Christmas Morning 2011

Christmas morning is beyond fun with three small kids! It was so much fun watching the three of them come down the stairs and see what Santa brought! Drake really understood it this year, but the other two just were thrilled to see new toys!

They took everything to Eric to open and put batteries in. I'm glad they think that's his job, and not mine.
A tape measure!!!! Good thing, b/c he kept playing with Eric's real one and almost breaking it.
Everyone loved the tool bench.
And the kitchen!

Our sweet baby boy with his stocking.

She enjoyed exploring her stocking too!
Drake was SO excited to find playdoh in his stocking. The kid is obsessed with it.
Eli loves brushing his teeth, and was super pumped to find a new electric toothbrush in his stocking.
Drake was ecstatic about his bulldozer.

This realistic baby was one of Eli's gifts, b/c he is obsessed with babies. However, Tessa quickly took it to start feeding it the bananas. All three kids love it!

Aftermath in the living room, after we cleaned up. Yes, that was after round one of cleaning!
At 1pm, their normal nap time, we got in the car to head to Florence for one night. These three were O.U.T.

Christmas Eve 2011

Here is a look at our Christmas Eve. It was chaotic and crazy with three little ones, and absolutely perfect. We got started with our festivities around noon. The kids got to open their presents from their grandparents and cousins in New York first. Later in the afternoon, after naps, they got to open presents from their second cousins, and aunts/uncles in SC. They all very quickly got the hang of opening gifts. We made cookies for Santa, and got the reindeer food all ready. It was a fun day.

Grandma and Grandpa sent them these balance bikes, and the two oldest love them!

The stockings were stuffed.

And Santa came! A kitchen and a tool bench, and two sets of tools! Before bed, Buddy "magically" jumped into the chair that's in the boys room. He watched them all night so they wouldn't cry.
A little glimpse of what our crazy life is like, as parents to three little ones.
You can see where Buddy's last place of mischief was- unrolling the toilet paper.

We all got to open a present right before baths. New PAJAMAS!!!

These two stinkers just wanted to get into the cookies.

Bubble bath time!

I hate that Tessa has grumpy camera face in all the pictures, because she is such a happy and outgoing little girl.

Eli once again trying to sneak candy off the gingerbread house.

We went outside to put the food for the reindeer out.
Drake was the only one who "got" it. Eli and Tessa were happy just to run around.

He was so proud to carry it out himself. I don't know when this boy got so BIG.
That's our Christmas Eve!

Santa 2011

We went to see Santa just a few days after arriving home. I should have known better than to think I wouldn't have to be in the picture. Crazy Momma! Anyhow, Drake loved him and told him all about the tools he wanted, as well as told him all about our elf Buddy. I miss that elf! He sure did encourage good behavior, and he stopped whining in it's tracks!

Hello all!

The blog is back! Most of my blogging time last year was over at Tessa's blog, but I'm back home now to our Kirsch Family Adventures! Tessa is officially a Kirsch, and we are a busy family of five. I hope to get some pictures up today of our Christmas. And do a little blog makeover:-)

Outta here!

We leave for China Thursday morning, 12/1.

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Pics by Mommy

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Christmas Card Outtakes

We had pictures taken in October for our yearly Christmas cards. Here are some of the ones that didn't make it onto the card.