White Christmas

What a Christmas! Not only did I get everything I wanted from Santa- it SNOWED!

Daddy is pulling me up the driveway- I'm on my way to go sledding down our big hill.




Daddy pulls me to the very top of the hill and then lets me gooo.....












Yippeee- this is SO much fun.













I got more daring. Here I am on my tummy....













Whoo Hooo- this is the life!













See that big blur going down the hill- it's my daddy.












He wanted in on the action- not bad sledding for a dad!












I eventually got bored of sledding and decided we needed to shovel the walkway- hope this spade does the job?!

Say "Cake"

Cookies For Santa

Mommy and I made cookies for Santa. Since he's bringing me 'Thomas Goes Down-Down-DOWN', the least I can do is make him a treat.

I spent all last evening scouring Mom's cookbook looking for the perfect cookie to make.


We made devils food cake cookies with a Hershey's kiss center... thanks for the recipe Auntie -Oll!












See, here are the Hershey's kisses...maybe mommy won't notice if I take one (she's busy taking pictures)

Just to let you know, Jakie decided it was a good idea to lick the bottom of the candy before placing it on the cookie. So the next time you find yourself at our house being offered cookies, ask who made them first!

Here they are- Santa's cookies. They are yummy. To quote Jakie after he took his first bite "ohhh, gooey!"

Being the neat freak that he is, Jakie refused to eat the center because he got chocolate on his fingers-I had to feed it to him!



Making cookies for Santa is alot of hard work- in fact you get so hot that you need to take your shirt off!

Cookies and milk-that Santa sure knows what to ask for! Happy eating.

'Babysitter' for Hire

Before going for walk, you must dress the dolly. Afterall, it's cold outside!

Maybe this is how all the cool dolls are wearing their hats?!










Then you take the dolly for a stroll...duh, that's why they call it a stroller!

Notice the technique, the stroller handle goes in the crook of your arm (mental note to try this)










And then you skip, strolling is for wimps....













Forget all that, a full gallop is the way to go...hold on dolly we're going to hit mach speed in 1.1 seconds.


Words cannot express Jakie's ability to babysit Lily's dolly, so here's a video. I think you'll want to hire him the next time you're in desperate need of a sitter...enjoy!

My Christmas Tree

This is my very own Christmas tree. I liked mommy's so much that she went out and bought me my very own tree- I can do whatever I want with it...put trains in it, fall into it, and take the ornaments off.









"Hey Gigi, where does this ball go?"













"Over here, Lil, on the bottom of the tree"

I bet you're getting warm fuzzy Christmas feeings just looking at this picture. But wait...










"NO,NO Lil, come back with the ornment. STOP, it's mine!"

He proceeded to tackle her to the ground and pry the 'ornment' from her fingers









"It'sMY tree, Lil"













While Jakie went to play elsewhere, Lil decided this time she wanted Santa instead of a ball...can you guess what happened next?!

First Snow of the Year

Saturday there was a huge snow storm. When I woke up Sunday morning there was a lot of snow outside. There was so much snow, that Daddy got to use his new snowblower.

When he was done, he popped his head inside and asked if I wanted to go play outside in the snow and go sledding...umm, does Pope Benedict wear Prada? Of course, I want to go play outside!

Here I am getting all bundled up- I even wore a hat and gloves (the hat stayed on, but the gloves kept falling off)

Dad unlocked the backyard gate for me, I took one step and fell on my tummy. I couldn't get up on my own no matter how hard I tried (think kid from 'Christmas Story')- dad pulled me up multiple times.




I went sledding up and down the hill in front of our house. It was a BLAST! Oh yeah, sippy cup came outside to play with me- I don't leave home without it!










I also made my very first snow angel- if you squint you can just make it out (it's hard to photograph a snow angel)








Then it was time to come inside- tired and very rosy cheeked I put up a fuss, but I lost...I came inside, undressed, had some hot chocolate, and reminisced about sledding for the REST of the day.

Stay warm!