Drew Dancing

Drew is a dancing fool...until Chloe distracts him and he ends up smacking right into the glass door--oops!!

Santa brings Chloe's dollhouse

Christmas morning

The kids had a great Christmas morning--Chloe was so excited about the dollhouse which was such a great thrill for us, because we had prepared for a mediocre reaction or even worse, a complaint that the dollhouse wasn't pink. But she surprised us all and was completely in love with it, so that made it all worthwhile. And Drew was just in love with the packaging and saying "cheese" for the camera whenever he could!

Christmas Eve

Here are a few pictures from Christmas Eve--Santa's first visit to Chloe and Drew was full of excitement! Chloe and Drew "just missed" seeing Santa when they drove out looking for him, but he left lots of packages for them to open when they got back to Tom & Cheryl's house. While Drew amused himself with bows and countless jumps up and down on all the packages, Chloe had fun with her remote controlled car and new bean bag chair. The jack-in-the-box created some touching moments as they played so well together with it, but then ended tragically as Drew just couldn't take it anymore and let Chloe know exactly how he felt. Ahh, yes, what fun!

FINISHED!!

The dollhouse is officially finished!! We can't believe that we made it....the official hours total is over 60...30 of which came within the last 3 days! Now we just can't wait to see Chloe's face tomorrow morning when she sees it!

Dollhouse Update--the race is on!

Only 2 more days to finish the dollhouse--yikes! It certainly has come a long long way from when we started. At this point, Santa could give Chloe the dollhouse along with a bag of "extra" parts that the elves didn't finish...but then Brian would have to work on it after Christmas, which I am quite certain there is no way in the world that will happen!

First Snow

Chloe was never more excited to snow in her life--and we were completely shocked when she woke up on Saturday, rushed to the window, and wanted to go play in the snow IMMEDIATELY! She's come a long way from the last 2 winters when 5 minutes in the snow was more than she could bear. Looks like we'll be in a fun winter if we get a lot more of the white stuff!

Getting Ready for Christmas

Christmas preparations have definitely been underway at our house--December has completely flown by thanks to all the holiday activities and events! Chloe was a great helper in the kitchen this year for making cookies (and I actually mean that), and we had a great time at the Columbus holiday party (yes, Brian is a beautiful Hannah Montana!). And the visit with Santa was quite memorable!

Dollhouse Update: Hours 3-20

Well, we are about 20 hours into the dollhouse project so far. These pictures were taken at the beginning of the weekend so they actually don't do justice to all the progress Brian has made in the last few days. The roof is almost completely on now, which I think means that the process of gluing the 1,000+ shingles will begin any day now. 19 days and counting to Christmas! Think we'll make it??