Christmas!

Cookies for Santa!



Eating Mommy's Funyuns from her stocking. **grumble**




I had to laugh when I saw two of my friends' Christmas morning photos, featuring their 3 year old girls wearing Disney princess dresses over their jammies too. :)




Guido and Luigi were very popular. And tiny. And lost/broke parts almost immediately - another Christmas tradition.



Christmas morning would not be complete without a tantrum over being asked (HORRORS!) to open another present.



Markers from Grandma Mary - for drawing AND snacking on.


"I am cute and will actually WEAR my stylish Christmas present outfits."

Princesses in the City

We took Brooke and Hadley to downtown Portland to check out the tree in Pioneer Square and meet the cast of Beauty and the Beast at the Performing Arts Center. We did not actually see the play, though I am sure it was lovely. Maybe when she is four she will be able to sit through a 3 hour musical. We can't even get her sit through 15 minutes at Pizza Schmizza at this point. ANYHOO. The girls had fun running around the square (teetering on mile high steep brick steps, darting near traffic, laying on wet pavement, ignoring the tree!!) and hugging princesses. Success!

Due to technical difficulties, only camera phone photos were available to document this momentous occasion.




*note* This Christmas tree marooned amongst the red bricks of Pioneer Square does not look AT ALL this big from the window by my desk 7 stories up and across the square. But seeing photos of us standing next to it? Holy cow....they CUT DOWN trees this big still?! It seems....wrong?

Hello....is this thing on?

Well, we have been busy these past few weeks. We spent a night in downtown Portland so the girls could swim in the indoor pool. Brooke loves the pool like MAD. Hadley is a a little unsure of it right now, but she loves to watch Brooke swim around. We also tried to take the girls to dinner at Old Spaghetti Factory and there are not words enough to convey the horror that was - let's just leave it a Brooke swam twice and took no nap before dinner and Hadley stood up and attempted to take her sock off her foot while it was on the table. The other diners looked upon us with pity. Urgh.



Brooke enjoying a chocolate milk.



This is what happens when I try to eat while the children are awake. They end up in my lap eating all my food.



Brooke and Blake getting our tree from the nice Boy Scout stand nearby. Brooke wanted no part of the tree being tied to the top of our car so the nice Boy Scout dad drove the tree to our house in his truck. YAY BOY SCOUTS!



Brooke and Blake had some Jack in the Box before getting the tree. Brooke did not like the barbecue sauce but she approved of the curly fries.