Christmas

"Did Santa come?"

YES!!!
and he liked the cookies!

Owen taking a break to enjoy the cookies crumbs Santa left.

Christmas Brunch at our house

waiting for customers!

opening gifts from Aunt Eileen

time for a puppet show

opening gifts from Nonnie & Pops

after a fun Christmas dinner

Christmas Eve

We had a wonderful Christmas Eve.

Quinn and Owen were so sweet & excited.

at our house...
Merry Christmas!
We went to Lily & Pete's for dinner.

Owen was happy to see Mimi and Pete.

Quinn & Aunt Jennie

dinner

relaxing after dinner

sprinkling the lawn with reindeer food

getting a plate of cookies & carrots ready for Santa and the reindeer

setting it out next to the fireplace

Twas the night before Christmas...

Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

Quinn went to the BPO for a Christmas Special this afternoon with all her buddies - Charlie, Evan, Julian, and Joseph.

A little treat at SPOT after the concert.

Best Buddies!

Breakfast with Santa

We went to the Buffalo Zoo this morning for Quinn's 4th annual breakfast with Santa. She was so sweet, she gave Santa a list with pictures, asking for a doll, a tea party set, and a kitchen. She also included a picture of Santa.

Owen was thrilled to see Santa!

Merry Christmas!

face painting

Owen found the powdered doughnuts

Fun in the Snow

I had to post this picture of Owen in Quinn's shoes, holding his baby!
All ready for some fun in the snow!

helping to shovel

Getting Ready for Christmas

We have had a fun & exciting month. At the beginning of December Quinn was very excited to get out her advent calendars. The one pictured below is one Ollie made. Every morning Quinn loves to put a piece on the tree!
Nonnie also gave Quinn and Owen this fun way to count down the days until Christmas. Each day they open a bag to find a little treat!
Quinn is also enjoying finding "Zart" our Elf on the Shelf who flies to the North Pole nightly to report to Santa!

A few weekends ago we made our annual trip to Elber's to find the "perfect" tree.

I also took Quinn and Owen to the outdoor ice skating rink downtown to see the tree lighting.

Lolo was there doing her thing!

Owen really wished he could go out and skate!

Quinn did a wonderful job decorating the tree!

Last weekend we went to my parents house for a fun holiday lunch and on Sunday we went to Leftbank for brunch with Dan's family! And on Saturday night, Lauren, Quinn, and I made tons of Christmas cookies.

helping roll the dough for the cut-outs

rolling the cookies in sugar

pizza break

since Owen did not help bake, he provided us with entertainment

This weekend we are looking forward to seeing Santa at the zoo and going to see the BPO at Kleinhans!!