christmas come and gone - new years just around the corner

the days leading up to christmas were exciting filled with anticipation and excitement!
really it was one of those things almost everyday we told sadie and si
"stop fighting! santa is watching - and he can still mark you on the naughty list"
"don't pull the cat's tail"
"SHARE!"
whether it worked or not i have no idea - because they did get ALL the presents from Santa
Sadie was up till 11 christmas eve - asking for snacks, songs and hugs
her last pathetic cry for not sleeping -
"mommy i did not sit on santa's lap how will he know what i want"
this one ended in tears of exhaustion
Si went down as with a smile on his face
both kids woke up at the usual time 7 am
Sadie "Did Santa come last night?"
squeal and scream
both ran to the tree screaming with excitement it was wonderful
an hour later not a present was left unharmed
we did not have a white christmas - but we did go down to the park with our new construction cars and played in the sand
thank you to everyone who help make this christmas so magical
i have had a week off from work which has been great! i have done two loads of laundry almost everyday
i have vacuumed and i have cooked - ah the vacation of a mom right?
of course you are wondering what is the favorite toy or toys - and i have to say i don't think there is one over another
Sadie loves dressing up - she puts on a cutie dress everyday, blush, lots of jewelry and hair pretties - it can take up to an hour to get her dress
once dressed in heels she crawls around on the floor playing with cars or play dough
Si is really into building robots with legos, play dough or even Mr. Potato head
so let's just say we have had to remove some toys for lack or sharing, 2 toys have actually been recycled due to being played with too much they broke - it has been fun!
we are looking forward to next year - at least i am hoping for a real healthy start
the pneumonia really kicked me  back a bit and if you know me slowing me down is not easy for any one
but i have ideas for the new year - most of which are just trying to catch up with this last year
and finish the kitchen ???? guess i may have to take off another week to do that :)
we are looking at schools starting the second week of January
the first school we are looking at is the Cleveland International School 
we will let you know how it goes - still trying to figure out how to go east than west with the kids and work - no idea how that is going to sort itself out - perhaps we will have hover cars by than that go really really fast so i don't have to think about it
ps. sadie and si both love to paint their nails and si is really into strawberry shortcake :)