We had another fabulous Christmas at the Povah house. The kids really got into their Elf on the Shelf, Diddle, and had fun finding him every morning in his new spot. Owen was probably the most excited and often went downstairs looking for him before coming into our room to say good morning, while Aiden and Aubrey preferred a little cuddle time before heading down to look for him. The kids went to see Santa and we actually had 2 kiddos sit near Santa this year!
Aubrey was still apprehensive, but got close to sitting on his lap...
The kiddos got super spoiled again this year. The hot items on their lists were: Baby Comes Alive, a dollhouse, Elmo Rocks, Jake and the Neverland Pirates ship and telescope, Thomas the Train portable train set, books, movies, art supplies and an XBox Kinnect. The got all of that and way more, but I've already forgot what all they got. Damn aging memory. Christmas Eve was great. We started the day over at Mimi and Papa's house and opened presents and ate lunch. We came home and went to Mass then had Brendan, Leigh, Papa, and the Povahs over for dinner and fun. We all had a great time playing with the Kinnect, drinking some wine and eating WAY too much food. The kids loved setting out the homemade sugar cookies for Santa and carrots for his reindeer that night and eventually passed out dreaming of sugar plums, I'm sure. The were so wiped from Christmas Eve that they didn't get up until 7:30 Christmas morning (I was more excited than they were). Unwrapping presents and digging through their stockings was super fun!
After opening presents we headed over to Papa and Gwen's house for brunch. We had a great time hanging out over there. We came home for a couple of hours then headed over to GG's house. We ate more great food, then opened presents and hung out. The kids did great, especially considering they hadn't napped in two days and we had been running around like crazy. We came home and crashed that night and everyone slept in til almost 8 (glorious!).
The kids have also enjoyed playing the snow and we got to experience a massive snow storm in December.
Aiden is fully potty trained now!!!! Woo hoo! This mama is super excited. All three kiddos still wear a diaper at night in case of an accident, but I'm ok with that for now. He is acting so grown up now. He says the funniest things...case in point:
Me: "Aiden do you want an enchilada for dinner?"
Aiden: "Oh yes, they're my fav."
Aiden: "My poop went bloop into the toilet."
Aiden: "Daddy you're a tub of lard." (Ok, not nice, but hilarious)
He loves baseball and is ready to play ball this Summer. Both boys should be able to play on the 3 and 4 year old team together. Adam and I are really looking forward to their games!
Owen is busy being Owen. He has a group of boys at school that he likes to cause trouble with. We still struggle with him being aggressive and excited a lot of the time, but hoping it's just a phase. He's cute, but oh so naughty. He's really excited for soccer this Spring. He loves playing with my iPhone and could watch YouTube for hours (but we obviously try to discourage that).
Aubrey is doing great. She's known as the fashionista at school. She loves playing with all of her princesses and baby dolls. She could also paint all day long. Both Owen and Aubrey have gotten pretty good at writing their names. She really wants to start in gymnastics and dance, but we may have to wait until the Fall when more classes start up.
We're all itching for Spring and Summer to get here. Adam leaves next week for Minnesota and it will be a long week alone with the kiddos in this cold. At least when he leaves in the Summer, we can play outside. He starts his new job with MedLine on Tuesday and is pretty excited about the new opportunity. We have to buy a new car with this job, so I think I will have to bite the bullet and accept the we're a minivan family. It will come in handy on road trips, so the kids can't touch each other and we have more room. Adam has to go to Chicago for two weeks in April and I'm planning on driving the kids out there to make it a little family vaca out of it. I hope I can survive 6 hours by myself in the car with the kids...guess we'll find out :)
Off to watch a little "Gnomeo and Juliet" with the kids on this lazy Saturday afternoon. Til next time!
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