Sunday, December 30, 2012

More Presents

Dario and Danilo's Aunts were suppose to come visit but the snow prevented them from making the trip. We were sad they were unable to make it but they did send Christmas gifts. The boys were thrilled with their gifts!









Monday, December 24, 2012

Santa Claus cookies

Making Santa Claus cookies!









A present from our Elf

Dario and Danilo received a present today from their Elf and a few of his friends. They want us to get ready for tomorrow. They got a note, Christmas PJ's, a Christmas book, a Christmas movie, and some popcorn.



Sunday, December 23, 2012

Dario sing a long 2


Winter sing a long

Danilo and I went to watch Dario's sing along. Danilo walked in and ran to Dario. They would not let go of each because they were so happy to see each other,it was so cute. Dario did a wonderful job singing!







Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Santa

Well at least one of them is happy to see Santa! Dario enjoyed talking to Santa telling him all about the toys he wants for Christmas. Danilo is at that age where Santa is scary.

Sunday, December 16, 2012

Early Morning Winter Running Buddy

I have been taking Dario in the running stroller on these cold days. He loves telling me to run faster as well as dancing to Christmas music while I run. It is a really tough workout running while pushing 50 pounds!

Saturday, December 15, 2012

Friday, December 14, 2012

Season of giving continues

I sat down with Dario the other day and we talked about how we did something nice for a solider but who else can we help out?
Dario said," A KID!"
I said, "okay, we can give a kid a toy for Christmas whose parents don't have a lot of money."
Dario said, " no mom, we can give the boy money because Santa will bring him toys."
I said, " you are right but on Christmas parents like to give a toy to their child just like your patents do but the boys parents don't have a lot of money and can't do that."
Dario said, "okay that makes sense, so let's go get a toy!"

We headed to the store and Dario explained that the toy had to be for a boy and had to be perfect. After 35 minutes in the store looking through everything and trying to find something perfect Dario found the toy. Dario said, " I found it, this is something I would really like so he will like it!"

We dropped the toy off at Toys for Tots. I was so proud of Dario for putting so much effort into the gift for a boy he didn't even know and how much he cares about giving to others!

Saturday, December 8, 2012

Christmas Cookies

We had fun making Christmas cookies and listening to Christmas music. Dario had fun adding the ingredients and rolling dough. Danilo just kept trying to eat all the dough while dancing. Ahhhhh........ I love Christmas Time!



Thursday, December 6, 2012

Season of Giving

We are trying to teach Dario that it is the season of giving. We feel that it is important that he not just revives gifts but learns to give and help others. Today we talked about soldiers being away from their families and how sad they might feel. We wrote a card for Holiday cards for Heroes. This is done through the Red Cross and it sends out cards to a service man and service women. Dario loved this idea!





Saturday, December 1, 2012

Lego Advent Calendar

Grandma got Dario a Lego advent calendar. Everyday you get to build something into Legos and you end up building a city of Legos. When I explained the calendar to Dario he said," this makes sense!"