Making Papa Bob Pretty for Christmas!

Maggie decided Papa Bob needed a makeover today and put a nice shade of pink lipstick on him!

 What a good sport!

The finished product...isn't he beautiful?!

Christmas Day

This morning when we woke up, Maggie went through her stocking from Santa.  We ate a big breakfast and then headed to Christmas mass together.  After we got home, my parents came down and had lunch with all of us.  We stepped out of the box of traditional food and had shrimp and crab legs in a steam pot with potatoes and corn.  It was delicious!!  After lunch, we enjoyed sitting around visiting and Maggie got to try out her new snow pants and snow boots when she went sledding.  We had another great day spent with family!

 Maggie got a tin cup, peppermint stick and a shiny, new penny like Mary and Laura did from the Little House on the Prairie books.  She was so excited when she saw this and knew exactly what it was from!

 She got a new pen that has multiple colors of ink.

 3 new hair bows from Santa

 drinking some nice, cold milk from her new tin cup

 Maggie got some new paints, paintbrushes, and drawing paper, too.

Dressed and ready for Christmas mass

Christmas Eve

Rob's parents and brother came in town last night, Christmas Eve.  We opened presents last night, too, since we had church early this morning.

Maggie got some new snow pants.

New snow boots

books from Uncle Jim

Rob and I get Maggie a new ornament for her tree every year.  We try to get something that represents the year somehow for Maggie.  This year we got her a Little House on the Prairie one, which she absolutely loved! 

Hello Kitty thermos

Hello Kitty slippers

Hello Kitty backback from Nana Karen and Papa Bob

Despicable Me 1&2 from Nana Karen and Papa Bob

The Little Mermaid (I only had it on VHS)

new earrings

Jacobs Christmas

Today, Rob, Maggie and I went to my parents and celebrated Christmas.  We got to spend the entire day with them and my brother's family and it was absolutely wonderful!  We talked, laughed, ate, and of course opened tons of presents!  Thank goodness Nana and Papa got Maggie a Seat Pet because it definitely came in handy for one tired little girl on the way home tonight!

Maggie's lunch

Maggie was sitting at the table today eating her lunch, playing around and taking forever to finish.  I told her to quit talking and playing so much and to eat.  She said, "Okay, but can I play in my mind?"

Santa

Rob and I took Maggie up to Bass Pro Shops to see Santa tonight! She told him she wanted an easel with paper, paints, and a paintbrush. Today was the first time we'd ever heard she wanted these things, too!!

Christmas Presents

It's becoming a yearly tradition that Maggie finds things around the house to wrap as Christmas presents for her babies.  She doesn't want them to feel left out on Christmas morning!

Thanksgiving

Rob, Maggie, and I drove to Wakefield on Thanksgiving Day for the Thurlow (Rob's mom) celebration.  After a great lunch seeing Rob's mom, dad, brother, aunt, uncle, cousins, and grandparents, we headed to Manhattan to have Thanksgiving dinner at his parent's house.  We spent the night and got up the next day to do a little Christmas shopping.  After another wonderful day together, Rob, Maggie, and I headed home.  It was a fantastic Thanksgiving filled with great food and lots of family time!

Swim lessons

Maggie finished her latest round of swim lessons, once a week for 6 weeks, on November 26th.  She made huge gains this time around, too!  She held her head under water, jumped in from the ledge, and swam short distances unassisted.  We were very proud of her and are planning to get her in lessons again when they start back up in January.  I really think continuing them, and not waiting until the summer, helps keep her momentum going!