2012 Christmas Plague

Despite the title of my Christmas post we had the time of our lives with family coming to visit us. We had Stephen and Deneka and Mama and Papa Beck come in on the 12th, except Mom and Dad had to go to their cruise the next day, but no worries they'll be back in time for Christmas. So in the meantime we had fun staying home watching Xmas movies, making treats, cards, and late night Christmas-making-decorations extravaganza. And once in a while when we were feeling up to it we ventured out to see some of our favorite places in Philly. So why do I name it the Christmas plague? It sounds like we just had a great relaxing holiday and we did. But, not to get into too much detail, we all got our fair share of a GI bug with a few minor differences from person to person and some aches. The only sad part of getting sick is seeing the kids feeling down but they were troopers. Guess what, this  did not stop us from having fun.  NEVER! And these pictures will prove it. And yes we do look this good sick ~_^

We had to see the kangaroos for Stephen.

Sugar cookies! And Mary Poppins!!!

He had lots of fun! Can you tell?

Our delicious creations.

Xmas morning and what do we eat? Grits! It's YUMMY!

CHRISTMAS PJS!

We LOVE you Gamma Beck! Doesn't that smile just warm your heart?

our tree Christmas morning

Recouping before we head to NYC the next day.

Christmas day we got to see Les Miserables and had some homemade gumbo made by some awesome people, the Mahanas.  When we went to see the movie, which was amazing, Big Todd watched the kiddos for us. At first I was feeling a little nervous for him because Mads doesn't do too well without mommy. However, we came home to absolutely cute sight of Big Todd holding Miss Madeline in his arms content as can be. She didn't even reach out to me she was so comfortable. We sure love sharing Christmas' with family and good people.

Before we left for the movies. Oliver was excited to have a friend play legos with him. Mads was taking a nap.

When we got home. We forgot to take some pictures of their lego creations, they were good. Mads just relaxed as can be.

NEW YORK CITY!

Oliver was stoked to see Iron and Spiderman at FAO Shwartz. He's convinced they live there.

BIG PIANO!

No three hour line will dampen our spirits

Not even the kiddos ^_^ Short note: Bathrooms are always full! Solution: Empty bottle for our little man. Where does he do his business? Behind a pillar.

reunion with cousins

Mads having a fun little game of 'Who gets Grampa's hat?' while waiting to be called for our table. FOOD!

Back to Philadelphia for more adventures:

 We didn't take as many pictures as we would have because we were having so much fun.

Reading Terminal Market