Christmas Pictures

Here are some pictures I took of my little ones in their christmas outfits!

Mr. Smiles!

Harrison is so happy! I took these pictures at dinner -- we were having chicken spagetti and he really enjoyed it. Look at that smile!

Harrison's New Trick

One day last week, Madeleine came running into the living room yelling "mommy, harrison's up to something!" I thought he probably was into her toys, and followed her into his room. And then my heart almost stopped! He was sitting ON TOP of his toy chest! He was laughing and laughing! He has learned how to climb up there! And, he's not far from being able to climb up on the furniture, too. Yikes!

Gingerbread House

This year I thought it would be fun to make a gingerbread house with Madeleine. I bought one that was already made & we just did the decorating. She helped me pick out lots of candy for the house and we waited until Harrison was napping and had a blast! It was such fun! She pretty much did it herself, with me just putting the icing where she wanted it. She worked on this diligently for a couple of hours and used most of the candy we bought -- and ate the rest! :) I love getting to do things like this with her -- just the two of us. She's very proud of her house and it has a place of honor in our kitchen. I tried to explain to her that it's not really for eating, but occasionally I'll notice that a piece or two is missing! Ha!

Madeleine's Christmas Program

Last week was Madeleine's christmas program at Wee Care. They've been practicing for it since the second week of school & we were all excited to see her up there. Her three yr. old class was dressing as snowmen & singing/ reciting snowman songs. Here we are just after arriving -- I love this picture of my family! We got there early to get seats right in the front.....
Then it was time to take Madeleine to her classroom to put on her costume. It pretty much went downhill FAST from there. She didn't want to get dressed, but finally we got the costume on. I was able to leave her and take my seat & she'd stopped crying. :) Then, when her class entered the auditorium she saw us & started crying again! She refused to perform and so I just held her and we watched the show. :( Here's the only picture I got of her in her costume -- I had to push her away from me and clicked the camera really fast!
What can I say? Hopefully, we'll have better luck next year!

Sneak Peek!

Follow this link for a look at a couple of amazing pictures Whitney took of our family at Thanksgiving! Enjoy!
http://www.scottphotography.org/page5/page5.html

The Many Faces of Harrison and Countdown to Christmas!

Harrison makes so many cute faces (I'm not biased or anything!) during the day. Last week, during bathtime I pulled out my camera and started snapping. I'm sure all moms understand how hard it is to get those moments on camera, but I got some pretty good ones, I think! Harrison loves his baths. He knows that after dinner he gets a bath -- this is a necessity, he's usually covered in food. He starts bouncing in his chair and whining for the tub. I put him down and he speed-crawls right to the tub! He can't wait. He loves to splash and has learned how to pull the plug, so now he's confined to the back of the tub, behind Madeleine. Ha! Enjoy the snapshots--

This is how happy he pretty much is all the time!

Check out those rolls, especially above the knees!

I blogged earlier about Madeleine's excitement about Christmas. She's having a hard time waiting for Santa and wants to open the presents under the tree. I know she won't open them -- we've put the fear in her, but I wanted to do something to help her be more patient. So, I made a sock advent calendar out of baby socks. I'm still looking for some cute number stickers to go on the outside of each sock 1-24; if anyone sees any let me know. Each sock has a little treat inside and she gets one every day. It's becoming a big event in her day & she really looks forward to it! I'm giving it to her after her rest/nap time, so hopefully it will inspire her to do better with resting on her bed! :) It was a fun project for me -- I plan on doing it every year. I guess next year I'll have to put 2 treats inside!