Christmas Day

The kids were so excited to wake up and tear into their presents!  

Waiting to see if Santa came

Lighting the customary Yule Log 

Grandma and Grandpa Piscorik

Christmas Eve

We arrived in Moscow just in time for our traditional hot dog roast on Christmas Eve. Santa even stopped by for a quick visit!

8 of the 10 cousins 

Hot dogs and marshmallows roasting on the fire... don't need much more! 

Cuddled up with Pop 

Very excited to "plow" the snow

Quick visit with Grandma Piscorik  before bedtime

 Cookies for Santa

Kindergarten Gingerbread House

Santa visits Stancil

Every year Dave's company invites all the kids to come decorate cookies and while we were there, Santa comes!  Each kid got to sit on his lap and he gave everyone a small gift.  Sam was the first one to march up and see him.  They all loved sitting on his lap and giving him hugs!

Preschool Christmas Show

Thomas was a mouse in his Preschool Christmas show! They all did such a cute job and he loved scampering in.  

Fotta Christmas

We celebrated with my family and held our annual Christmas tradition of roasting hot dogs on the fire.  The cousins had a great time playing together!

All of the cousins (minus Sam who was napping)

 Aniela showing off her new turtle necklace with her birthstone

Two of a kind

Sammy trying on Paul's work goggles.

The four boys

Aniela quite relaxed and almost asleep... you can tell she's his granddaughter :)

Loving his new helicopter

Piscorik Family Christmas

We headed to PA to celebrate a belated Christmas.  The day we arrived, about 6 inches of snow was falling so the kids were overjoyed!  But first, of course presents were the bigger draw.  They tore through the presents pretty quickly then headed out to play in the snow with Grandma and Grandpa. 

Thomas was excited about all the Jake toys fro Grandma and Grandpa

Thomas eagerly waiting for Uncle Joe to open his dirt devil

Butterscotch was the hit of the day!

Sam enjoyed his fire station ramp

Sam feeding Butterscotch

Climbing the mountain Grandpa made with the snowblower

Snowball fight with Daddy

Fun with Grandpa!

Christmas Day

This year, we spent our first Christmas in Raleigh! It was strange to not be in Moscow with family but fun nonetheless!  The kids slept in and we finally woke them up around 8:30.  They couldn't wait to get downstairs to see if Santa came.  We spent the whole day relaxing in our pajamas and enjoying the day.  After lots of fun, we played, and had a ham dinner.  The Arwoods came over after dinner and we exchanged gifts with them.  All in all a success!!!

EXCITEMENT!

Sammy trying to figure things out

Figuring out its not just about the wrapping paper...

or is it???

 

 

Her own Hello Kitty hair dryer, a bigger hit than we thought it would be

Testing out the "crasher" track

Trying out the new hair dryer