It's Winter Break!

You know me, I'm totally type 'A' and this week found myself a little bit crazed by the holiday. Preparing the gifts, making the grocery list, cleaning the house, meal planning, laundry and mentally gearing up to have our little angels home with us for 11 days. I am embracing the 11 days because its the only time of year where things eventually slow down. Lila woke up early today, Scott was out for a run, and so she crawled in bed with me at 5:41am and we got to just snuggle and chit chat until we decided to get out of bed. It was so nice. No rush, just being present. This was the PERFECT way to start our stay-cation. Here are our (really my) goals for 2011 Holiday Break as posted on our fridge. Again, totally, admittedly, obnoxiously type 'A'.

Salt Dough Ornaments

Eva and Lila made salt dough ornaments to give as gifts this holiday. It was a 3-day process making the dough, cutting, baking and painting. The results; super cute, handmade ornaments. Thanks to Anne for the idea!

Nap Protesting

Eva has been nap protesting and while she's NOT sleeping she keeps herself busy by making her room a mess. Here she unloaded several drawers in her closet and her book shelf. Lucky for me she had to pick this mess up and thankfully has not made this big of a mess since.

Scrooge the Musical & Girls Day

7 of us girls went to se Scrooge the Musical on Saturday. It was Eva's first play experience and you can see from the photos that she was perfectly behaved. After the play we got a little tour and we were able to get up on stage for a photo. 

Eva the Plumber?

Eva has had us laughing for a week. She must have lost weight or perhaps lost her some of her non-existent belly because her pants have been falling down. Pants that she has been wearing for months no longer will stay up. Last week I tried three different pairs of pants and three days in a row Eva had a wardrobe malfunction. I think she will be wearing dresses until we can get this resolved!

Four and a Half

Our biggest princess turned 4 1/2 on December 12th.

The Nutcracker

Lila and I went to see the Nutcracker this year. It was her first time seeing the play and she seems to have really enjoyed it. Every time I have music from the Nutcracker playing she starts dancing and twirling around the house. I can't wait to go again! My cousin Mahkaea joined us and we also had the good fortune of running into Anne and Ryan Bruce and got to sit by them. Lila however sat in my lap the whole time.

Our Perfect Tree

We visited a new tree farm in Ridgefield, WA called Tree Wiseman. It has an enormous selection of tree's and we actually had a hard time deciding which one to get. This year we selected a little bit shorter tree so that it can sit in our front window. I'm loving the tree in the front window and look forward to a cozy Christmas morning around our tree. More photos to come!

Visiting Santa

We had a wonderful visit with Santa this year. Lila was pretty confident visiting with Santa and told him that she wanted a "rainbow, princess, Barbie house" for Christmas. Eva wasn't going anywhere near Santa without me and proceeded to tell him that she wanted a "motorcycle". What! A motorcycle? We have no idea where she got this idea.

Thanksgiving ~ Yum!