Christmas 2010

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone! We hope everyone is doing well and enjoying 2011! We had a great holiday season and enjoyed our time off - minus the girls getting sick :-( but we were fortunate enough to catch up with many friends and family. Please enjoy the below pictures - we had fun making these pictures forever memories!

We headed to Grammy and Grampy's for Christmas Eve! We had a great dinner (thanks Grammy) and the girls loved playing with Lindsey, Drew, Amy, Bob and Sue! Isabelle and Ellie were excited and tracked Santa throughout the night!

Santa did indeed stop at our house! Santa left the girls a letter and reminded them to continue their good behavior! Isabelle and Ellie ripped through their presents and were shocked Santa brought them what they had been asking for including pants, pajama, books and puzzles! Ellie decided to make Christmas even more memorable by "barfing" right before Grammy, Grampy, Jen and Greg arrived (never a dull moment!). She was a trooper and didn't let go of her "puffs" or "yogurt melts" for the duration of the morning!

Ellie and her crazy hair!!!

Special thanks to Aunt Eileen for her Christmas gifts! We were fortunate to have >12 inches of snow fall after Christmas and the girls loved outfitting "Frosty" with his accessories from Aunt Eileen (a little touch of NYC!). Mary and I pulled thr girls around the house on sleds and Dad happened to dump both girls out of their sleds and into the snow!! Frosty's life was cut short as a result of 50 degree weather a few days later but we loved looking at him every night before bed time!

Ellie sleeping off her little sickness! She had her "lovies" and her "binky" - what more could a girl ask for - to keep her comfortable!

We headed to the "big city" to hang with Marc and Jill for "pizza night". Isabelle and Ellie were very excited to see the "city lights". The girls made some pizzas!! One of the hi-lights of the night was playing with "Jinx the Cat"!! Special thanks to Marc and Jill for hosting - we all had a great night out!

Isabelle and her cousin Frank just being silly while accomplishing a bed time chore! Mary and Isabelle headed up to Nana and Papa's house for the "family" Christmas party at the community center. Unfortunately George and Ellie couldn't make it as a result of Ellie being sick! Isabelle loved getting her Christmas gift from Uncle Patrick and had fun playing with her 1000 cousins!

Grammy and Isabelle spent some time making Christmas cookies! Mom and Dad were shocked how good the cookies were - for real they were yummy! Ellie and Isabelle helped Grammy and Grampy decorate for Santa by hanging ornaments and setting up the village as well.

Thanks again to all our loyal blog readers and a Happy New Year from all of us! We wish you a safe, happy and healthy 2011 and we look forward to "catching up" with all of you in 2011!

Thanksgiving and Christmas Flair

We had a fun and busy Thanksgiving weekend. We ran a 5K, ate like pigs, and spent time with several family members. Overall it was a great weekend and we are thankful for all of our friends, family, and loyal blog readers.


Don't I look so happy to be getting ready to run a 5k :) I wanted to quit half way through. But George would not let me. And I am so glad he made me finish !! In case you can't tell from our outfits, we ran the 5K at George's high school. And oh ya, he is wearing his hockey jersey and warm up pants from high school. Pretty impressive !!

After our run we had worked up quite an appetite. So we headed to Grammy and Grampy's for dinner. A special thank you to Grammy and Aunt Eileen for all of the cooking they did for us. Thanksgiving dinner was delicious !!

Ellie cuddling with Grampy. She must of had too much turkey :)

The Spencer girl's with the chocolate pecan pie we made we extra TLC.

We were lucky enough to spend much of the weekend with Aunt Eileen. It was great to see her and the girls loved playing with her. We are looking forward to seeing her again when we visit her at the Jersey Shore this summer :)

Ellie and Aunt Eileen relaxing before bed.

We headed up to Nana and Papa's the day after Thanksgiving for our second
Thanksgiving dinner. Ellie loved Nana's apple pie. She actually ate that whole piece in front of her by herself. She mastered the use of the spoon while she conquered that piece of pie. You can tell from this picture that she was all business while she devoured the pie.

Of course, a picture of Isabelle and Felix.

And of course a picture of all of the cousins at the kids table.

