First Shopping♥

So all the kids received gift cards to Target this year from Pa-paw♥

(Thank you!)

Luka immediately wanted to buy himself a toy the next day, so we headed out to Target.

He fell in love with this monster/pet toy.

 He lined up and paid all by himself.

He was so proud! I believe he said something like "I did my first toy shopping Mommy"

He calls the Yeti his "baby".♥

Milo grabbed this teddy bear so we got this for him.

It was on post-Christmas sale so it was only $2.

What a deal!

As for Kai, he didn't find anything.

Maybe we'll wait a few more months for newer toys to appear.

Puffy vests!

The kids got a warm puffy vest for Christmas!

Here's Luka modeling it for us.

Most of the snow was gone by the next day but it was icy!

Prezzies♥

I didn't take a whole lot of photos for Christmas because I wanted to enjoy the moment.

Here's a few snapshots.

 GG and Baba came over this year♥

And one of the games I bought for the kids turned out to be a big hit with the adults!

My mom, sister and myself...we were hooked on this monkey tower game!

A White Christmas!!

This year we had a rare white Christmas!

It started to snow on Christmas eve and there was talk about it possibly sticking to the ground.

(The weather forecast here is always iffy...)

Well we woke up to this much snow!

(For Seattle..this is an exciting amount!)

Kai was starting to get sick...so I took Luka outside to explore.

He loved it!

Luka built a snowman♥

I helped a little of course.

I'm hoping for more snow this winter!

Christmas photos♥

Happy holidays everyone!

How was everyone's Christmas?

We had a blast and surprise....! 

We had a rare White Christmas♥♥♥

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play center!

Before the holidays kick into gear, we decided to get together for a last play date at the indoor play center!  The kids of course LOVED it!

We even climbed up to the very top and Milo had no fears!

Group photo♥

Final holiday shopping

Some last minute holiday shopping.

Target had a fun prop..you take a photo and flip it around!

Now it looks like you're coming down from the chimney♥

The boys LOVE car toys...

I think they're eyeing some toys to get after Christmas.

(Thank you Pa-paw for the gift cards! The boys will have fun doing some self-shopping)

Space Needle

Luka brought me a drawing and told me it was the Space Needle!

Snowflake Lane♥

Every year in Downtown, there's a festive Parade called Snowflake Lane.

(It started about 10 years ago...and over the years it has become a huge event!)

It was so crowded...but the kids had fun♥

I carried Milo so he could see the parade.

We didn't have front row seats.

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We found a polar bear!

O boy...as soon as the parade was over, we were hit with a hailstorm.

Then the mall was just PACKED with every stroller waiting for the elevator.  

We decided to play at Macy's until the crowd died down...

O! and look what James found at the Amazon book store!

N O S T A L G I A 

Last week of School

It was the last week of school for both Kai and Luka.

Milo with his friend from the coffee shop♥

Ooooo I always get excited when the kids get a new book order!