Christmas Elves

Ayla threw a Christmas Jammy Party.  This time we decided it would be extra darn cute to have all the little ones wear matching pajamas. 

Tell me that isn't the cutest! 

Here are the elves going CRAZY!

Merry Christmas to all from the Toddler Elves!

The BEST Babysitter EVER

Last weekend, we were able to go out to dinner and do some Christmas shopping without Moses, because we found the greatest babysitter ever.

Moses LOVES Miss Caitlin!

Oh Christmas Tree...

This was Moses's first Christmas that he actually noticed and appreciated the tree.

At first, he just took in all the ornaments, while we stressed the importance of just looking and not touching.

As a true Kaplowitz boy, Moses went straight for the football ornament.

"I'm just going to touch a little."

"Oh look!  It comes off!  A ball!"

And what does Moses do with balls, throws them, of course!

It wouldn't be Christmas without a broken ornament.  Let's just hope that it's the only one.

Christmas Art

Moses started off celebrating Christmas with an art project at Charlie's house.

Ryden, the lil artist, was pretty excited to start painting.  He was quite the cooperative artist! 

Here's Sam-O waiting patiently for his turn with the paintbrush!

Charlie was ready to put his creativity to work!

Moses was more into climbing and sliding than the art project.

Ayla, our lil mommy of the group, was watching over the boys outside to make sure they weren't getting into trouble.

After his work of art, Ryden was back to pushing the shopping cart, his favorite activity of all.

Here's Oliver pre-art project...happy and content!

Oliver during the art project.....not soo happy and content.  He just doesn't like paint!

Unfortunately, there aren't any pictures of the art work, but trust us, they were all masterpieces!

Emperor's Clothes

For Moses's 1st birthday, he got a traditional Korean outfit, a hanbok.  We didn't get good pictures on his birthday, so we decided to try again. 

We almost got the entire costume on, minus the belt and hat.  YIPPEE!  But this was the only picture we got of him.

After the one halfway decent picture, he was ready to take the long vest off.

Then it was time for the short vest to come off.

Then he was just down to his undershirt.

At last, we could put the hat on.

But then it was time for the undershirt to come off.

Then it was time for the hat to come off, which made Moses pretty darn happy!

So yet again, we don't have any good pictures of Moses in his hanbok.

The Last Night of Hanukkah

By the last night of Hanukkah, Moses was done with the yarmulkes.  Usually, he doesn't like hats on him, but this night was different. 
 

He wanted Daddy's yarmulke off!

And what Moses wants, he gets!

 After 8 nights of opening presents, Moses was quite the professional.

However, he did't have much patience for the toy packaging. 

"I want to play with my toy NOW!"

"YES!  I got it out and can play with it!"

 

The Fourth Night of Hanukkah

Since the Melikers were in town, we go to celebrate Hanukkah with them.

The best part for the kids was opening presents, of course.  Mandy and Sammie were nice enough to wait for Moses to open his presents first.

Sammie - "When's it our turn to open presents?"

A basketball for Moses....

some silly bands for Sammie....

and more silly bands for Mandy.

Happy Hanukkah!  We're only half done celebrating!

The Meli's are in Cali.....YIPPPEEE!!!!

About three weeks ago, the Melikers left snowy Chicago to come visit us in sunny San Diego.  Even though it wasn't that warm, we had to head to the beach.  

Mandy was pretty content finding rocks on the shore.

The best line of the day.....

Mandy - "Can I take this home, PULLLLEEEASE?"

YIKES!!  Didn't think the tide would come up that far.

Here's a scene straight from Baywatch!

The sound of the ocean.....

...always puts our monkey man to sleep.

It was a GREAT time had by all!

Let's Light the Menorah......

Daddy was in Dallas for work, so it was just Moses and Mommy for the 1st night of Hanukkah. 

Happy Hanukkah!