Ben and his classmates performing at the Pirandello School Christmas show!
Cece looking happy before Christmas Eve dinner
Lea assembling the Christmas Eve lasagna
Cece and Jumbo
Angelina enjoying Christmas Eve dinner
Christmas Eve dinner with Grammy, Grampa, and Rosalia
Ben trying tenderloin
Presents wrapped and assembled in the general vicinity of the tree at Boompa's!
Starting to open presents Christmas morning
Cece helping Ben and Nicky with their presents
Cece amused by her "No step on snek" patch...
... and Angelina with hers
Lea helping Nicky open a present
Ben liked his dinosaur costume
and Angelina loved her Totoro sweatshirt
Ben passing Nicky a book
a fun present from Maryanne
Cece trying to balance on it...
...and Lea giving it a try as well
Lea excited by soft, fluffy towels
One of Angelina's favorite books printed on a blanket
Boompa, Grampa, and Grammy having fun watching the kids
Ben trying to figure out a new transformer toy
Angelina and Cece sitting at the kid's table for dinner at Uncle Tony's on New Years Day.
Angelina looking pretty
Ben in his Spiderman pajamas
Playing with his trains
Hosting our "home reheating party" celebrating our return to our own house after the renovation
the grown-ups having fun downstairs...
... while the kids play some Magic together up in the attic
Nero glad to be back home
Cece ready for some fun at Great Wolf Lodge during February vacation
Benjamin trying out the little kids' ropes course...
while Angelina and Cece go through the higher up ropes course
Cece ready to move
Lea and Ben driving a submarine together
Ben enjoying the kiddie pool
mini golf with grammy and grandpa
Head to head climbing wall competition!
Proving that I'm the family champion at Pac-Man!
Cece fighting a boss battle in the Magi Quest game
Lea helping Cece out
Cece proudly displaying the prize tickets she won while playing her first tabletop RPG at Total Confusion
Playing a game together at the convention