Zoo Day

A gorgeous winter day calls for a road trip to the NC Zoo, don't ya think? It was perfect and we had a wonderful time! 

SNOW DAYS!!!

I love, love, love living in the south. And this is one of the reasons- snow days! Threat of snow and the kids school was cancelled on Friday (mine too!). Now, keep in mind, this was not an ordinary snow- more like sleet/ frozen snow so the kids didn't get to play as much as they would have liked, but we still took advantage of what we had! 

It's starting!!

Out to play in it first thing- 7:30 in the morning! They were so excited!

Our gorgeous winter sunset

Coloring our snow so it's the prettiest in the neighborhood!

Dirt Bike rider

Daddy gave Mikey a late Christmas present. He was so so so so so so so excited and has NOT stopped talking about his 'motorcycle' since. I give you: Mikey- the motorcycle boy!

And this was a couple days later- he thinks he's a PRO now (and I will admit, he's kind of a natural. Even if it makes mom crazy nervous!)

Christmas #2

Ok, before January is over, I must finish telling you about our Christmas #2 in Boston! This has become a tradition for our family that we love, of course. It's great because the kids get to spend Christmas Eve in their own beds and see that Santa has visited our home, but after all of the excitement has died down, we jump in the car and head to Mimi and Papi's house for even more fun! We normally get a hotel halfway on the way there and back so the kids love that too. 

We got to Mimi and Papi's house and the kids were so so excited. Of course, there were presents to be opened that evening. Kaitlyn was given a real 'American Girl' doll. She named her 'Alyssa' and was so happy. Mikey received an entire patriots uniform including a helmet and shoulder pads. He was one happy boy!!!!

Then all of the cousins came over for fun- Ryan, John, Danny, uncle Matt and auntie Dina all came for some fun!

Playing with Uncle Kevin (A. D. A. Uncle Kevin, that is!!)

Uncle Kevin got Mikey some super cool spiderman Legos 

Kaitlyn and kelsie got matching 'my little pony' hair!!

The next day, we played with some of our fun, new toys and Kaitlyn and Mikey helped Mimi make their absolute favorite- spaghetti and meatballs!! Aunt Winnie came over to visit (the kids call her their 'other grandmother'!). Ryan, John and Danny came over and we all opened even MORE presents! My goodness!!!

He didn't even make it to dinner!

The next day we had fun hanging out at the house with kelsie. The kids loved playing with Papi!

Then we went to visit Ryan and John at their house. We even stayed the night. We played fun games and the kids all shared the bunkbeds at night! 

The kids even got to help uncle Matt and daddy take down a wall!!!

This girl LOVED playing with her cousin Danny

And then, before you knew it, it was over and time to come home. But, not before some fun swimming in the hotel pool on the drive. See you in Disney Burke family!!