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  • Christmas Eve!

    Christmas Eve!

    We had a great family Christmas together in New Jersey! Albeit short, we managed to squeeze in lots of eating, drinking and festive holiday merriment into the weekend! 

    We started with baking sandtarts bright and early Saturday morning. Sandtarts are a Kleinfelter family tradition and one that we needed to properly indoctrinate the Andrews into! Watching the Polar Express….for the 77th time. Santa + trains = Andrew’s favorite holiday movie.  Off to Christmas Eve services at St. Marks. Andrew did great thanks to the help of gold fish, Thomas and some manhandling by Daddy. One last story before its off to bed. Sweet dreams dear boy. Santa is on his way! Santa enjoyed a lovely dinner together once the little man went to sleep! 

  • Santa visit! 

    Santa visit! 

    Pretty damn cute if I do say so myself! 

  • Not interested….

    Andrew has a growing repertoire of songs he know and likes to sing. Some of his favorites are Wheels on the Bus, Twinkle Twinkle, ABCs, Bringing Home a Baby Bumble Bee and Jingle Bells. He can actually get through the entire song, albeit skipping over parts at times, but he knows the tunes. While he seems to love to sing- usually all the way home from school- this was his reaction the moment I started to film and capture his cute voice. I guess he’s not ready for his internet debut!

    https://youtu.be/_DKZyGtRAGM

  • Christmas Pagaent 2016

    Christmas Pagaent 2016

    Andrew participated in The Palmer School’s annual Christmas pageant last week. Nothing fancy but still a cute little family event his school hosts each year where every class gets up and sings a few holiday songs. Andrew’s Toddler 1 class got up on stage and sang Twinkle Twinkle and Jingle Bells. I managed to snag zero pictures of the 60 second main event because Andrew had spotted me, refused to sit with his class and demanded he sit on my lap. Ergo, I  too sat on stage and sang Twinkle Twinkle and Jingle Bells in front of all the other parents. Lesson learned: get a better hiding spot in the audience.

    No action pics but here he is singing his songs for Mom and Dad at home!

  • Happy! 

    Happy! 

    Reason 1: Daddy is coming home from ‘cago’ (aka Chicago) tonight

    Reason 2: Santa is visiting Andrew’s school this morning

    Now which one is he most excited for….?

  • Fire Trucks!

    Fire Trucks!

    Andrew got a private tour of the local fire trucks when we dropped off gifts for the upcoming fundraiser. His eyes were huge and in disbelief as a wonderfully generous local volunteer showed us all the fire trucks and ambulances they kept at the station. One excited little boy!  Pretty sure Daddy was just as fascinated…

  • O Christmas Tree

    O Christmas Tree

    Getting into the holiday spirit with a little tree decorating. Andrew was particularly excited by the newest ornament edition! 

  • Merry Christmas…And No Fingers in Your Juice!

    https://youtu.be/_69u_rxNg74

  • Turkey Day in Maryland

    Turkey Day in Maryland

    Slightly delayed but oh well…. This year was PB&J (Phillips, Barba & James) family Thanksgiving in Maryland. Great time with 3- soon to be 5!- little kiddos at Grandma and Grandpas. We visited the nature center, stuffed ourselves with delicious food and hit up the local bounce factory for some Black Friday fun. We even managed to sneak in a family photo shoot that came out surprisingly well considering we needed to wrangle 6 adults, 3 active kiddos, 2 pregnant ladies and a partridge in a pear tree!

    Making lots of noise and fun at the nature center’s music garden!

    Silly selfie! 

    Cousin love! Andrew had a BLAST with his cousins. He finds Charlotte hysterical and just wants to play with her constantly. He and Everett also seemed to really like playing together. Though they are both learning how to share, take turns and play nice together. ‘No pushing’ was a common phrase heard around the house that weekend; even the boys said it to each other!Belated 2nd birthday celebration for A!Charlotte is the coolest. Bounce house fun! 7b1a63817b1a63537b1a63077b1a63047b1a6299 Keeping the boys happy, clean and occupied before family photos with some Bob the Builder! img_4715.jpg img_4714.jpg 7b1a6077 7b1a6093 7b1a6146  7b1a6148  7b1a6150 7b1a6163 7b1a6170 7b1a6179 7b1a6191 7b1a6194 7b1a6199 7b1a6203  7b1a6219 7b1a6226 7b1a6240 7b1a6243 7b1a6256 7b1a6289Sometimes it’s crazy to think about how different this family will look in just a a few months!

  • Christmas Tree Farm 

    Christmas Tree Farm 

    Today we traveled up to Hidden Pond Farm in Mendham to find our Christmas tree. This place was super quaint and included a tractor ride, hot chocolate and toasty marshmellows. And of course the whole experience is more fun with friends! ❤️?❤️