Christmas Kitties!!! .... who look very PO'd.

Christmas Cookies

I love to cook, but I have never been much of a baker. Now that I am a Mom, though, I feel I should probably learn to bake some basic things. Christmas cookies, for instance. So this year I decided to begin a tradition of making Christmas cookies as a family. I cheated a bit, buying break and bake sugar cookies and store bought cake icing, but hey, you have to start somewhere! The colors didn't turn out the way I'd hoped -- the red was more pink than red and the green was more minty than Christmas usually calls for, but they tasted great and we had a lot of fun making them and that is what really counts.

Luminarias & Holiday Fun

Evie, Kiley and I set out our luminarias this weekened. It definitely made our home look very warm and inviting. Evie and I have been struggling with a cold for the last week so it was nice just to get out and get some fresh air. Her favorite part was putting the sand in the bags, while my favorite part was making the fudge. I'll always remember my mom making a huge batch of nutty fudge for the holidays and eating 90 percent of it myself. However, once you make it and see how much sugar goes into the recipe you'll start to think twice about that second piece! 

A Two Year Old's Halloween Experience

I meant to put these videos up after Halloween, but I became very sidetracked. Here in a few minutes is what it was like for a two year old to go trick-or-treating in Southwood. First, you have to climb up a mountain of stairs and then stretch to a doorbell only to find out that no one was home. Poor Evie. This happened about a dozen times on Halloween, but her spirits were never dampened. Still very funny to watch though...

Thank Goodness for Grammy

A while back Grammy came to visit Evie. Here are some pictures we saw lying around that we wanted to share. Evie really loves her Grammy. When she saw her through the door she squealed really loud with excitement. Sometimes I wonder who's harder to keep up with because there's always something to do when Grammy's in town. 

Of course, there always comes a time when Grammy must go home. Evie always looks out her window to make sure she gets home safe. Evie sure does love her Grammy. 



Shenanigans of a Two Year Old

Friday, Dec. 10, 2010

My coworker Mary Beth and her husband Derek followed me home Friday evening so they could use our ink jet printer. Since they were following me, I parked along the street and came in the front door. As soon as I opened the door, I heard Evie say, "I eating a cookie!" She was standing in front of the advent calendar with four candy wrappers around her feet and chocolate all over her face. I could not help but laugh. My first thought was, "Where is your father?" (He was upstairs picking up the den -- at least that's what he claims he was doing...) I quickly cleaned Evie up and investigated the candy situation. It appears she decided to go ahead and eat her candy for the 21st-24nd. She was on a major sugar high the rest of the night.

Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010

I was getting ready to go to my monthly playgroup with Evie, and Blake had run to the store for some groceries. I left her in the living room for two minutes to make our bed and grab my sneakers. When I came out of our bedroom, she had managed to pull every tissue out of a brand new box of tissues and was, again, standing at the advent calendar eating a chocolate bar. (At this rate, she won't have any candies left in her caleandar the last week before Christmas!) I had no one to blame but myself this time. Sigh.