). Isabelle was the first to guess her card correctly.
We encountered an accident in north Stafford 15 minutes after we left our house which would delay us 90+ minutes are our trek to Grandma's and Grandpa's in Mickleton, NJ
Check out those meatballs! Mashed tators, corn, Broccoli... Yummmmm! Can you say "heavenly hash"? Ginger Ale and Martinellis too!
We were supposed to be there by 4pm but arrived at 5:30pm due to traffic. The Disney on Ice would start at 7pm so we didn't have much time to eat.
But eat we did and we enjoyed it. We arrived to the show a little late but what we saw was fantastic! Nate enjoying some Martinellis
Izzy just has Heavenly Hash.
Everything was decorated so beautifully. Grandpa slaved away in the kitchen for much of our visit. We ate very well, that's all I can say :)
First time eating in the dining room, very nice!
This is the only picture I took of the ice but had the canon for capturing video too
Isabelle was very focused on the show
Gwen and Aleks were one row in front of us
Christopher is still eating..
We had great box seats and the show was awesome. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for a great show and an awesome Christmas 2011!
Intermission time. Nice squinting Iz
Spending the night in the family room
The tree was beautiful by the way!
Breakfast included waffles with fruit and whipped cream, bacon, sausage and more Heavenly Hash for those of us who wanted it
Some people had soda for breakfast too... But most of us had OJ
Root beer and Sunkist orange soda for breakfast? I'll have OJ thank you very much!
Mom practicing her monkey moves, lol
Sue broke out some outdoor toys to play with so the kids could run off some bottled energy.
Pauly Wally was enjoying a mild morning out too. The sun did peek out prior to everyone going outside.
Aleks chose not to play outside
Thanks Sue, thanks Grandma and Grandpa!
Jonny is feeling the wealth too!
Aleks gets a Lenox cat, Isabelle wanted cat stuff too...
Grandpa's technique on how to figure out what a gift is :) It didn't work... It was a BluRay DVD player :)
