All I Want For Christmas Are My Two Front Teeth

Little Reid has cut his first two teeth just in time for Christmas! This is really rare considering Ryland and Kyla both got theirs when they were one year old. In Polish tradition the mommy usually gets a present from daddy when baby gets their first tooth - but since Ryan isn't Polish he is choosing to not abide by the tradition - so instead mommy is stuck with a fussy baby who won't nurse! Lucky for him - he's a cutie :)


We've spent the past few weeks getting into the holiday spirit. The kids have enjoyed putting up the Christmas tree, reading Christmas stories, making cookies and decorating their gingerbread house. It has been so fun watching Kyla get into all the Christmas activities this year. She seems so mature for her age and I know alot of it has to do with her just wanting to do EVERYTHING Ryland does. And Reid will be joining them soon enough as he just loves watching them and is soaking it all in.

Ryland playing Santa with Reid as his reindeer.

Ryland had his Christmas program at school a few weeks ago. He was thrilled to get the part of one of the reindeer's - "Cupid" but when it was showtime he seemed to get a little stage fright this year. Unfortunately he looked more like a deer caught in headlights :) Afterwards he ate about about a dozen cookies and waited in line to see Santa. He had a really deep conversation with Santa where he asked for a light saver (light-saber) and a bike for his sister - how cute is that.

We needed some inspiration for our gingerbread houses - so we made our annual visit to the gingerbread house display this week. It's amazing to see what people come up with every year - here is a picture of my favorite display this year.

Reid has no idea what is going on -
he just goes with it - love that about him.

The kids loved decorating their own gingerbread house. Kyla did more of the eating and Ryland more of the decorating this year.

Love the tongue action here.