Santa

Well, Santa didn't make the Christmas card this year because Lauren didn't really like him. 

Santa thought me getting on his other knee would help....I knew better.

Chilling and Pretzel Dipping

Lauren was in a really good state of mind yesterday to chill with daddy.  We went to Monkey Joe's in the morning and she did ok...she went down the big slides with daddy and then we hung out at home.  One of the highlights was LK and daddy watching the cat on the Barbie channel on TV.  The cat sang a Christmas song with just the word Meow.  She meows now.

Then, this morning, since blizzard conditions put us inside for the day, we started by making chocolate dipped pretzels, chocolate chip cookies, and I will make the sugar cookies and decorate them when she is in bed tonight.  Too much sugar by lunchtime today.

And Daisy had a nice nap when Lauren went down.

Christmas Cookies

We decorated sugar cookies today at our friends' Maria and Sophia's house.  They thought up the idea and we were all for it.  It was a fun day of cookie decorating, girls playing, lunch, then nap time.

On our way over to Maria's.

Got my apron on...ready to go!

Where are the cookies?

The fun begins.

Taste-testing begins...

Mommy finally took away the cookies.  Enjoy the video below.

Miscellaneous

Thanksgiving

What a difference a year makes.  Happy Thanksgiving, 2010!

Sunday Paper

Just another Sunday...Daddy and me reading the paper.

Happy Halloween

My favorite :)

Outfit #3 for Halloween week.  I didn't have a picture of her in the "Daddy's under my spell" shirt.

Wearing sweatshirt top from aunt Erin's Halloween Care Package

She wouldn't take Grandma's bracelet out of her mouth for a picture

Lauren and Sophia