Leah and Zoe!

Sickies in the Snow

Fun on Christmas day. (Despite both girls being sick for several days.)

Piano Girls

The piano and several renditions of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
factored into our celebration.

With Grandma the "broken legger." (Sweet nickname courtesy of Leah.)

Sharing. Sort of.

Christmas #2

Christmas morning in MD.

Christmas Eve

Peter and Leah enjoyed a little Christmas Eve sledding while in MD.
(You gotta love reflective tape.)

Christmas #1

My mom fell and broke her ankle the day before my whole family
was supposed to arrive at our house for Christmas, so plans changed.
Luckily, Santa heard Leah's plea and arrived early before we flew to
see my mom. So here is the first of several Christmas posts.

Zoe took a break from opening presents to get all dressed-up --
dalmations ears, a silk scarf, and wings. Then she came back to
the presents with a renewed interest.

Leah examines a prism that Santa put in her stocking.

My Christmas Card

Leah made me this Christmas card. I love it! Please note:
1) Santa's sleigh is pulled by girl reindeer except for Rudolph.
She pointed out that I can tell their gender by whether they have
ears or antlers.
2) Santa is driving the sleigh while Mrs. Claus does the chimney work.
3) The 2 wreaths on the house are exactly where our wreaths are
(with red bows).
4) I was corrected when I complimented the red flowers. "They're
poinsettias Mommy. Those are red leaves, not red flowers."

Pretty in Pink

Holiday Program

Our Rudolph was the star of the show.

Girly Shoes

When I glanced at the boot tray by our back door I just had
to laugh. (And I'm not even represented.)

Holiday Baking

Happy helpers.

Bridal Extravaganza

Leah decided that they should play bride. She found tulle squares
and rigged veils with those, a tiara, and a headband. Zoe played
along for about 5 minutes then threw her veil to the floor in disgust.

(Brides also wear sparkly shoes.)

Sledding with Mommy

We got more than a foot of snow while Peter was out of town.
School was canceled, so I tried to be a fun, outdoorsy mommy.
The sledding was not a big success. They just kept sinking
into the snow, but we still had a lot of fun.

Then Zoe lost her mittens a few too many times, and she was done.

Decorating the Tree

Zoe got dressed up for the occasion.

Hard at work. (I'm pleased to report Zoe did not fall
off of the step stool, and she only broke two ornaments.)

The Hunt

Eggnog War

Zoe desperately wanted eggnog.

I refused to fill her sippy cup with eggnog. Mean Mommy.