Christmas in Pittsburgh

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Santa (and the Murray's) Are Coming To Town!

She's no Bruce Springsteen, but she does really belt it out at the end.

See you tonight!

Christmas Rush!

Sorry we have been delinquent in adding posts.

We've been busy!

Giving me all of my Christmas gifts early.  An owl from Finn and a tree from Seamus.

Going to Zoo Lights at Brookfield Zoo.

Murray Christmas!

Rudolph performed at Murray Christmas.

And of course, Christmas crafting.

An Gift From Santa

Santa received some faulty information about Saoirse, Finn and Seamus' "good behavior" and sent them an early gift. They fell for it hook, line and sinker. They think their elf on the shelf (Merry Maeve Christmas) reported good things to Santa.

Neighbors are wondering why Santa hasn't sent them anything.

Grandma and Pap are not popular on Waiola right now.

Jellies!

Jelly Fish at the Shedd Aquarium!

We also saw Dora in 4D. See Aunt Meg's blog for photos.

What is 4D you ask?

Apparently, it is 3D that includes real bubbles, smells of the rain forest and water that sprays in your face while Dora swings through the jungle. Fuzz did not care for the water spritzes so we had to go. 3D glasses are also not a good idea for people under 3. What can I say, the Dolphin Show was sold out.

Undies!

We are on DAY THREE of no dipes, all potty and only ONE accident!

She is currently at school in underwear armed with three pairs of extra pants and pull ups.

Say a prayer.

Breakfast With Santa

Notice there is someone absent in each of these photos?

No Santa for us, thank you. Lots Christmas fun was had none the less!

Snow!

Seamus asked me if it was Christmas....

Girl Friends!

Saoirse had a friend over today!

Meet Lily Heflin of Spring Avenue.

Saoirse was very happy (as you can tell) to have Lily over without her mama.

It was quite a big deal.

They really had a good time. Seamus didn't quite know what to make of all this.

O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree

Finn is so proud. We got this from the very lot "where our family sells Christmas trees."

Snort

We're trying our hardest to make sure that no boys ever like her.

Holiday Walk

We headed out to enjoy the LaGrange Holiday Walk. It was a lovely 45 degree night!

Village Tree Lighting

Lots of hot chocolate!

Lots of candy canes!

And some sampled some chili at a new local pub called the "Wild Monk".

Hot Chocolate and candy canes were decidedly more popular.

24 Days To Go

The countdown is on!

I did it!

Won't wear undies, but will pee on the potty. Step by step....

Thanksgiving Weekend

Halloween Witch

The Halloween Witch came to our house last night!

She took all of our old candy and left us toys! Spooky...

Turkeylicious

Saoirse cannot get enough of the Thanksgiving art.

She tells anyone who will listen - "I made dis."

And she also thinks that each and every piece that she makes is worthy of display.

Get ready for all of the turkeys, corn and apples hanging about at our house!

S-E-A-M-U-S

Seamus is spelling and writing his own name!

Clearly he is very proud.

He is doing very well in preschool. Enjoying his little self, as we knew he would.

Seamus got to take a special guest to school this past Saturday.

Aunt Meg has documented it on her own blog.

http://meganelsener.blogspot.com/2011/11/special-guest.html

Lucky Seamie!

Wiped

Saoirse is wiped out after a morning at school.

She comes home, requests her pj's, gets her nunny and lays on the kitchen floor while I make our standard Tuesday afternoon grilled cheese (no one else likes them but us and we are the only ones home on Tuesdays).

She does perk up for the actual meal....which today started out with some M&M's.

Saoirse prefers her dessert first.

Bear Down

Ready for another night of football.

This time Mama will not be staying up late only to be disappointed.

(Boo Steelers.)

I think I'll just go to bed...

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!

Finn's catching a donut while blindfolded at his Halloween Party.

Seamie the Pittsburgh Pirate.

Wrapping Mrs. Morkes like a mummy.

1st Grade gets silly!

Finn parading at the annual Ogden Halloween Walk.

We had to catch a baseball in our bags at this house...the reward: full size candy bars.

Good night, monkey!

Pumpkin Carving

We're ready! And possibly as excited as we have been at Christmas...

We'll share the finished product tomorrow.

Too rainy to light the jack-o-lanterns tonight!