The Great Break!

I guess all good things must come to an end, but this Christmas break was one that I did not want to end! We had off work/school for 2 weeks and we jammed in as much fun as possible! Here are some of the highlights:

* Anthony was in his first "play" - a 1.5 minute production (they did it twice) called Jingle Bugs - he was a snow bug. Jon was delighted to see him in his angel wings! :-)
* We celebrated Christmas with Aunt Debbie and cousins Carly, Austin and Andrew
* Christmas Eve at Grammy & PopPop's with all the aunts, uncles and cousins! We found out that we're going to have another neice or nephew! (Jeremy & Erin are the happy parents)
*Christmas morning at home! So much fun!
* We went to see Bedtime Stories (the new Adam Sandler movie) on Christmas night - it was great - the kids loved it and so did we!
* Our family Christmas gift was a trip up to NYC to see Mary Poppins on Broadway. Aunt Lizzie came with us and we crashed at her place for the night - great time!
* We got to have one last DiCo/Marty/Z get-together (minus Ashley Z. - we missed you Ashley!!). It was great to be together one more time before the Marty's head to Poland.
* We also had a day to just hang out with the Marty's - it was a hard goodbye but we're so glad we got one more chance to be together!
* New Year's Eve with friends Kelly & Orazio and their kids Orazio and baby Grace 2 1/2 months old. Always great to connect with them! We had a sleepover at their house and hung around for a bit on New Year's Day.
* A Christmas get-together with our friends the Ski's - unfortunately we couldn't find our camera that night and they forgot to bring theirs, but we had a great time together as always! It is fun to see Anthony and Noah starting to really play together more now. Sophia & Lexie have always been great playmates.

Today, reality set in for the kids and I as I went back to work and they went back to school. Jon starts back tomorrow! I guess breaks wouldn't seem so great if we never had reality!