Jingle Bell Rock

What a fabulous Christmas! Joel, Jude, and Rory got super blessed and Ryan & I couldn't have had more fun watching our little people tear through gifts and celebrate Jesus' birth! Story of the year... The kids got a Wii from their Grandma Kim and after we got it all set up at home Ryan and Joel began arguing over who has had more "play time" on it! Ryan starts playing Wii tennis and, after all his lectures to the kids about watching out for each other before they swing the controllers around, he actually swings his controller into the Christmas tree (knocking a bunch of ornaments to the floor) and then proceeds to hurt his foot on a toy while trying to perfect his mad Wii tennis skills. Gotta love the cruel irony of that! :)

Reindeer!!!

We took the kids to see reindeer tonight (we were supposed to see Santa too but the line was about an hour long and outside in 27 degree weather... No thanks) and it was pretty cool. Turns out Dancer and Prancer were there for pictures w/ us!

Ryan, Joel, and Rory with Prancer.... Jude was too scared to get in this picture!

Joel, Jude, Rory, and myself with Dancer... Freezing in the sleigh! :)

Fun w/ Papa

The kids' Papa Bob (Ryan's dad) came over this evening with movies and popcorn and spent some fun time with us before bed! Joel, Jude, and Rory just adore their Papa and asked me over and over again for the hour and a half before he came if he was "here yet"... Gotta love that! ;)
After our movie the kids talked him into playing some jax with them. Here are some fun snap shots of the action.

Homemade Fun

Joel is our little creative wonder and he came up with the idea to build his own "go cart"... Here are the results! He covered a diaper box in foil and taped it to a skateboard. He was generous enough to share the fun w/ his siblings so I snapped a few pics of Joel and Jude be-bopping around in the homemade car :).

Yum, Yum, Eat 'Em Up

The kids had a tremendously nourishing breakfast this morning... Donuts w/ icing and sprinkles!!! Way to start the day, eh?! Since Joel and Jude are "growing up" now and too sophisticated for sloppy donut eating, I decided to nab a couple of pics of Ro with chocolate face. I love how she admires the donut like it's a piece of art! Well, I guess in a since you could call it culinary art, but we aren't talking Ace of Cakes here... These are Walmart bakery donuts :)!

Trick Or Treat!!!

Well, here they are... Our three little goblins pre-trick or treating. We had so much fun! First we went to Joel's school for a halloween celebration and the kiddos got to play lots of games and win prizes and candy. After dinner Grandma Kim came over and put on her costume... She was a big baby (seriously!) and the kids loved it! I took a picture of her with the kids but later realized I didn't have the memory card in my camera so I can't upload it to my computer :(. Happy Halloween Hanewinkel House!

Pre-Rain Play Time

Just remembering the good ole days before it decided to rain every single day out here. We are now like prisoners in our own home... Sigh. :)