The Night Before Christmas

My Sweet Babies. Lulu 2 1/2 years old & Leo 10 months enjoying his first year of Christmas festivities and CANDY!

Christmas Cookies

Lulu and I make cookies all the time but I generally measure everything and let her add it to the mixer, but for this special occasion I let her do all the measuring to make cookies. Of course the only thing she couldn't do is load the cookies in and out of the oven.

It's been a very tough year in our house financially speaking. In any case it was decided that we would send Homemade Maple Syrup to our family members this Christmas. Although many may not know how much work tapping, harvesting and cooking sap to make syrup is, it didn't quite feel like we were giving enough so we also decided to include homemade cookies. In reality all the stress of gift giving is so silly because truthfully I wish everyone would send us some food for Christmas!

Crawling around being silly.

Nana's House Christmas

Lulu is helping Penny and Ezekiel put up the Christmas ornaments.

Cousins and fast friends! They were like 2 peas in a pod.

Everyone loved the train, which was later relocated to the floor around the Christmas Tree.

A new fan of the Candy Cane!

Decorating for Christmas

I am not much of a holiday decorator but since having kids I feel obligated to step it up. This year we put a fiber optic tree in the front bay window and a manger set. We let Lulu put the bulbs on the little tree for practice before the big tree.


Then Lulu helped her Daddy put up the big tree, she danced with the branches and then handed them to him.




Later when Leo was up she was I found her putting her favorite toys into the tree as ornaments. Gosh, how brilliant... an appreciation for her current toys, and nothing breakable to boot!





By the way, Leo LOVES her "jump high."

Typical Toiletry Mess

If left with bathroom door open any day of the week, any time of the day, this is what you will find! I guess I am counting my blessings that the TP wasn't in the toilet and he wasn't flusing and clogging it!