December 31st

December 30th - Baccus family Christmas

Today we celebrated Christmas with the rest of the Baccus family. Nana and Papa were celebrating New Years in Georgia, so it was just the kids. :) Camilla was really good with Josie. I had never noticed how much they look alike until I kept seeing their faces together.

We often try to get get all of the crazy kids on the couch for a picture together.

December 29th - Rockin out

The boys love their Paper Jamz guitars, but Josie seems to love them most of all - especially Charlie's flying V. She loves playing them and dancing to them.

December 27th - Our last day in Minnesota

Today our last full day in Minnesota. It was a pretty good day to go out sledding and we took Epsen with us. It was great fun, but a little windy, so we didn't last long - especially Josie. When Josie isn't playing in the snow, she has been wearing this pink fur coat that I wore when I was little. Here are some pictures for comparison.

We worked a lot on this butterfly puzzle that Grandma got for Christmas. It was addicting.

I took these pictures to show how much snow there is in MN already. The snow was really high.

I made hot chocolate for the kids when we were finally able to get them inside. Espen said, "It's pretty good!" Like he was so surprised. I gave him a hard time for that.

December 25th - Merry Christmas

Christmas day is pretty mellow for us. The kids played with their new toys and we took the boys to see the movie Tangled. It was Charlie's first movie and it was really good! We all loved it. On the way home, I drove through Bloomington - my home town. I showed the boys where I learned to ski and Jack asked if we could do that tomorrow. Maybe next year...

December 24th - Christmas Eve

We open our presents on Christmas Eve and we had a lot of fun doing it. Charlie fell asleep early again, so it was up to Jack and Espen to sprinkle the special reindeer food (glittery oats) out in the snow and leave cookies and milk for Santa.

December 23rd - The Zoo

Today we went to the Minnesota Zoo. We alternated inside and outside activities so we didn't get too cold. The boys would stick their hands in the snow and then complain that they were cold and wet, but that wouldn't stop them from doing it again and again.

December 22nd - Snow day

Today we had a great day playing in the snow and decorating gingerbread houses.