Love, Mommy

Snow Days

Since it was kind of impossible for me to get outside with the littles in the snow by myself, Luke took them out a few times. I was surprised to see how their little personalities all took to the snow a little differently.

I was pleasently surprised that Jackson actually loved playing in the snow. He is always a little annoyed by things that are "cold" or "hot" (two of his first words) so I was sure he'd only last a few minutes, but he probably enjoyed playing more than his brothers.

Mostly, I think Luke looks kind of scary in this picture :)

Patrick did NOT love the snow. Normally he has little regard for his body, throwing himself off tables and down slides with no thought, but apparently the snow was too much for him. He cried to be held most of the time while outside.

D loves making snow angels...we still have to make them on the carpet and in the grass!

Christmas '10

Christmas is more fun every year--like experiencing it for the first time. Christmas Eve was spent at Luke's parents. We did a big unwrapping present party and a quick Oyster Stew dinner. I was in charge of music for the midnight Mass in North Platte.

The next morning, we opened presents as a family.

D opened his second his second St. Dominic Savio coloring book (great minds think alike, right Susie? :))

The boys played with (and fought over) the electronic drum set and keyboard they got from the G and G Deaver all morning.

Yep, Dominic...that's exactly what I was thinking...

Probably going to be keeping the keyboard and drums at Grandma and Grandpas in the future... ;)

After the 10 AM Christmas morning Mass, we drove to Wahoo for the Mach Christmas.

All the kiddos LOVE Uncle Jake.

The whole Christmas thing was a tiring event for little Leo.

Another favorite Uncle, Uncle "Yoo-cas" (Actual, all the uncles are favorite uncles)

And the annual Bruggeman Family Gift Exchange. The theme was "Disney." Somehow that got changed to "Jewish Disney" by a few family members...yeah...I still don't get it.

We did get these sweet Mickey Israel t-shirts for the twins. Not sure when the perfect occasion will be for them to wear them...

And Luke got Iced. Neither of us were really cool enough to know what that was, but when he opened his Bruggeman gift, he found a Smirnoff Ice in the bag. I think he really only took about three swallows before he gave up.