Hanukkah 2011, take 2.

There was more Hanukkah celebration, but this time at home with our  immediate family.    We all said the prayers together.  Noah was pretty much able to do this himself.  And look how interested Sophie is.

We're not sure what happened to the video of this, but Noah loved the new drum set he got from  Nanny and Poppy

Here's a present from Sophie to Noah.  Happy Hanukkah Noah.

Sophie made out pretty well too.  She loved her presents.

But we think the hit of the night was Noah opening up his new Sony DS.  He just figured out what it was.

Thanks MOM (that's WOW but upside down (inside joke)).

And if you think this was a lot of celebration, Sophie has her first birthday coming up and then Santa is just around the corner.

Hannukah 2011

We were back in Danbury at the Delahanty's for Hannukah.  We had such a fun time.

Sarah is my biggest cousin.  Well, she's my oldest cousin, not really my biggest.  She 's getting married soon, so it was fun to hang out a little.  

Samantha is my oldest little cousin.  Look at us in this sea of presents.  As you can tell, we've cut down on gifts this year!

Me and the girls....

Hey.  Don't leave the boys out of the blog.  Look at the 3 cool, and rather tough dudes.  Max and Ben are using their muscles.  Noah is using the force.

What a great picture.  Noah is saying "no...please. Not right now".   But how nice to be with cousins on the holiday.

Of course we're expanding!  Mike and Ariel are like part of the cousin family.

Hey Max.  Can I hang out with you for a while.

After a while, it was time to dive into all those presents.  Hey Max, will you help me open this one?

And this one?

Ben made Noah a present.  How cool was this.

And Noah made a present for his Aunts.  Here auntie Laurie.  

This one's for you auntie Marci.  

And Nanny, this one's for you.

And I got you another present.  I picked out a special bright pink lipstick at Sephora for Nanny.

OK.  This is too much.  I need a little break.  Time out everyone.

OK.  Back to the presents.  Creepy Crawlers!! Awsome!

Hey, check out my new shopping cart and dolly.  Poppy, want to see?

Really, go ahed.  You can hold her.

Dinner time.  Thanks for sitting with me.

I was a little too little to play Electronic Battleship with the other kids.

We had a great time.  Thanks everyone for such a great time on my first Hannukah.  And Noah says thank you too.  See you all soon.    Love, Sophie.  

Ice cream for Sophie. And Noah, of course.

We realize that only a parent and some very special relatives will appreciate the need to document Sophie's first ice cream!  She LOVED it.  We were having dinner at a rest stop on the Jersey Turnpike on our way to Danbury for Hanukkah.  Is she happy or what?  Sophie, there's lots more where that came from.

Of course it's in her genes.  We hardly go anywhere without this little ice cream eating machine ordering chocolate ice cream!  He is teaching his sister well.  And notice his new 32 oz cup that we got as well?

Well, and of course maybe they get some of it from their dad?

Getting ready for the holidays.

Back at home we were getting ready for the Holdiays.  Noah's had a show at school for the parents.  Here is his class getting ready to sing "The Big Blue Frog"

This is KB reciting "The Chubby Little Snowman".   

Hey mom, that's me!

Now it was off to the malls.  We had Hanukkah, Christmas, and Sophie's birthday presents to buy, so one night after work, David and Noah took an adventure to the mall.  Nothing more to say other than "that's my boy"!  Needless to say, Noah charmed the sales people at every store we went into.  He had some very specific things he wanted to look for.

First stop was to find mommy some pajamas.

Noah...Pajamas are over here!

Second stop was to look for bright red lipstick.  He decided he wanted to buy Mommy and Nanny each lipstick.  We must have looked at 15 different colors.  He picked a bright pink for Nanny and a sparkly red for Mommy.

Now that our shopping adventure was done, the holidays will be here real soon.  Check back soon for lots of holiday fun!!

Thanksgiving 2011

We went to Connecticut for Thanksgiving this year.  We got in really late so we started out in a hotel.  Thought maybe Noah and Sophie would sleep together , but not enough room.

This year, we started out with hopefully a new tradition; a family football game.  I think it was a tie.  Check out the crew.

"You go right, you go left then short, and long but not too far.  Oh, and Noah...crush that guy in the Patriots jersey!


In this short video, you can see our team's secret weapon....

No doubt, holding!  10 yard penalty.

The games continued in Avon.  But this was a smaller football game.  2 on 1. 

Quarterback and his receiver. 

Oops.  Teams changed.  Go out and cut left on the goal line.

Meanwhile, Auntie Marci and everyone else were making a wonderful dinner inside.  Sophie and Poppy were hanging out before dinner.

Smile everyone.

Noah and his biggest cousins.

Noah and his less big cousins.

Hey Poppy, what you got there??

I'm coming to get some.  How come no one gave me ice cream???

 We had a great Thanksgiving in Connecticut this year!   Lots of fun holiday time.  Will see you all soon.

Love, Noah and Sophie.