Monday, January 3, 2011

Christmas 2010

2010 was a busy year in the McKinnon household. It was a year marked with milestones (crawling, walking, talking), new cities, new states, new schools, new jobs, new friends...

It's been a full two months since we moved to Denver. The kids have adjusted to their new school and love their new teachers and friends. They've learned how to wear heavy coats, hats and gloves and have mastered the art of walking in snow boots. They've also discovered the joys of sledding and snowball throwing.

Kate is walking now...no scratch that - she's running and trying her hardest to keep up with her big brother. There are still some things that she's too small to do, but that list is getting shorter each day.

Connor is growing so fast. He's started talking a lot more and is becoming more confident. He's the sweetest kid and is very polite - even saying "please" and "thank you" when he asks for things.

Connor and Kate are typical siblings. They love each other and play well together...add the jealousy, competition, etc. and there's never a dull moment around here.

We had a great time over the holidays. Most of our furniture is still in San Antonio. Since we're still trying to sell our house, we kept it fully staged.  So as you can imagine, our rental house is fairly empty - which is bad for us...but great for the kids. They racked up on new toys for Christmas and now we have basketball goals, play kitchens, toy slides, doll strollers, etc., etc. taking up space where our furniture should be.

Ross's mom came for Christmas this year. We had a great time and the kids loved seeing their Bebe. Here are a few pictures from the holidays.

Kate's excited about Christmas. She kept trying to open presents early.

Aunt Ivy sent a new play kitchen!!! Connor and Kate love "cooking" with it.

We were all glad to have Bebe come for a visit. 

Kate decided to try out her new doll stroller while Ross was still assembling it.

Bebe gave Connor and Kate new Auburn gear for Christmas.
 Grandma/Opa and Great Grandma English gave the kids a new table to play on.
Thanks so much for the great presents!!!!

Kate got tired while sledding, so she tried to take a nap on Connor.

Winter Park, CO

After sledding, we all stopped at Demo's for a beer and bite to eat.

What a fun Christmas day!! Now it's time to head back to Denver.

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