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From Our Family

12.23.2011

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

Christmas future is far away
Christmas past is past
Christmas present is here today
Bringing joy that may last

Have yourself a merry little Christmas
May your heart be light
In a year our troubles will be out of sight
From now on

Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Make the yuletide gay
In a year our troubles will be miles away

Here we are as in olden days
Happy golden days of yore
Precious friends who are dear to us
Gather near to us once more

I know that
In a year we all will be together
If the Fates allow
Until then, we'll just have to muddle through somehow
And have ourselves a merry little Christmas now.

Christmas Cookies

12.22.2011

Hannah has really come to love making cookies--so much so that we now make Valentine's Day cookies, St. Patrick's Day cookies, and Easter cookies. My mom tried to get in 4th of July cookies and Halloween cookies but I had to end it somewhere! :oP

But this past week we went to grandmas to make my favorite--Christmas butter cookies. Yum!

Hannah did a great job helping this year!

And what is making cookies without licking the beaters! :o)

And since it's Colson first Christmas, we had to get him in on the cookie making action. At least he's old enough to hold the cookie cutter, unlike Hannah's first cookie making experience at 1 and a half months old. :oP

Hannah even helped her brother out!

After we cut out all of the cookies and bakes them we called it a day. But the next day we headed back over to grandma's to DECORATE! :o)

Colson didn't help decorate cookies but he got his first taste of one. Needless-to-say, the cookie was devoured!

Hannah did a great job decorating! She was even able to 'spread' the frosting on the cookies a bit better this year.

We made a mess, but I think the cookies look perfect!

Hannah can't wait to leave some out for Santa Claus! :o)

Professor Bug

12.20.2011

I wish I could tell you that the following photos were a result of us practicing wearing our goggles for our upcoming beach vacation...

I mean, why else would my daughter be wearing goggles inside the house?

But sadly that is not the case. *hangs head in shame*

The following photos are because of The Backyardigans.

**I must forewarn you, though, that if you have never heard of or watched The Backyardigans (particularly this specific episode—Robot Rampage), you will have absolutely no idea what I am talking about. So either go quickly look up the episode or just enjoy these photos for their pure humor. :o)

The other day, Hannah was watching The Backyardigans episode Robot Rampage where Pablo is Professor Bug. She loves this episode! (Of course she would love this episode--it is one of the few that is an hour long. Blah!)

As you can see--Pablo wears goggles.

Well, Hannah insisted on wearing her own goggles, so grandma found a couple pairs for her to play with.

She proceeded to march around the living room acting like Professor Bug and going "Hahahaha!".

And while my explanation of my daughter doing this might not be funny, I assure you that watching her do this in person was quite entertaining.

And because I am a mom who believes in fairness--we let Colson have his turn in the goggles, as well!