Two Birthdays and a Christmas

I know the girl is sneaky, because I didn’t catch the days or weeks when she changed from a toddler to a little girl.  She turned four in December, which I believe to be impossible.  There is no way my baby girl could be four.  Tomorrow she’ll be 18 and deciding on college (at least, that is what the Hubby says to torment me).  Honestly, I love who she was, who she is, and who I see her becoming.  She is joyful, kind, and loves babies and learning.  She amazes me with all she knows.  And although it is true that I miss her as a toddler, I love this age too.  She can’t wait to grow up and I hope to slowly savor each moment (except those whiny moments – we can fly through those).  She celebrated, and celebrated, and celebrated her birthday.  She had a family/adult friends party, a friend party, and some random gift opening events.

Aren’t her friends adorable?!?  Seriously adorable.

 

Titus enjoyed the celebrations too.  The more (food), the merrier!

We also got to celebrate Jesus’ birthday with some friends.  It was great fun.  The kids “acted” out the Christmas story.  Sunita decided to be the angel Gabriel.

I think the sword adds some depth to the character.

Titus was a wise man.  He had no problem pulling that off.  And by pulling that off, I mean the costume.

I love this picture of Sunita and her friend.  “Mary” and “Angel Gabriel”.   These girls are peas in a pod, except for anything you can see on the outside.

We celebrated Christmas with my family this year and lodged in a rustic cabin near Mt. Hood.  My parents and brothers split a house in the same village.  The kids loved the bunk beds.  If Sunita would stay in bed at nights we would love to do this in our house.

  

We let the kids use headlamps to look at books before bed.  Sunita fell asleep with her light shining right in her face.  For being such an easy kid to get to sleep, she sure doesn’t stay that way.  Titus is back to being a champion sleeper (still using melatonin).  I love, love, love his rosy cheeks.  They are ridiculously, comically, red when he just wakes up.

This was the kids’ first look at the stockings.  I love Titus’ face.

 

Titus immediately turned his candy cane into a gun.  I’m sure every guy that reads this is saying “duh”, but for me it continues to surprise me how many things are weapons when placed into a little boy’s hands (at least my little boy).

Sunita’s big gift from us was a guitar.  She had been asking and asking for one.  Unfortunately, Jared and I are clueless about guitars.  I guess we get to learn something new, too.

This was a very cool treat for the kids.  My brother is working with a retired army man who gave him an old flight helmet.  The kids didn’t want it on themselves, but loved having other people put it on.

We celebrated Christmas a second time with Jared’s parents and had more random gift opening events throughout the season.  Our fall/winter season is loaded.  We do Halloween, my birthday, Jared’s birthday, Beach weekend, Sunita’s birthday, Christmas, and New Years.  It’s like a party every other week.  Our kids are going to love when Halloween hits every year – it’s only the beginning of candy, gifts, and hopefully, most importantly, gatherings of all the people they love.

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