December

Here it is, the middle of January, and I'm trying to catch up on some highlights of last month. I think I blinked, and December came and went. Here are some pictures to help me remember what happened:

Tim makes Christmas cut-out cookies with the girls every year. They have lots of fun and get really messy. I had the stomach flu that day, so I stayed out of the kitchen... until the next day to clean-up. I also helped the girls do some extra decorating for their cookies the day after.


Emma enjoyed decorating, undecorating, licking the decorations, and then re-decorating the cookies. Don't worry, I didn't have her share them with anyone.

The highlight of the Christmas season comes down to Christmas morning. Our usual routine is getting up early, reading the Christmas story and opening stockings. We have cinnamon rolls for breakfast and then tear into the gifts. I think that as parents we love it more than the kids!

We give the girls new Christmas jammies to wear Christmas Eve. They usually wear them most of Christmas day, too!

One of their favorite gifts was the Cherry Blossom Market playtent. They've spent lots of time pretending to shop and sell things in their little play store.

We had a very blessed Christmas! After some time at our place in the morning, we go over to Pappy and Grandma's house for Christmas dinner and presents. Does it get any better than that?