I just love this picture. It is so Patrick... getting all the ornaments ready to hang up.
Annika found a friend "snowman" and she won't put him down.
We let the kids open their new ornaments for this year
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Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Christmas time!
I just love this picture. It is so Patrick... getting all the ornaments ready to hang up.
Annika found a friend "snowman" and she won't put him down.
We let the kids open their new ornaments for this year
Monday, January 11, 2010
Christmas part 3
I have to finish the Holiday's up because I got some super fun pictures this weekend that I can't wait to share.
Ok, so over to the Bliss side of things. We were supposed to spend the majority of our time in Brookings this year, but the weather got us there a day late. We still had a great time.
Patrick didn't want to wait until we celebrated Christmas to open a present. Although, we should have saved this until the end because it was a favorite for sure and hard to top!
This toy vacuum really did work and had all the fun accessories as well. One evening Ryan and I got P to sleep and went to a movie. Well, he woke up and wouldn't go back down until he had his vacuum in his hands. The picture was taken in the dark, but it does show a boy in love! ;)
After a fun trip snow tubing on Sunday, Monday brought us more family and another Christmas. We waited to open gifts until Patrick woke from his nap. As we were starting to hand out the gifts, Patrick decided that pants weren't neccessary for the job ahead.
Patrick was super excited about all his gifts and couldn't wait to start playing.
Daddy was excited to try and put them all together!
Christmas wouldn't be Christmas at the Bliss household without the fear of opening a gift from Uncle Roger. From Coconut art, to tacky reindeer and a lovely tree, you never know what you are going to get!
And of course once all the goodies were opened, we had to have the annual wrapping ball fight.
Wish I had a great post about New Years, but my pictures were terrible. Check these other blogs out though, because they capture the fun of a toddler New Year's bash!
Jenn, Jared, Addy and Tyler
Anne, Grant and Miles
Ok, so over to the Bliss side of things. We were supposed to spend the majority of our time in Brookings this year, but the weather got us there a day late. We still had a great time.
Patrick didn't want to wait until we celebrated Christmas to open a present. Although, we should have saved this until the end because it was a favorite for sure and hard to top!
This toy vacuum really did work and had all the fun accessories as well. One evening Ryan and I got P to sleep and went to a movie. Well, he woke up and wouldn't go back down until he had his vacuum in his hands. The picture was taken in the dark, but it does show a boy in love! ;)
After a fun trip snow tubing on Sunday, Monday brought us more family and another Christmas. We waited to open gifts until Patrick woke from his nap. As we were starting to hand out the gifts, Patrick decided that pants weren't neccessary for the job ahead.
Patrick was super excited about all his gifts and couldn't wait to start playing.
Daddy was excited to try and put them all together!
Christmas wouldn't be Christmas at the Bliss household without the fear of opening a gift from Uncle Roger. From Coconut art, to tacky reindeer and a lovely tree, you never know what you are going to get!
And of course once all the goodies were opened, we had to have the annual wrapping ball fight.
Wish I had a great post about New Years, but my pictures were terrible. Check these other blogs out though, because they capture the fun of a toddler New Year's bash!
Jenn, Jared, Addy and Tyler
Anne, Grant and Miles
Friday, January 8, 2010
Christmas part 2
I may just finish talking about the Holiday's in time for the weather to warm up above -cold degrees.
So, there we were stuck at Grandmas (who didn't get run over by a reindeer but did hear the song sung to her for the first time by Tony)
I mentioned that we got out a lot, but so did others. My Aunt Jane was so stir crazy she was willing to shovel in her nightgown most days. Then a huge fight broke out between Tony and Jane when Tony stole the shovel and took over duties. She was not about to loose the one thing that got her out of the house each day. They fought, wrestled and eventually compromised. Tony got to shovel on the top of the hour, Jane on each 1/2.
Ok, none of that happened, but they did seem to duke it out a little to shovel.
I took a walk with mom one day. We waved to a passing truck on the country road. He being the typical nice farmer dude (and very good looking I might add) stopped his truck to see if we were stuck in the ditch. Although we appeared a little lost, we were also just trying to be friendly. Next time we'll act as if we are going somewhere.
We spent the rest of our days napping a lot, playing way too many hands of canasta (in which I highly recommend sitting next to those who don't know the game and throw you killer cards!) and eating a lot of turkey with a side of lefse.
