Our snowman was knocked by a wild child just moments after this picture was taken. Luckily, my kids didn't see it happen. I think Nora would've been devastated.
Ronan loved the snow and called it water.
Dada sliding down the hill with his babies. Nora wanted to go down 100 times, but had to settle for about five.
Who thought it would be a good idea to bring Olive? 
The dune is right next to the Pelican Brewery, so we had lunch there after our climb.
Ronan sliding down the sand. Jeff carried Ronan to the top in his hands and they were the first to reach the peak!
We wanted to get a family picture at the top, but with all the wind it was almost impossible.
Nora went up with her Grandpa. They were so cute, holding hands and climbing in the sand. Nora did it all by herself!
This is a picture showing how steep the climb is. It's slow moving because of all the sand, but it wasn't as difficult as we thought it would be. 
Grandpa snuggling with his two grandbabies. Ronan spent a lot of time with his Grandpa. I have a feeling that in years to come they'll be ice fishing and watching Packers games together.
Kathy, of course, took great care of us the entire time, cooking and cleaning! She made pasta the first night with red wine and it turned the noodles purple. Nora has been asking for purple pasta ever since.
Dada and Nora snuggled up. I think Nora watched the Grinch at least ten times while we were there. She would ask whoever was closest to her to sit and watch it with her. 
Ronan got some tools. He's been playing with the tools at the Indoor Playground so I knew he would love them.
Jeff gave Nora a toddler computer game with Mickey Mouse. Nora loves playing the games with her dad. The best part is that she can actually play them by herself.
Kathy, Eric and Brian making the first toast of the night.
Nora and Ronan love all the open space at the gallery. They also love trying to go upstairs.
Grammy brought a tiny champagne glass for Nora. Nora is obsessed with sparkling cider and could drink gallons of that stuff.
Eric and Brain really went all out for dinner at their place. They had decorated and set a beautiful table for us. I can't believe how good all the food was! We were sooo spoiled.
Grandpa and Nora reading a pop-up book about Christmas.
Grandpa snuggling with his two favorite grandbabies.
Nora and Ronan snuggling with their Grammy and Grandpapa.
We all opened up presents on Christmas Eve. Nora and Ronan got pjs which we put them in right away, hoping that they would fall asleep on the way home and we could just put them in bed.
We also had a huge platter of desserts. The kids LOVED it and didn't make too much of a mess. 
We met Jeff at Laurelwood for happy hour. Everyone loves this place. Beer for the grown ups and toys for the babies.
Jeff's dad found this bow and put it on Ronan. Ronan was so happy and just kept walking up to everyone so they'd tell him how cute he looks. This obviously made Nora jealous and she wanted to wear the bow too.
Nora had decided that Grammy would help her open her Advent calendar when we got home and that Grandpa would help Ronan open his. Nora loves the advent calendar and couldn't wait to tell her Grammy all about it.
When we picked up Grammy and Grandpa at the airport Nora went running through the crowd to find them. I'm pretty sure she jumped into Grammy's arms, but only for a minute before reaching over for her Grandpa. She gave him a HUGE hug. I wish I had caught it on camera. I was a little worried that Ronan might take some time to warm up to his grandparents because he's so much more skeptical than Nora. However, by the time we were at the baggage claim area Ronan was in Grandpa's arms! It was a warning of the week to come, because Ronan was in Don's arms every chance he had. 
Nora and Nana love reading. 
Tank loves being an aunt. I don't think that Nora remembers when Tank used to live with us. When Nora was little she used to make the "t" sound for Tank. We tried to get Ronan to call her this too.
I know these pictures are basically the same, but which one would you cut from your blog post? Exactly.
Nora wanted to sleep in the room with Nana and Tank. She always talks about sleeping some place other than her bed, but she never actually does it. 
Nana gave Nora a princess backpack. Nora loved it and put it on right away.
My mom loves sock monkeys and I found one that was a Christmas ornament. She loved it!
Tank snuggling with her favorite nephew.
My mom also gave Nora some princess puzzles. They had so much fun putting them together the next morning. 
One of the ships looked like a school bus.
On our way home we saw all the Naughty Santas wandering around downtown. Nora told us they weren't the real Santa though.
