Ice Skating

We took the kids ice skating tonight. Grace did really well, she also had double blade skates. Charlie took a while to get the hang of it. William, not quite yet old enough.

William used this for a little while, then decided he was done with skating, so him and I sat out and watched for a while. Then, he decided he liked it better with his boots and he could just run around!

Charlie on his own!

Grace on her own. There was a little boy who she became friends with and he was helping her skate. He was in full hockey gear and skating like a pro. She was very impressed with his skating and i must say, he really did help her learn to skate better.

Sequence and cleaning

Grace loves playing board games. We sat down and played some Sequence this morning. We played best out of 5!

As you can see she won! Well, maybe I let her:)

The carpets needed vacuuming and Charlie wanted to do it! So here he is.

Grace then decided to vacuum the couch cushions for me as well. She found a quarter while doing it! She almost sucked it up in the vacuum until I told her she could keep it!

Construction worker William

William LOVES these goggles. I find him wearing them around the house for hours. I think he forgets he has them on. He puts them upside down and does not want them flipped around.

Christmas Celebration #3!!

Today we headed over to my parents house to celebrate with my family.

Charlie

Dylan

William

Grace with her American Girl doll grandma and Grandpa gave her

Grandma Krebs and Kathy playing with moon dough with the kids

Rub-a-dub dub....Three little boys in a tub!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas! We started our morning with gifts from Santa! Grace was overjoyed that he came to grandma Lendts' house. She was a little worried he would forget her:)

We then headed to celebrate with my dad's family in Springfield. Santa made an appearance. Grace wasn't to sure about him. She did ask later if that was the "Real" santa or his helper.

After naps, we headed to my Grandma Bauers house!

Here is Grace with her Godparents Brian and Michelle!

Ross got a little present in a Victoria Secret bag.....not to worry it was just some salsa and jalapeno jam!

Charlie and Riley

Group photo. The family is much bigger, but this is all who could make it. Would be nice to have a big family picture for Grandma again!

Christmas Eve!

Christmas Eve is spent with Ross's family. We opened presents in the morning. Grace has been very anxious for every Christmas celebration. She keeps a close count on how many presents she is getting. We had to remind her multiple times the true meaning of Christmas and it's not about getting presents. Doesn't always work to well with a 5 year old. Oh well. Charlie just wanted to rip open every present. And William, well he took a while sometimes to open one present. He really just like every gift his cousin Aiden got!

All the Grandkids

Dad and the boys!

Family picture!

Our Christmas

We are heading back to Sleepy Eye to celebrate Christmas with our families, so we opened our family presents before we left.

Charlie opening his present!

And Grace. She had been very curious about her gift all week since it was very small.