Feliz Navidad !

Merry Christmas everyone! We had a very relaxing Christmas here in Houston. It was nice to spend time with the whole family again. As usual there was lots of good food, family game night, and time spent with friends. I finally got a new camera so the blog will be even better this year! :) It has been nice having work off these past few days to relax but of course I miss Kiss & Cookie and their craziness! I think I miss Kiss walking around the house saying, "ho ho ho..." so cute.

Mom, Adam, Adrienne, & I

My sister got me this shirt. It says "Mista Coop" (his nickname) I love it!

What A Year!

So I have once again been slacking on the blogging, and my New Years Resolution for this year is to stay on top of this because I know how much everyone likes to see what we are up to! We have been having so much fun latley and enjoying this nice chilly weather for the park!

Their new favorite thing to do at the park is to lay on the "big kid swings" and swing!

Go Cookie, Go!

Today I gave the munchkins their Christmas gifts of which they loved! They each got microphones (there was a lot of "BA, BA!" going on), a cool board to write on, NASCAR cars, new crayons, and a Dora the Explorer mermaid for the bathtub! I must say, Kiss is an expert at opening gifts. I did take them to visit Santa a few weeks ago and they were just a little confused and weirded out by this crazy old man in a red suit. Maybe next year? It's been really fun to do Kiss's hair now that it's getting way longer. I love that I can now sabotage her with bows and all that fun stuff I used to love as a kid (I think I still do).

I am going to be home on Houston over Christmas and will miss the kiddos A LOT! Hope they still remember me while I am gone!

Rest & Relaxation

This nanny got the WHOLE week of Thanksgiving off while the babies are in North Carolina!

Monday morning I slept in until.......830!!!! That is a record for me! I was really excited to relax around the house but before I knew it, I was running errands and not allowing myself to sit down for a second. I think my body is just so used to moving and running after babies that I forgot how to just be lazy!

Tuesday was one of those days that I was glad to have off because I had TWO tests. It is not fun to see all of your friends going home for Thanksgiving while you are stuck at home studying and feeling super stressed. I ended up doing great on my Geography test and got a solid B+ on my math test & an A for Geography. Definitley a happy ending to a stressful day.

On Wednesday morning I woke up early to head home to Houston. I ventured downtown to pick up my mom for lunch then did a little Christmas shopping. Wait, I mean a LOT of Christmas shopping. I am going to try my best to aviod the madness of "Black Friday" this year. My brother, Adam came over with pizza after my mom and I finished some early baking and we all had dinner together. No one was wanting to cook anything tonight. I did manage to completley mess up a recipe which happened to be my favorite Chocolate Mousse Pie. Instead, I was forced to make something even more complicated...Brownies. My mom made a yummy Pumpkin Mousse Cheesecake. She is an amazing cook and I have a lot to learn from her.

Thanksgiving morning was an early one. My mom and I had an 8am 10K race to be at by the Galleria. Boy was it COLD outside! I finished the race in 59:13 and was ready to get home to eat lots of good food! Thanksgiving dinner was amazing! Sweet potatoes and stuffing are my favorite. My brother & I watched the A&M/TU game together which was surprisingly a great game for the Aggies!

Friday & Saturday were spent doing a little more Christmas shopping and catching up with old friends in town. I met up with my good friend, Jensen, at FreshBerry for some frozen yogurt. I got vanilla with fruity pebbles and chocolate chips. MMM. My sister, mom, and I also went to the movies and saw Old Dogs which got horrible reviews but I thought it was a great family movie!

Next long break=CHRISTMAS! I love Christmas because my family gets to see each other more than for a few hours, I make my famous hot cocoa, watching classic christmas movies like A Christmas Story and The Santa Claus, candlelight church service on Christmas Eve, warm & comfy clothes, apple cider, giving presents, and ice skating. Hope I can make it through finals!

I returned back to work on Monday to some crazy babies that already seemed to grow up in just a week! They are talking even more these days! I love love all of their new winter clothes too! More posts to come soon!

New Blog :(

Long story short--I was unable to long into my old blog account (i know, sad) SO this will be my new blog now that I have everything figured out!

Stay tuned for some awesome adventures with some cute little 20 month olds!