Early Christmas

DePerio Holiday Get Together Part 1

with

Helen, Christina, Paul, & the Kiddies

Above is a picture of Lizzie, Chloe, Ben, and Gigi opening presents (sans Gavin as he was getting a bath with daddy.)

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After dinner the girls busied themselves with various activities and among them was "Coloring in the Coloring Corner." Check out their great smiles. *Priceless* = ) (Ben was playing with blocks and a wooden train and did not want to be bothered.)

Then we played dress-up. Ben did not want to be a princess for obvious reasons. He was, momentarily, a football coach armed with a headset, football, and all. He was not feelin' my paparazzi-ing so I let the boy be :D 

Shortly after the girls did the "Three Princesses Dance" to Beauty and the Beast. This blog for some reason would not upload the video so I You-Tubed it instead. Below is the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poul9X39Fnk

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My homeboy Ben needed to be represented one way or another even if its a backside view. Here goes:

And my littlest homeboy, Gavin, is chillin' as usual ** fisted tap-tap on the chest ** :

Gigi then said, "Wait mommy, me too. With Gavin!!"

This is the thing with kids, they're sooooo happy one minute, then the next thing you know they're melting down. Gigi was the first domino to go down during bathtime. While Ben, Lizzie, & Chloe were happily splashing in the bath Gigi sat on the potty for 20 straight minutes saying she had to poo but no poo came out. She had already gone #2 two times and I highly doubt she needed to go again. Then after bathtime, Lizzie had a slight meltdown. After the kiddies brushed their teeth Lizzie somehow angered Chloe and Ms. Chloe showed us all how throwing a "Big Girl Meltdown" is done. But hey. Those are kids for ya. They may drive us crazy but they're the only ones who we love like crazy also. All in all, we had a great family time together. And in the end that's what truly matters.   : )  = ) ;D Yay!

-charmed & blessed over & out