School Christmas party

 

Mary was so excited to show us (and eat) the gingerbread cookies she helped make.

  

Sunday morning snuggles. Rosie looks indifferent, but she was enjoying it.

 

Rosie was no help when it came to finding her toy.

 

Then I decided to cut her some slack. She's only 4 months old, after all.

Christmas party and other activities

 

Mary bravely collected her gift from Santa.

 

Rosie watched from the sidelines. 

 

Mary agreed to sit on Santa's lap, but her smile was a bit stiff  :-).

 

Trying on her new big girl gloves.   

 

  

Rosie likes to read in her spare time.

 

Giving herself a bubble beard.

 

Mary found some old Mama sunglasses.

 

 

Mary's photography skills are improving; she managed to get her subjects in the frame.

 

She also took a series of pictures of her new piggy bank.

Brunch

 

Some post-brunch girl time.

 

Mary took great pride in using her coffee cup for oj.

 Getting some lap time with Amma.

  

What could be more entertaining than watching yourself in the mirror?

 

After school snuggles.

 

There was lots of bell ringing while we decorated the tree.

Cookie decorating part 2

 

Working hard to squeeze the frosting out.

 

Mary was happy to clean up stray sprinkles.

 

Some of the completed cookies. 

 

 

This is Rosie's distressed face.

 

I think I interrupted her reading.

 

 

Hanging with Anna Fraenka. 

Weekend stuff

 

Cookie baking at Anna and Einar's house.

 

Sonja got to hold a mini rolling pin. That's the extent of her participation with the cookie baking :-).

Each girl had to have her own baby.

 

We were getting out Christmas decorations and Mary asked to wear the bunny ears.

 

"These snow pants have lots of pockets. Here's another one!"

 

Playing with Jon's Duplos.

 

Sonja got to drive while Mary sat in the passenger seat.