Exterior Decorator

I have always wanted to put together a gingerbread house but never have had a good reason to do so. This year I figured Allison would be old enough the help decorate (rather...eat the decorations), so we bought a kit from Costco. We had lot of fun decorating it. We kept the final product on the kitchen counter until Christmas Eve when we put it on the table as a centerpiece. After that, every time I would walk in the dining room, I would catch Allison sneaking candy off of the house.

Allison helping put the room on the house.

"One M&M for the house, three for me."

Dad and Allison decorating the front of the house.

Allison proud of her house.

Movie Night

A few weeks ago we had our first "Movie Night" with the girls. We watched Christmas Eve on Sesame Street which is still one of my favorite Christmas movies. We made popcorn in our popcorn maker, which Allison had never seen before. She was fascinated with seeing the corn actually pop right before her eyes. After we made our snacks, we headed downstairs to watch the movie on the "big screen".

Apprentice

Allison and Amelia learning about cookie baking and frosting from the best.

Our beauties....

Now that Christmas cards have been sent out, I can share a link of the girl's pictures. My friend Amber with 87 Orange Photography took them a few weeks ago. Here is a link to a preview in her blog. She also took the picture that is in my blog header. Thanks Amber! They turned out great.

Snow Day

What we did to pass time - Allison painted and Amelia tried to eat the paint.

Messy Messy Messy

Good Night

What is amazing about these pictures is that a) Allison is sleeping and b) she has her PJs on. Allison went through a spell where she would take her PJs off at night. Hopefully we are past that stage. Isn't this a wonderful sight to end the night though? We are so blessed.