Nana and Ellie at Thanksgiving part 2. Thank you to Nana for preparing a yummy dinner for all of us.

George and his early Christmas present from Colleen. Oh yes, you are correct, that is a Superman Get Snuggy !! Awesome !!

With Thanksgiving over we have moved on to the next holiday. This past weekend we cut down our Christmas tree, put up all of our Christmas flare, and of course the outside lights. This is a picture of George using his "apple like deltoids" to cut down our tree :)

The girls watching Daddy cut down the tree.

A side view of the tree on my car.

Daddy and Isabelle placing the star on the tree. The tree is short, round, and full of ornaments. It is perfect !!

Last couple weeks (pre T-Day!)

Ellie sporting her "Donald Trump" hair! She has recently entered the word of "pony tails"!

Ellie has also entered the world of "shoes"! She has been walking / running for a little over a month so some new shoes were much needed! A special thanks to Grammy for helping us shop for shoes! I can imagine how this obsession is going to get out of control! Girls and shoes - yikes!

Papa was a bachelor last week with Nana relaxing in FL with her sisters. We promised Papa a dinner date at the Olive Garden for his birthday a few months back! We (Papa, Grammy, Mary, George, Ellie, Isabelle) all joined the clean plate club and had a great dinner ; the wine was pretty good too :-)

The girls sporting their new winter coats!!!

This past weekend we hosted a sleepover!! Julianna and Tyler (along with their parents) ventured to our house for a Saturday night party! The kids were awesome and super well behaved! Our house looked like a tornado blew threw it!! We all survived :-) Special thanks to Kelly / Fern for the yummy lasagna, cookies and wine!

Isabelle and I had a date on Sunday! We went to a hockey game!! Isabelle had a lot of fun drinking her soda, eating sweets and looking for the alligator (really it is a shark!). We topped of our date with a trip for "Chinese" - Isabelle's request!

Hope everyone has a safe and happy T-Day! Mary and I have a lot to be thankful about and this includes our loyal blog fan base :-)

Fall Fun and Halloween

Fall is officially here. It is colder and getting dark earlier. But we are having fun with all of the activities that go along with fall. We have been apple picking, playing in the leaves, and of course we celebrated Halloween weekend !

Below are pictures of the girls over the last 2 months.

The girls love raking the leaves and then jumping in the pile. Daddy raked for 5+ hours last Sunday so there aren't too many leaves to play in any more. But the yard will be full again soon !

Another way we got rid of leaves was to make scarecrows. We made one scarecrow for each of us. Check out the heads on the girls :)

Ellie playing with leaves. She loves to look out the window and stare at the trees. At first she was not sure what to make of the leaves. But now she loves to play in them.



Fall also means the start of the Bruins season. Ellie is a huge fan as you can see. She is accessorizing with her pink purse :)




Daddy and Ellie at the Halloween party at school. We all had a great time running around the classrooms trick or treating. (This picture is out of order. Ignore my lack of blogging skills.)





A few weeks ago we went apple picking. Daddy and Ellie on a hayride on the way to the orchard to go apply picking.



Grammy went apple picking with us. She also went to the playground with us and decided to show Isabelle how to swing. Grammy has great form :):)





Our little pumpkin in the pumpkin patch.






Isabelle loved apple picking. I have never seen her eat an entire apple by herself before this day. She really enjoyed the fresh apples.

Mommy and Isabelle on the apple picking hayride.

Isabelle, Mommy and Grammy apple picking.

All of us being silly at the apple orchard. Ellie is with us. She is just hidden :)

A rare family photo.

The girls.

Our big lady bug.

Isabelle and Mickey and Minnie at the school Halloween party:)

The 2 cutest ladybugs in the world !

Our little ladybug.

Isabelle and Felix at the Halloween parade and Felix's birthday party.

Nana, Papa, and Ellie at the parade.

Mommy and Ellie at Felix's pirate birthday party.

Nana in her Halloween flair :)

The girls and their neighborhood friends. We had a great time trick or treating on Halloween. The kids ran around in the freezing cold and now we are all enjoying the candy they collected.

The girls right before we headed out to go trick or treating.