Christmas at the Klassen Family's

On Boxing Day we celebrated Christmas with my family.

Brody and Justus got busy playing with an old toy that their mothers used to drool on too!

Brody's favorite type of book - touch & feel...

Pixel arrives to check out the gifts under the tree!

Nani & Great Grandma :) 

Something exciting!

Snack time as the older kids went through the Christmas story...

Brody received his first Kubota tractor from Papa...

Brody appears to be giving Justus the cold shoulder as he is very captivated by a little calculator!

Melissa & Lexi received bunk beds (among other things) for their dolls! 

Christmas at the Thomas Family's

Christmas afternoon we headed over to the Thomas' house to continue the celebration :) Nana was well prepared for us with a tree overflowing with presents...

 

Brody's stocking...

Melissa digging into her stocking...

Nana knows what Brody likes! 

Chuck the truck was a hit this year!

Melissa wearing Brody's new toque as Brody wasn't interested in modeling for the camera...

Getting into unwrapping...

Chuck the Truck!

Extreme shock as Melissa receives a second American Girl doll!!!

 

Julie and Melissa. Julie came with a great assortment of lovingly made clothing by Nana :)

 

Sleeping bags for Julie & Julia (that's not a typo) to have sleepovers! 

Later Great Grandma & Granddad and Uncles & Aunts and cousins came for dinner. GG snuck in a little kiss... Brody wasn't sure what to do! 

Practicing his new moves! 

Melissa sharing her 3DS with Katie...

Christmas at our place

I've tried to narrow down the pics to a few to share on here... we took 221 photos just from our little family gift opening! LOL.... here are a few of the favorites! 

The Christmas tree the night before - when all the presents arrived under the tree while the children were fast asleep :) 

Opening stockings...

A new Baby Einstein DVD for Brody...

Melissa having a hard time containing her excitement! She was so quick this year at opening presents and moving on to the next!

A chunky farm puzzle...

Taking a quick break to play with Brody's toy...

Pepper & Crash received new beds... which were chosen to match their colors. Crash seemed to prefer Pepper's...

Pepper sulked around the corner, waiting for his turn. 

 

Her new Owl scarf!

Present? What present? 

Melissa couldn't stand waiting anymore!

 

They truly enjoy each other's company :)

Nutcracker Recital

This weekend Melissa performed in her dance studio's "The Nutcracker"... she did so very well. Here is a video I got of her dance :)

A photo of our beautiful Russian tap-dancer before the show :)

Here are some pics taken by a photographer during the show...

Tap Class Preview

This weekend Melissa's dance studio is having a Christmas recital - "The Nutcracker". I caught them practicing the other week through the classroom window. Melissa threw in a couple of her own steps (coughing into her elbow). Poor girl has been sick for so long now.

Brody does laundry

Brody just loves it when I do laundry - which is a frequent occurrence around here! He loves loading in the laundry, flipping the buttons and watching it spin. On this day I was baking in the kitchen with a clean load in the basket and he proceeded to load it in again! Of course when I bring the camera out he stops... he always wants to see the video ;)



16 months

Thanksgiving Harvest

It was one of the most beautiful autumn days ever that we celebrated Thanksgiving with my family - back in October! The cousins harvested the field of pumpkins, and we all went home with a great assortment :)

Mother & baby spectators... you can't see but Justus is on Darcie's back as well!

Papa fired up his old Massey tractor and individually took each kid out for a ride around the field...

Brody is at a stage where he takes time warming up to people & new environments. So I sat on the tractor with him to get him adjusted. He didn't take long to get comfortable! 

I traded places with my Dad do he could take Brody for a ride. Brody seemed to really take to it - he didn't fuss once! Perhaps he has a little farmer boy in him...

The entourage following them the whole way!