Christmas 2010

Christmas was amazing this year for the Hickey Family. Brooks, Reese and Sloane are now old enough to understand the excitement of Christmas.

One of Steve's favorite gifts was this Chicago Cubs blanket:
Christmas morning was very exciting. Brooks, Reese and Sloane could not wait to see what Santa brought for them...
Zurg from Toy Story for Brooks
Woody for Sloane
Jessie for Reese
Tearing open the gifts from Santa!
Christmas morning (L-R) Sloane, Reese and Brooks
Stockings from Santa...lots of goodies!
Cookies for Santa!
Listening to "Twas the Night Before Christmas"...
Christmas Eve
Church on Christmas Eve....the children create a live Nativity Scene.

Brooks, Reese and Sloane took their 1st Communion ...all as a family together.

It was a precious moment and a memory that I will treasure.
Just a few days before Christmas, Steve and I took a tour of the new Dallas Cowboys Stadium. I bought the tour for Steve for Father's Day but we had been so busy we did not go until the end of the year!

Inside the Cowboys locker room...
The end of the tour concluded on the field:

The Dallas Cowboys Star is in the middle of the field...





Steve really enjoyed his belated Father's Day gift!

Yo Gabba Gabba Live!

The Yo Gabba Gabba Live tour made it's final stop in Dallas. We took Brooks, Reese and Sloane to see the show.....before the show we bought each of them a T-shirt: 2 Foofa shirts and 1 Plex shirt.Posing before the show!
Three little Yo Gabba Gabba fans:
In our seats before the show
The girls
Sloane wearing her Gabba Gabba glasses
Steve and Brooks
Watching the show.....Brooks was in awe!
Opening act....there's D.J. Lance!
The Yo Gabba Gabba crew!
The Yo Gabba Gabba dance!
We love Yo Gabba Gabba!
Reese thought the show was too loud! She plugged her ears the entire show, but when it was over she said "I liked that...can we see it again?"
Jump, shake and shimmy them out....get the sillies out!
Intermission...
There's a party in my tummy....so yummy, so yummy!

Brooks, Reese and Sloane LOVED the show and talked about it for days afterwards. I think we will have to make this an annual event for our family.

Trains at North Park Mall and another Santa!

This is the second year I have taken Brooks, Reese and Sloane to see the Trains at North Park Mall. We have a train set under our Christmas Tree, so I had a feeling they would really love watching the trains this year.

Brooks posing with his ticket...ready to go!
Tickets!
The Dallas skyline:
The State Fair of Texas:
Watching the trains in front of the mini Cotton Bowl.
Brooks, Reese and Sloane were very excited to watch the trains. The entire time all I heard was "Look Mommy"..."Look Mommy"!
Looking at the little village below the train exhibit. They even spotted a tiny Santa!
Waiting for another train. I love how Reese's nose is pressed up against the glass.
The wall of trains.
After the trains, we went down to see Santa! He must have been on a milk and cookies break...
Later, he arrived so we took a few pictures. Reese is still nervous around Santa. The Trio told Santa their gift requests: Brooks (Buzz Lightyear and Zurg); Sloane (Woody and Bullseye); Reese (Jessie and Tinkerbell).
One more picture before we left...Reese and Sloane next to the tree.

Holiday Fun!

Another holiday season is here and we have already participated in several activities!

My mother of multiples group has a children's holiday party every year. Here we are:
Reese asked to have an orange butterfly painted on her face. She could have had a snowman, Santa, or Christmas Tree...but she chose the butterfly.
Sloane and Reese made these at the holiday party. They even wrote their names! They are growing up so fast...makes me sad.
After the holiday party, we attended a free family event. This was the caricature we had made of the Trio:
The wait for this picture was over and hour. Luckily we were able to keep Brooks, Reese and Sloane entertained because the picture came out very nice!

Reese and her butterfly:
Mommy and Reese
Sloane loved her candy cane but did not like her sticky fingers!

Sloane, Brooks and Reese

Waiting to have our picture made...it was a LONG wait!

After seeing Santa at the mall, I took this picture of the Trio. They look so grown up in this picture!

Sloane and her reindeer hat!
Reese
Brooks loves candy canes...
My 3 little angels: