A few highlights from the Mosley Family Christmas

Everybody loves lollipops...

...and pickles for Christmas
Mom and David:
Grampand Lexi:


Trent unwrapping his car:

Uncle John explaining how the train works:

Sarah putting Chris in a chicken wing (you know you have to excercise after a big meal):

Ariel and her Snoopy socks

Sarah and Kenzie

Manny and his Legos

Kenzie and her doll dressed just like her

GG and Sarah with GG's pictures

Surprise!

When Makenzie woke up from her nap on her Birthday she had some surprise visitors. Grammy and GG decided to come down to see her on her Birthday.

She was so excited when she woke up.

GG drawing a picture of Manny:

Happy Birthday To Makenzie:

Who needs a fork?

Birthday Party #1

Makenzie spends five mornings a week in the babysitting room at the Y, so it seemed like a good idea to have Birthday cupcakes. We made pumpkin cupcakes with pink frosting and sparkles.



Kenzie was very excited to bring the cupcakes into the babysitting room and said all morning, "It my Birthday!".



Taking a big bite:

All the kids:

It seemed like everyone enjoyed the cupcakes...especially Kristian :)

Happy Birthday Makenzie!

Two years ago, Makenzie Elizabeth Ramos was born:





And look at her now:

Happy Birthday Makenzie!

Lego Man!

Manny loves Lego's. There, is there any other way to say it? He loves putting them together, taking them apart and then putting them back together again over and over. He receives the Lego magazine that debutes new Lego sets and he reads it cover to cover at least once a day until the next issue arrives.

We counted his Lego sets a couple of weeks ago and counted 32. Yep that's about 6 trillion little Lego's.

Here is after Christmas in all his glory:

Four Lego sets all put together less than 24 hours after received.

Christmas Morning

Christmas morning was a little different this year, it was just the four of us. It was really quite nice to have the whole day to ourselves.

We had bagels and coffee from Dunkin' Donuts and frozen pizza for Christmas Dinner. It was nice.

Kenzie paining her nails with her new "sparkle" nail polish:

Manny attempting to unwrap a Daddy wrapped present:

Kenzie with her one pig tail and a new headband:

An excited Manny:

Chess

Manny has taken quite an interest in the game of Chess (or Chest as Manny calls it). Joe taught him the basics and he's been off and running with it. He has actually beaten Joe once and Joe was on the Caribou High School Chess Team (hehe).

Manny playing Chess with Papa:

Christmas Eve in the County

Joe, Josh, Anne, Rita and Missy. Do you think they could have followed directions and all smiled at the same camera? Not on your life.

Manny and Makenzie admiring Auntie Rita's candle:

Steve, Joe and Josh in their "group hug"

Kristina and I:

Baby Jude (love him):

Manny being festive:

Kenzie at Nana and Papa's house:

Uncle Josh encouraging Manny's violent side:

Put your hands up....

....So what that our kids know all the words to the Miley Cyrus song, "Party in the USA" and that they like to sing it at the top of their lungs all day. Look at how cute they are:

Pretty Girl under the Christmas Tree

Adventures in Christmas Caroling

Manny and Mama had the opportunity to go Christmas Caroling with a group of Young Adults from Mechuwana (where Mama used to go to camp when she was little).

Manny loved Christmas Caroling and we go to sing his favorite, Jingle Bells at every house we stopped to sing at.

Manny getting a lift from his new friend, Beth:

Manny taking a break while singing:

Helping Beth cross the street safely:

Singing Jingle Bells:

After caroling we went back to the church and had chocolate chip cookies and hot chocolate. Manny had a great time and asked if we could go Christmas Caroling every day.

Best Friends

We took Manny, Makenzie, Roman, Reed, McKayla and Kristian to the mall to get their pictures taken. We decided that it would be nice to have some "real" pictures rather than just playground pictures.

We had to wait a little while to have their pictures taken.

Kristian and Kenzie watching tv:

Kenzie and Reed:

Manny giving McKayla a Christmas kiss on the cheek:

Manny, McKayla, Makenzie and Kristian waiting for Roman and Reed:

Signing the Beam

Manny was chosen as a representative of his Pre-K class to sign the last beam to be built into the new Pre-K through grade 8 school.



The Superintendant of Schools holding Manny so he could sign his name:




The official signature:



Telling the man where to put the beam on top of the building:





There's the beam: