Horanyi Family: If I Could Turn Back Time...

I realized this on my own and have also had others point out to me that it's been a while since I've updated our blog. Skipped right past Thanksgiving, Christmas and the New Year. So, now I am trying to catch up a bit, hence the title of this post. I thought it could refer to how much the girls have grown, but I haven't gotten to the point where I am teary-eyed, saying, "oh, they are growing too fast, if they could just be babies again." Maybe that will happen one day, but right now I just don't think it will. It is fun to look back at baby pictures, but each day they are growing and able to do so many more things. They even help me with shopping at the grocery store, putting the list together, picking out things we need and putting them in the cart, and reminding me that we should get bones for the dogs, or "boys."

Mary's fish stick face

We traveled down to Georgia for both Thanksgiving and Christmas. Both trips went pretty well (thanks in large part to our dual screen DVD players), except for some traffic delays coming back in November. Our Christmas trip was delayed leaving here by a day due to two feet of snow, and as I'm typing this now I hope we don't have a replay of that. There is probably six inches outside right now and it's been steady falling all morning.

This was the first year that the girls really understood the concept of Christmas and learned about the birth of Jesus, and Santa, of course. We have a nativity scene, and I figured why not let the girls play with it, it will help them remember the Christmas story. But there were a few times they were chasing each other, yelling, "My Joseph, my Joseph!" Baby Jesus visited a few different places in the house, and sometimes you would find a little fireman or other toy visiting the barn. I think it was mostly educational, though.

Sophie tells me about her candy cane

Sophie really enjoyed talking about all the stuff going on around Christmas time. On the way down to Georgia, while Mary was sleeping, we asked her what she wanted from Santa Claus. Without hesitation, she said, "A candy cane!" Mary said the same thing when I asked her later. So I called Grandma to make sure Santa would have some candy canes. Christmas morning, the girls looked past all the toys and went straight for the candy canes. Sophie had to have it open immediately and was so proud that Santa brought her what she wanted!

I'm not the best at capturing Kodak moments, so I don't have that many Christmas pictures to share. We had a few relatives and friends share some good pictures on Facebook, and there are still a few that I have not seen yet. But here are a few more random shots since the last post.