Thanksgiving 2014

We hosted Thanksgiving this year and it was so nice to have lots of family here for the holiday.  My Mom helped out so much thank you - she basically made the entire meal for us.  I was sous chef!  We had a fun few days celebrating the holiday.  Then Mom, Shelley, and I got to sneak out on Black Friday for a little shopping while the guys stayed home and had all the kids.  We had a really good day! 

Love this pic my Dad got of Sage. 

 Nana and her girls (the vest Sage has on my Mom made for Shelley and I when we were little)

First year for a kids table and I realized the 

kids table is really for the adults!

 A really good meal!

 Mom had a birthday that weekend and we gave 

her a Nana necklace - she cried!

The kids jumping off some steam on the trampoline.

Jingle Rails

We went to see the exhibit Jungle Rails while Mimi and Pop-Pop were here for Christmas.  It was a really fun afternoon.  Sage loved all the different buildings to look at and Quinn seemed to enjoy the trains going around the room. It was at a beautiful museum and they have a great children's area downstairs.  Sage had lots of fun and Quinn was loving the stagecoach you can get in and pretend to ride in.  Thanks Mimi and Pop-Pop for such a fun afternoon!

Friends

We have been so fortunate to have great babysitters for the girls.  Miranda was one of our first sitters for Sage.  She is now away at college, so her sister Colleen took over!  Miranda was home for the holidays and they came over to visit.  We had such a good time chatting and they even brought the girls Christmas presents. 

 All the girls!

Sage in her new shirt from Miranda from the United States Coast Guard Academy where Miranda goes to school.  

Sage loves her new shirt!

Lucky

Our girls are very lucky that we have families that love and spoil them!   They get cards and presents for their birthday and for Christmas!  Sage loves to get packages in the mail.   I wasn't able to get pictures of them opening all the gifts.  But I did get a few pictures the day that they got a package from Aunt Sandy and Uncle Al! 

Look at her reading her card!

Quinn loves opening presents!

Excited for a new Christmas book.

More wrapping paper - yeah!

Chippy had fun!

Chippy had lots of fun while he was here before Christmas.  He had his work cut out for him keeping an eye on Sage.  She was a handful this past month.  Being sick and cooped up in the house didn't help.  Here are some fun things Chippy did this year. 

 I think this was my favorite!

  

Sage was concerned that he used all our sprinkles!

Yuletide 2014

We surprised Sage with a special day - Mommy, Daddy and Sage!  We got a sitter for Quinn and spent the day together.  We all loved it!  We went to the Christmas show at the symphony.  Sage did great!  All we told her was that she had to dress up and that we were going downtown.  On the way there we told her what we were going to do.  We got to our seats and got settled and then we got her a gingerbread cookie to snack on.  She was really into the show for the first half.  At intermission she and I got up to walk around.  She was very excited for intermission to end as they started back off with some songs from Frozen.  About 3 songs after that she was done.  Reese took her to the lobby for the last two songs.  After the show we went and got hot chocolate in preparation for our next surprise.  A carriage ride around the city!   We all loved it!   We capped the day off with dinner out.  It was a special day for all of us. 

 We had great seats!

 

Our view!

During intermission in front of a HUGE Christmas tree.

A little blurry but so cute!

Love this picture of us!

Quinn's Hair

Quinn's hair is getting long!  Her bangs are now getting into her eyes. We have been using a bow to keep it our of her eyes and it makes her look so big to me.  Like a toddler and no longer a baby.  How is my baby this big?

 She loves to wear this green crown. 

Our big girl!

Tree Decorating

We put up the tree right after Thanksgiving!  Sage was so excited to decorate it!  We waited until Quinn went to bed and got it all set up.  We figured it would have taken twice as long with Quinn helping!   There is always next year!  Such a fun family night.  Quinn was very intrigued by the tree the next morning.  She left it alone for the most part.  The candy canes were really tempting.  She would grab one and make a run for it!  So cute!

 

Dance Show

Each month at dance class they do a showcase for the parents.  This week Reese was home in time to keep Quinn so I could just take Sage to her class.  It was kind of nice to not have to chase Quinn around and I could watch Sage during her class. 

They have recently started using the barre at ballet class.  Sage loves it!

Here is a video of the dance they did that night.  Sage is the youngest in the class by a year.  She loves her ballet classes!  At the end of class they got to hear the music they will be dancing to at the end of the year recital and see their costume.  She was so excited!