Monday, December 31, 2012

Christmas 2012

Attached are some photos from our Christmas 2012 holiday season....

Our beloved neighbor, Mr. Rego, reading The Elf on the Shelf book to Charlie and Caroline





Charlie and Caroline waiting for Jack to get off the bus...




Charlie in his school 'performance'....so cute!


Charlie making crafts at his classroom holiday party...





Fun Christmas gifts from our neighbors, The Regos...

The kids playing a game from our babysitter Mollie, Disney-themed characters guessing game...


Lighting our luminaries for the annual "Light Up River" event, Dec 23, 2012



Setting out the luminaries along the sidewalk in front of our house...





Christmas Eve on our own in Cleveland this year! We made the decadent bowtie cream pasta with gorgonzola, walnuts, and grapes (a la RoseAngeli's in Chicago)

Charlie made 'reindeer food' during his classroom holiday party...

Putting out the reindeer food on our porch on Christmas Even



So excited Christmas Morning!




Opening their stockings...












Yummy, over-the-top Monkey Bread for Christmas morning

Egg casserole for Christmas morning

The most conservative Little Mermaid costume Santa could find on Ebay




Although we did NOT have a white Christmas, we DID have a white day-after Christmas...blizzard on December 26th!

Sledding, snow angels, and snowball fights at Rocky River park...







Panera stop en route to visit Mema and Bepa Patterson in Michigan...

Jack lining up his 'Quirkle' game, by color, of course...