Caleb And His Daddy

Just chilling together.
Horsing around on the bed together.
Look at those happy faces:-)

Caleb's Last Name

Caleb is doing so well with recognizing and writing his letters. Now he can actually write his last name and spell it to you to. When we play in his room now, he says he wants to do homework. We get out the crayons, markers, paper and scissors and go to work. We're so proud of him. We got him on Christmas night and just dropped him off a couple of hours ago. It's amazing how much we miss him already. He's so much fun having around. Next time we see him, he'll be four years old. The second copy has both of his names.(sort of)

Baby Girl Or Boy?

We watched Maggie this morning while Amanda and Andrew went to find out the sex of their baby. We waited anxiously for the news. They're having a baby...BOY!!!!!!! It's a boy!!! No names thought of yet. We were so sure it was a girl. That's all we know around here:-) Congratulations to Amanda, Andrew , and Maggie:-) May they all be healthy and happy!

After Presents And Dinner

I've been trying to upload a video of them dancing to "Fire Burning On The Dance Floor" but for some reason, it won't load. So, I just threw in a couple of still shots. They were so funny to watch. Caleb was doing some breakdancing moves. He's pretty good at it too. I wish we as adults had as much energy as they do. Well, here they are just spinning and laughing in this video, before the dancing got started.

A Special Christmas For Margaret And Caleb

The Tripps came over on Saturday for a nice big dinner. Caleb and Maggie opened more gifts and played together. Maggie loved her new dress up trunk and Caleb loved "more" Bakugans. That's all he kept saying he wanted for Christmas. I guess he got a package at his Mom's house and Amanda bought him some more. He is amazed with these things. As you can see Maggie tried on some pretty dress up clothes. She is so funny. She walked around in these little heeled shoes and put everything she passed by, in these bags she was carrying around. They both shared quite well. Caleb actually tried out the tiara and did some cheering for us and he allowed Maggie to use his Bakugans. They do well playing with one another.

Another New Tattoo

He loves tattoos and chose the spot to put it on. I told him to show me some muscle. Take a guess what the tattoo is...yep, it's from Lightening McQueen! Oh yes, and he wanted to make sure we could see his freckle. Can you spot it?

A New Lightening McQueen Tent

We saved a few Christmas presents for Caleb to open, so we could have another Christmas that Maggie and Caleb could share together. They were due to come over in the late afternoon. So, after breakfast and playing with some of our other Christmas presents, I couldn't wait to give him this one gift. (I'm worse then the kids.) I was excited to try it out and knew he would love it. Which he did:-) I wasn't sure how he would do sleeping in it, but he did a great job. It's pretty sheer, so you can see right through it. It doesn't get dark when the lights go out, so it worked out great. It's pretty cool.

Christmas Morning

Merry Christmas To Family And Friends

Christmas Eve At The Tripps

We had so much fun at my Sister's house. I haven't laughed so hard in years. I don't know if my sister was just tired or if this pregnancy is making her loopy, but she was hysterical. We laughed so hard:-) We visited for awhile, played with Maggie before she went to bed, opened gifts and played games. It was a great night! I love you Manda!

Our Russell Family Christmas

We all had a wonderful Christmas together. It was great to see the little ones get so excited for Santa Claus. Thank you everyone for everything. We love you!

Our Russell Family Christmas Eve

Santa's coming, Santa's coming!!!

The Candy Cane Train

This was a train ride from Bath to Wiscassett. The train had carolers, Santa's Elves, hot cocoa, cookies, story book readers, and best of all Santa Claus himself made an appearance. It was all aboard The Candy Cane Train. It was a beautiful ride. The kids enjoyed watching out the window and wishing the train would go faster.

Our Christmas Tree

Well here is the finished product. David and I got the tree on Thursday night. We put it up, put the lights on and waited for Caleb and Alyssa to help decorate. Well, Alyssa had to work and Caleb was more interested in going through all the decorations and leaving them for me to put on. Maggie helped me a little, not a lot but more than anyone else did:-) I think it came out pretty nice. Some of these decorations are David's when he was a child. A lot of them are decorations, that the girls have made through the years. I love going through them every year and just remembering when my girls were that young. What a difference a camera makes. The top is with my camera, the bottom two are with my iphone. Not as great as they say.
What a ham!!

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday Dad and Donna, Happy Birthday to you!! I was going to have David and I sing on video for you, but I figured just having you imagine it would be so much better:-) We hope you both have a great day! We look forward to spending some time with you in a couple of days. Love, Michelle and David and Caleb too. xoxoxoxoxoo

Caleb's Name and School

Caleb is learning so much at school. Moving him out of daycare and putting him into pre-school was a great change for him. Every week that we see him, he's learned something new. He now knows how to spell his name out loud and recognizes some letters. He can actually write his name now too, as you can see. I bought him a white board and he uses it all the time. The first one was written at Grammie and Grampie's house, practicing with his Daddy. He's doing a great job. He's such a big boy:-)