So let's start with the Christmas goodies. The boys and I put together a gingerbread house. Well I put it together and they got to decorate it. It turned out kinda cute.
At Stitch n Bitch we had a gift swap. I made out pretty good with a fabulous skein of sock yarn.
And at the Christmas party for work I got two more skeins of really nice sock yarn. It's really awesome that my co-workers know me so well.
The boys got LOTS of LEGOs for Christmas and they couldn't be happpier! Deaglan got a scooter from Santa, Padric got a toy helicoper, and Joseph got..... a guitar. He loves learning to play. Here he is with my sister's beau, Shane.
Shane agreed to help Joe learn how to play.
After Christmas we decided to go to the Museum of Science and industry, aka: the Choo Choo Museum, Padric's favorite place.
He only looks tiny inside the big tractor wheel.In case you didn't already know I'm a volunteer there. I man microscopy Science Connection Carts. I get to teach kids (young and old) about microscopes. It's pretty cool. My spot is past the Whispering Gallery in the Imaging Lab. I volunteer 2 Sundays a month.
Nana and Papa gave the boys some awesome Lego sets and a fill a box at the Lego store. They crammed those things!
Here's the "boat" Chris made for Padric out of the Legos they filled the box with. 
I didn't go with them to the Lego store. Nope I went on a Knitting Fieldtrip to Marengo, Illinois to the most magical place in the world (so far), The Fold! It's a yarn shop. I bought the most beautiful light grey yarn
for a sweater I'll be knitting for my sister 
and a skein of Mountain Colors sock yarn for myself,
because you can't have enough sock yarn (4 skeins since the middle of December...... that'll make 3 pairs of socks, I'll have toasty toes!) Since I have the minivan we drove my car for the field trip. Well I had to do something with all the car seats. I think it's the new Honda Family concept car. 
I just sent this scarf to the Middle East to a friend in the military.
That's Shane again, he's such a sport to model it for me!And I am currently working on a scarf for a friend of mine. I love the colors.
He asked that it be striped, unfortunately for me he's picky and wanted the stripes lenghtwise. It will be gorgeous when I'm finished. 
I might have to keep it though!Ricky (Padric) loves building with his legos. He built 6 "puppies". Pretty good for a 3 year old. He then proceeded to line them up and jump them Evil Kenevil style.
And last night the Sullivan's rented out the outdoor ice rink here in Evergreen Park and had the whole clan out for a night on the ice. I stayed home with Ricky while Chris took Joe and Deg. Chris didn't get the whole action shot but, I'm sure you can figure out what happened next.
Lastly, I just needed to show you all how big the boys are getting. Joe is big enough to wash dishes by himself, and Deg and Ricky, well they're just getting big.
I hope I haven't bored you all to tears, and I hope this finds you all well.
