The passing of time really does seem to speed up when you have children. Their growth and development is amazing and so fast. To all those people that told us to enjoy every moment as they grow so quickly…you were right!

Claire and Rhys turned 8 on December 17th! This year they wanted to have separate birthday parties. They have always had shared birthdays so this year we were game to try it out — future blog post 🙂

To start we had a little family birthday morning…complete with new pajama onesies, some toys and elf on the shelf greeting the kids. It is our tradition to have a nice breakfast and gifts on the table when the kids wake up. It is hard having your birthday among Christmas activities and decorations. We try to make it extra special for Claire & Rhys.

 

Before 6am wake-up…kids excited and we are tired!