"Christmas" in Dallas

The Saturday before Christmas we had our own little family Christmas at home before heading out of town for the holidays. It was a sweet time with the kiddos. Here are a few of the pictures that I have from my phone.

Legos! Eli's new obsession :)

Eli cannot possibly break eye contact with the Legos, even when smiling for a picture

Family pic minus Karis who was napping peacefully in her bed 

The men hard at work

Look who is awake and ready to open her present ;)

Karis' presents!

My Christmas presents

That evening we went to Grapevine to see the Christmas lights. It was a fun end to the day and all the lights and decorations were really neat. They had a choreographed lights show to music that was awesome!

Tried to snap a quick pic with Eli in front of a huge Christmas tree. He started saying "nooooo" as soon as he realized I was taking a picture.

Me and my love

Ethan playing with his new present, a remote control helicopter. :$

Fire station Visit

Morning trip to the fire station to drop off some "Merry Christmas donuts." A great start to a great day!

At the donut shop. Karis trying to discretely swipe big bros awesome helmet..

Mmmmm! Decisions decisions...

"How about 1 of each?"

Riding on the back of the fire truck

Fireman showing Eli all of the truck's tools and equipment. Eli loved this! He even got to see an ax (his fav) and the jaws of life.

New driver, cars beware :)

"Come on boys, let's roll out!"

Morning fun

Mornings are a sweet time in the Cislaghi household. :)

Special love from Daddy before he goes to work

Blessed Daddy with two sweet kiddos, and blessed kiddos with one incredible Daddy

The milkshaker 

Building a fire truck out of a left over diaper box. The milk jug is his speaking trumpet. :)

Ready for action!

Moments with my sweet girl this morning before big brother wakes up

Our little princess

Super Dog!

We recently created Eli's star chart for some positive reinforcement.  Eli can earn stars by doing things like sharing, cleaning up, using manners, etc. He can then use his stars to earn things like ice cream dates or other fun things. This is Eli's first star redemption, his new little stuffed friend from Petsmart. I would like for you all to meet Eli's new friend...super dog!

Posing with his new home boy... Learned this move from his cousin Matthew :)

Super dog equals super excitement!

Flying like Superman together

My New IPhone!

My sweet husband has been spoiling me a lot lately! He sent me a text recently that said, "happy anniversary, happy birthday, and Merry Christmas." In the days following we got a new mattress (which is everything I "dreamed" of), he surprised me with a new iPhone, and sent me a Garmin GPS running watch! I have loved all of the new gifts and most of all I'm so appreciative and blessed to have such a thoughtful, wonderful husband!

The reason that I am sharing this with all of you that I just learned that I can update the blog from my new phone! This should be very good news for my fledgling blog. :-) so, without further ado, here is my first attempt at a new post from my phone. Hope you enjoy and hope to have many more updates soon!

Karis is beginning to pull up. If I thought I was busy before…

My sweet little girl having lunch. Karis is doing great eating baby food and growing every day it seems.

We've been having fun at the park, that is when it is not completely iced over!

"what kind of food is this mom?"

"Hmmm, not so tasty."

"Karis no! You don't eat leaves!"

"Kids playing together...so sweet." :)