Christmas eve I made my famous Caramel rolls that we baked fresh for Christmas morning. I also talked my mom and Ryan and Patrick into attending church with me. Benson church is always the same. Same candles, same hymns, same people sitting in "their" pews, and a dose of everything looking much smaller than you remember since you were small when you remember it.
We returned to a fabulous meal of turkey and all the fixings along with presents afterward.
Christmas morning brought us stockings from Santa, more presents and another day of naps and cards.
We didn't actually get out until Saturday, the day after Christmas in which we braved 35mph traffic for 4 hours with a toddler who didn't nap, but that is for part 3!
So, there we were stuck at Grandmas (who didn't get run over by a reindeer but did hear the song sung to her for the first time by Tony)
I mentioned that we got out a lot, but so did others. My Aunt Jane was so stir crazy she was willing to shovel in her nightgown most days. Then a huge fight broke out between Tony and Jane when Tony stole the shovel and took over duties. She was not about to loose the one thing that got her out of the house each day. They fought, wrestled and eventually compromised. Tony got to shovel on the top of the hour, Jane on each 1/2.
Ok, none of that happened, but they did seem to duke it out a little to shovel.
I took a walk with mom one day. We waved to a passing truck on the country road. He being the typical nice farmer dude (and very good looking I might add) stopped his truck to see if we were stuck in the ditch. Although we appeared a little lost, we were also just trying to be friendly. Next time we'll act as if we are going somewhere.
We spent the rest of our days napping a lot, playing way too many hands of canasta (in which I highly recommend sitting next to those who don't know the game and throw you killer cards!) and eating a lot of turkey with a side of lefse.
Christmas eve I made my famous Caramel rolls that we baked fresh for Christmas morning. I also talked my mom and Ryan and Patrick into attending church with me. Benson church is always the same. Same candles, same hymns, same people sitting in "their" pews, and a dose of everything looking much smaller than you remember since you were small when you remember it.
We returned to a fabulous meal of turkey and all the fixings along with presents afterward.
Christmas morning brought us stockings from Santa, more presents and another day of naps and cards.
We didn't actually get out until Saturday, the day after Christmas in which we braved 35mph traffic for 4 hours with a toddler who didn't nap, but that is for part 3!
Monday, January 4, 2010
Christmas part 1
I'm not sure how many parts there will be, but enough to tell the tale of our travels this Holiday.
The storm of the year was predicted to hit on Dec. 23. This was the same day we were scheduled to leave town. Well we certainly didn't want to deal with bad roads and a toddler and night driving, so decided to take off a day early. We also decided to cut out one of our stops and go directly to the action. Grandma's house.
We snuck in about midnight and Patrick slept all night, which was just wonderful! The next day we woke up to snow and soon after Nana, GB and Uncle Tony arrived to join us in the fun.
In order to keep our sanity we ventured out a little each day to play.
The snow really was beautiful. Patrick enjoyed the farm, the snow and the barn kitties.
The storm of the year was predicted to hit on Dec. 23. This was the same day we were scheduled to leave town. Well we certainly didn't want to deal with bad roads and a toddler and night driving, so decided to take off a day early. We also decided to cut out one of our stops and go directly to the action. Grandma's house.
We snuck in about midnight and Patrick slept all night, which was just wonderful! The next day we woke up to snow and soon after Nana, GB and Uncle Tony arrived to join us in the fun.
In order to keep our sanity we ventured out a little each day to play.
The snow really was beautiful. Patrick enjoyed the farm, the snow and the barn kitties.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Here comes Christmas!
Our home is beginning to take shape for Christmas.
Holland decided to help decorate by becoming an ornament in the tree.
Patrick was thrilled with the lights. He keeps touching them and saying "Hot" while blowing on his finger.
We haven't decided yet if we will decorate the tree. With a 19 month old and a new kitty, they are just a tad too curious! The lights for now are entertaining enough.
Holland decided to help decorate by becoming an ornament in the tree.
Patrick was thrilled with the lights. He keeps touching them and saying "Hot" while blowing on his finger.
We haven't decided yet if we will decorate the tree. With a 19 month old and a new kitty, they are just a tad too curious! The lights for now are entertaining enough.
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