Christmas Eve 2012

They were so excited!

Isabelle loves music

Olivia's First Christmas

Thank you Grammy!

My girls love to color!

Thank you Granny Franny!

I bought Travis some egg rings so he

can make yummy Egg McMuffins for us

Opening pressies

The sun was really shining that day

Tooth fairy stuff!

Isabelle loves dolls

The loot

More loot

Sisters

Man, they love baby Olivia!

Cookies and milk for Santa

The Stockings

Our new "stay-at-home-tradition" for Christmas Eve will be opening up family/friends presents. They needed something to play with, plus I was so excited for them to open everything up. We made french toast and cheesy eggs for brunch. Yummy!

Santa Pics 2012

A bit of a Chinese experience... Freezing cold mall (which had a Gap, so not too shabby), a mute Santa that didn't even say hello, a forgotten camera (Travis drive 45 minutes there and back to get it) and grumpy, disappointed kids... BUT, I got my Santa pic.

Olivia is 3 Months Old!

No more cradle cap! She's becoming so much more aware and stronger.

GF Gingerbread House & Reading

This was SUPER yummy.

We used GF s'mores, M&Ms, colored sugar,

 and vanilla icing. DE-lish. And fun

to make (and eat--ha!)

I found this picture of Gabby reading to her lil' sis.

Livvy looks like she's following along!

Tebo Family 2012

A botched attempt at getting a family picture for our Christmas card. We tried! I'm looking forward to havign my super talented BFF take pictures of all of us this summer :).

Gabby's Dragon Award

Gabby, Ella, and Jack

Gabby and Ella

*mommy brag moment* Miss Gabriella earned a "Dragon Award" for helping out a student in reading. The student has some speech and learning problems, but she was super patient and used different techniques so that he'd understand. We're really proud of her :). A future teacher? After a rocky start with managing emotions, we needed to hear some good news...

Isabelle's First Day of School

Isabelle taking her jacket off

Waiting for the bus

Joining the group

Indoor shoes on and ready to play/learn

Ms. Amrutha (teacher)

Backpack-- she loves wearing this!

So excited!

Wanting the bus already!

Silly face!

All ready to go

Love her!

We decided to put Isabelle in a pre-nursery class, so that she gets some proper activity time in the morning. With a little baby, it's hard to plan play dates and because it is freezing here-- we weren't fans of having Olivia being dragged along in the cold. Plus, she naps a lot. She's going to Gabby's old pre-school, which is now called CIBA (Children's International Bilingual Academy). It sounds much more fancier then it is.

Isabelle did great! I tagged along on the bus and stayed for about 15 minutes to assure she was okay. They have this cute little bus and the sweetest Chinese lady gets out and picks them up right at the front door and also drops them off. There are car seats already installed so it's safe. SUPER convenient! The teacher said she cried a little when I left but got up to dance with the kids when they practiced for the holiday party.