Kiwi Crate

Trey got a gift for Christmas that keeps giving all year.  The company is called, Kiwi Crate.  He gets a little green box in the mail each month with all the needed supplies for a craft and sometimes more.  He has gotten two now and he already looks forward to getting a new one each month.

This is how it is packaged, he LOVES it!

 This box came with postcards, paints, oil pastels and a penguin ice mold. It was put together to teach them about the northern lights. 

 He would check on them every few minutes to see if they were frozen......

He was so sweet to share with Marlee when the penguins were finished!

It really is a neat idea and it requires parental help, so therefore we spend that little extra time each month opening the box and enjoying the contents together.

Christmas 2012

     I am behind on my posts, guess that is what happens when reality returns and back to school we went after Christmas Holidays.
     Our Christmas was filled with happiness, thankfulness and two very excited kids!  Our day is a busy day, we have lots of places to go and lots of family to see.  We would rather have too many places to be than no where to be, we are blessed with an amazing family.

It was time for Zeke to go back to the North Pole!

We started a new tradition, thanks to pinterest, the Christmas Eve box.  It was waiting for them under the tree when we got home Christmas Eve night.

In the tree with Zeke was a goodbye note to the kids, how thoughtful of him! :-)

Inside the Christmas Eve box was a letter, new pj's, cookie mix, reindeer food and hot chocolate.

Our babies in their new pj's ready to go to bed and Santa to show up!

 Christmas Day.........

The kids woke up at about 7:30 am and Trey was ecstatic!  He quickly woke Marlee up and the festivities began!

Gotta have a new bat for baseball season this year!

He plans on hitting lots of home runs with this "Sucker"!

We tried to disguise the box, but he got the one gift he really wanted, an XBOX!  Not sure why, he certainly is not a "video game" kid.  I am sure it will be quite entertaining.

Marlee tried out her new RIDE!

Marlee got a new baby doll.  I am not sure who was more excited myself or her! Now, the doll goes most places with us and sleeps with Marlee.  It is too cute!