December & January

December was a busy month for us, as I am sure it is for most families. Our kids are lucky enough to celebrate both Christmas and Hanukkah. So we start off with the Christmas Tree one random Wednesday even, I believe that Avery had another case of the Barf-o-Rammas but Ian was determined. Avery made it and Ian got his tree. I really don't care to be perfectly honest. We don't have amazingly tall ceilings so really, it is all about where the hell we are going to put the damn thing. There is a reason why I was born a Jew...I hate messes and displacement. Damn Christmas, and for that matter, my husband is Clark W. Griswold Jr., I think our friend Chuck takes the cake for Sir. Anywho, got the tree and we got it up in the house. Moved everything around and Ian and my dad decided that we should get a train this year. Ian chose the Lionel Christmas Train. It blows smoke (lol-no pun intended), lights up and sings Jingle Bells. Ian loved it and honestly, so did the kids. Here is Owen being so helpful. He was playing with a singing dradle while sitting in the Christmas Tree Star box.Every year my mom comes over and we make Hanukkah dinner, including latkas and anything else we could come up with. This year my mother was bringing the brisket and Ian was trying to kill dinner...a young woman on a moped. The woman was ok and Ian's truck and our children weren't the wiser. Lots of excitement for one night though! Happy Hanukkah. After that ordeal we did not really have lots of fun pictures to capture the rather unusual evening. Although both kids loved their presents and Avery and Owen both love the princess dress up box!

Christmas was fun. We did Christmas Eve dinner at our house and the kids got so many presents. OMG-I was wondering why we would even bother giving them anything from Santa. But we did. My stomach was not feeling so great so I was unable to capture most if not all of the kids playing. Here is Owen riding his new bike in the living room; not sure which is more exciting, the bike or that it is in the house.

So after all of the festivities were over we shoved everything we could into the dishwasher and proceeded to put together a kitchen and to wrap all of the remaining presents. Oh, and put them out because of course Santa had not come yet. What a nightmare, we have a new found respect for parents at this time of year...f**king Santa, you can't call ahead and tell the kids you are dropping stuff off early on account of all the other parents you have to torment!?? Oh well, the kids had a blast and we got to go to two more houses on Christmas Day. This is our living room after Santa's visit.

January was a rather mellow month. Avery and Owen in this photo are enjoying the sand-crab their Auntie Leah got them. They really love that thing. We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season and a happy and healthy new year...belated!