Christmas 2015 (part 2) VIDEOS ♥

Opening presents♥

Christmas 2015 (part 1) PHOTOS ♥

I made sure to get a photo of the boys BEFORE the chaos and mess of opening presents.

"cheese!"

My parents were so awesome--they brought over home-cooked meals over for us.

And instead of driving over to my parents they all decided to come over to our house!

It was nice because being 8 months pregnant, I can do only so much...

Thanks guys!

♥

I didn't get to take too many photos because it was crazy!  But here are the few shots I got.

I hope everyone had an awesome holiday!

Check out Luka's awesome Turtle shirt!

From Pa-Paw!

light saber..!

Since the world is all about 'Star Wars' these days, I'm gonna say Luka fell asleep holding his light saber.  He never let it go either!

First Snow...!

We had our first snow on Monday!

Chunky snow that started to stick to the ground for a bit....but sadly it didn't last.

Still exciting though!

There's talk that we MIGHT get some more snow on Christmas Day this year.

A White Christmas?  That would be amazing!

今冬　初の雪が降りました！

少し積もったけどすぐ溶けちゃった。

でもわくわくするね！噂によるとクリスマスの日にも雪が降るかも！

そしたら何年ぶりのホワイト・クリスマスだろう！

Our tree and presents are complete!

It was fun getting gifts for the kiddos this year...and I had some fun getting quirky things for James too.  (He's always hard to find gifts for...but I got creative).

ツリーもプレゼントも全て完成。

もちろんほとんどは子供達へのプレゼント。

もちろんじぃじ、ばぁばなど。

今年特に難しかったのはジェームズ。

でもなんとかいい物見つけたぞ。

Here awaits gifts for opening!

Mostly for the kids of course but some are also for my parents, sister, grandmother and we got a lot of goodies from Pa-Paw!

早く子供達が開けるのをみたい！

Kai singing songs ♫

Some songs he learned at school.

This is a 'goodbye' song that they sing when class is over.

And I think he learned this Gingerbread Man song last week, just in time for the holidays!

I love it ♥

Mommy & Luka Cafe date ♥

Normally we drop off Kai at Preschool and go home...but today there were power outages at almost every street light!  It took forever to get to school!  So instead of going back home, we decided to go to the bookstore and cafe and hang out until Kai's class was done.

We shared a delicious buttered croissant.  And found a few Christmas gifts at the bookstore ♥

The three boys...

And Luka is all about drawing circles right now ♥

It's been stormy lately...

Hey, look what we found! A festive Fire Truck!

Why not get into the toy bin? 

Looks like someone fell asleep during bedtime reading...

Family photo ♥

Kai's preschool requested a family photo this year so we TRIED this morning.

I thought this first photo was great...until I saw Luka's face....

カイのプリスクールが家族写真をリクエスト。

久しぶりに家族4人で写真を撮ってみた。

一発目で撮れたと思ったら、ルカの目が.....

Tried again... Luka wasn't looking at the camera...

もう一回！

ルカのカメラ目線が外れた！

Tried again..... Luka started crying and fussing and Kai was unhappy...

もう一回....

あ～あ、ルカがついに泣き出した。

カイもがっかり。

Did we finally get a good photo? Well...Luka is crying but hey, I kinda like it ♥

最後に取れたのがこれ。

皆良く映ってるけど、ルカが泣き顔。

でもそれもそれでいいかな？

Christmas Tree !!

We always put up our Christmas Tree the day after Thanksgiving♥

Yay!  It's starting to feel a lot like the holidays!

Thanksgivingの次の日は決まってクリスマスツリーを出します。

After mommy did some solo Black Friday shopping, I came home to help decorate the tree.

I let Kai decorate it first.

ママは一人でブラック・フライデーショッピングに行きました。

帰ってきてから皆で飾り付け！

Here's what happens when you put a 4 year old in charge of decorating.

A clump of ornaments in the middle of the tree!

I like it!  Great job Kai! and Luka helped too!

最初はカイに全部やらせた。

ツリーの真ん中だけに飾りが....

まぁ個性的でいいんじゃない？

The Zzzzz series...

First he was sleeping on his tummy on the couch...

Then he flipped over...

Then he rolled off the couch and Kai decided to nap with Luka...

^_^

Spongebob + Pillow ♥

Kai's drawing of Spongebob Squarepants♥

I think it's pretty good..and it's cute!

It's the Kawaii version!

Also, this.

Luka is all about the neck pillow these days.

It's a monkey neck pillow I got for Kai but after Luka discovered it, he wears it all the time!

He just wraps it around his neck and walks around.

^_^

In the waiting room.

This is Luka's new winter hat!

I think it's a .....dog? Anyways, it's very fluffy and warm inside and he loves to wear it!

Kai's creation--Fall candle!

He made this at his preschool and I love it!  I might take it to my parents over Thanksgiving and show everyone.  It's so pretty...!

カイがプリスクールで作ったキャンドル。

秋・Thanksgivingにぴったり！

Aaaaand it may have been someone's birthday last week.... MINE!

Mommy turned 33 and I can't believe it.

Kai sang me the birthday song and they loved watching me blow out the candles.

And of course everyone loved the cake.

Thank you James!

「Achoo!!」♥♥

Aaaah! so cute♥

I love Luka's sneezing performace!  

This is Kai's current favorite book, "The Berenstein Bears".

The nightly book-reading session has moved from Kai's bedroom to Mommy & Daddy's bedroom to accommodate for Luka's participation.

Playing around

Just testing out my future Vespa ♥

Just messing with my brother ♥

Luka's overdue haircut (videos)

Awww I already miss his longer hair....

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Luka's overdue haircut (photos)

Haircut appointment for Luka on Sunday♥

He did pretty good!  He cried a little when she used the trimmer but overall he did well.

♥

This is where he cried a little bit.

Ta-da!  He looks so different!

We took them to the toy store since they were so good.

This is awesome--a mini scooter for kids!

nom nom nom

The tastiest apples are in season right now!! We've been eating an apple-a-day♥

Nom nom nom