Chippy's 4th Birthday Party

Wow ... what a birthday party!!  Chippy was so excited to have four of his best school friends over for his birthday!  (Four is about all this party could handle!!)  He couldn't wait to do everything we had planned and as soon as we'd start something he was already asking for the next activity!  Honestly, throwing the kids in the basement for 2 hours would have been sufficient - they had a lot of fun just playing with they toys!

Pin the tail on the donkey ... not too interested
... except for Wee M who loved it!

Piñata -- definitely a success --
again Wee M was as excited as anyone to give it a shot!

Stamping -- a request for additional stamping pads led to the
opening of one of Wee M's intended Christmas presents!

Finally ... cake!!

And a serve yourself ice cream bar which was a highlight!

Present time!  The kids seemed to think the idea was to open the
presents they brought ... luckily Chippy didn't mind.
A good half hour was spent by the kids opening and playing
with the gifts.

Tree Trimming

Wee M

Wee M is growing up so fast!  

She looked so pretty today in her dress and pigtails - and even had a spot of lipstick!! 

(But don't tell dad!)

Fort

Another activity that has been taking up our day is making forts in Wee M's room.  

Can you spot the kidlets?  They both LOVE playing hide and seek - so they'll also hide from daddy in their fort.

The Bag Siblings

Oh the fun of a paper bag!  This was a good two nights of entertainment!

Advent #2

The second fun thing about advent is the arrival of the little elf!!  Chippy now has a lego advent calendar that he can open every day (if the little elf says he's been good), and Chippette received a chefs outfit!  The elf seems to be hiding himself every morning!! :) :)

Advent

With the arrival of advent we got out our advent calendar. Wee M pulled rank and got to put up the first decoration!