Santa

I'm not sure when the girls will like Santa. Adelie's favorite part of visiting Santa was waving 'goodbye!'. Our timing was not ideal....but we are now proud owners of "crying-baby-with-Santa" photos! Adelie was not about to get close to the jolly old man...and Kennedi clearly did not enjoy her time with the man in the red suit....there's always hope for next year!

play!

Adelie & Kennedi got a new toy on Saturday. Adelie's figuring out how to make it spin & Kennedi just loves watching her older sis. It sure is cute watching the two of them together. These pictures make me smile...especially the one where Adelie is dragging Kennedi! Silly girls.

cookies!

Baking Christmas cookies was a little less 'magical' than I had hoped for. Both girls were tired & not their happiest...but I loved watching Adelie with the rolling pin...and using the cookie cutters, and frosting the cookies (& pouring on the sprinkles!).

creativity at its cutest

 

We broke out the paints & paintbrush tonight for the first time & Adelie is in love. She painted 3 masterpieces which are now hanging above our kitchen sink & bring so much cheer to the kitchen! I hung them there to dry...but it seems like a great spot to display her finest! Makes me smile! Nate's face made a nice canvas as well. Silly girl. She has been loving baths in the sink lately (she saw Kennedi in the "bath" the other day & insisted on a "baaaa" herself...and now everyday, she begs for a "baaa! baaa! baaa!"). So she was a happy lady when she got to hop in the "tub" for a scrub after her painting fun!

would you like a mustache?

I know the photos are a bit excessive, but I just think Adelie is the cutest playing with her new playdough! She loves loves loves it. I was doing some Christmas shopping & saw the playdough & thought Adelie would have fun with it...it has not disappointed. She really loves it. It's so cute watching her creativity & curiosity at play. The first few times she played with it, she spent most of the time figuring out the texture, and pulling it apart....and smashing it back together...but she soon advanced to a silly, silly, silly playdough artist! Check out her latest work: noses, eyebrows, and my favorite...the mustache! Grandpa Miller hung out with us on Saturday night (cheering on the Badgers with us!!!!) and he got in on the playdough-nose-action! Too funny. Thanks for joining in on the fun, dad! I know Adelie loved seeing 'pa' with his playdough nose. Adelie is such a ham sometimes! I adore her.