Christmas Dresses

Here are the girls in their holiday dresses.  Levi fell asleep on the way home- so his cute little outfit will have to be documented another day....

Christmas

Christmas Eve- new jammies

Everyone got just what they wanted....

New dollies

A new buddy

A new big-kid toy

No pictures of my presents because I was taking pictures.... I got a new camcorder and a dress (that I can't yet try on- so hopefully it fits!)

Christmas Cookies

We had to make cookies for Santa....

Levi was caught red handed....

He spent more time trying to eat than decorate. Wouldn't have been so bad if he'd have finished a cookie before grabbing another one.

SANTA!

We got to see Santa a couple weeks ago.  The girls were thrilled- Levi not so much. 
Maija asked for an American Girl doll....

Brielle asked for a Beanie Baby (What she really means to say is a "Bitty" Baby- or a baby doll)

Levi was too busy trying to squirm out of Santa's lap to ask for anything. 

Presents are bought and wrapped here- just need to do the holiday baking! Oh, And I guess I should think about cooking some kind of "real" meal for Christmas.  The poor kids have been eating out of a box or the freezer for a long time- Christmas probably warrants mom to actually be a real mom for a day huh? 

Christmas Programs

Brielle had a fun pre-school program.  She was very good at singing the words to the songs and had lots of fun being in "a show."

The very next night Maija had her First Grade program.  They did such a good job!  And she even got to go up on stage and be a "snow angel"  because she had been one of the extra special good listeners one day.  She loves performing.

Happy Birthday Little Man!

Levi had his 2nd birthday on Thanksgiving!  I just love this little guy.  He is so funny lately and I love watching him explore and learn.  I especially love seeing him doing boyish things and playing with boyish toys!  He is a good little boy and listens and follows instructions very well.  If he would sleep at night, I would call him the perfect child. He is a little slow to talk, but communicates well with head nods, head shakes and the universal word "EH!" He LOVES his sister Maija.  He also likes his Mama quite a bit when it comes to babysitters or nursery- but I'll take that while I can get it- it may not last!

Levi had a Buzz Lightyear Birthday.  Every gift he got had some sort of Buzz on it.  He especially loves his true to size, "authentic" (thats what the box said) Buzz Lightyear toy.  He never gets tired of pushing the buttons and hearing Buzz talk. 

Snow!

If you want to call it that!  It "snowed" one morning right before Thanksgiving.  Maija spent most of the morning staring out the window and asking if she still had to go to school.  Yes, no snow day this time. 
My children get SO excited at the sight of snow.  I used to love it when it snowed too.  Then I moved away from it for 3 yrs and realized how NICE it is when it doesn't snow.  Am I depriving my children of a happy childhood for the sake of my own comfort?  :)

Grandma came

My parents came to visit for Thanksgiving.  Despite all the fun we had, I must have been too lazy to take many pictures, because this is all I got....

BUT I LOVE IT!  Because, when Grandma comes, I don't have to comb hair!  She always does the girls hair and does it so well it holds for 2 days. 

AND I remember sitting just like this when I was little, getting my hair done.  I wish I had a picture like this with ME in it.