A Christmas of Many Costumes

We had a very calm and quiet Christmas at home this year. We slept in until after 8am (which is quite late by our standards!) and had a big breakfast and lazy morning opening presents. Actually, opening presents took us WELL into the afternoon. Partly because Leah changed her apparel after opening nearly every present. When she opened a Disney Princess book, she had to get changed into a princess outfit. Then, she got a pirate outfit. Then, she got a magic wand, so she needed her blue dress back on... You get the picture. Seriously, count her outfits.

Even Lucy was spoiled!

This is from when we went to pick out our tree a few weeks before Christmas.

Comments

Jessica and Greg said…

so super cute. love it!

January 6, 2012 at 7:57 PM

Anonymous said…

Looks like a great family Christmas. Love all the outfits!

January 7, 2012 at 9:21 AM

ltroberts@att.net said…

looks like it was a fantabulous holiday!

January 9, 2012 at 5:17 PM

Aaaaaaaattttttt Llllaaaaassstt....

Greetings friends, Thanks to all your prayers and support over these last months, my job search is finally over. It ended where it began, in the principal's office at Marian High School, a Catholic high school in Mishawaka, IN, about 5 minutes from our house. I will be teaching 11th and 12th grade English-- 4 sections of honors Junior composition, and 1 Senior world literature course. Both Nicole and I are very excited about this opportunity, as we will now be on the same schedules with breaks and will, of course, have the summers off to travel and visit all of you, our family and friends. I am observing the teacher who is resigning over the next week, and I will begin on my own Monday, November 3, just in time for Nikki to go into labor, necessitating my finding a sub for a week or so?! Oh well, what can you do? Thanks again to all of you who have prayed earnestly that this challenging time would pass. We are truly blessed by all of you.

The Nursery Progression

Here are some pictures of the nursery in stages. The first few show just plain primed walls with painting tape. The next couple show us starting to paint, followed by the adventure that was putting up the chair rail. The last photos are finishing the painting, doing some touch ups, and the finished product. It was a lot of fun, and Nicole's nesting urges were satisfied for the time being. We're doing a ladybug theme, with the green and pink being the dominant colors. We do have some accents like picture frames, shelves, and hanging baskets that are being painted red. All we need now is some baby furniture. Enjoy the photos and comment away.

Entertainment

Leah is singing, singing, singing these days... Some nights we hear her singing all kinds of songs to herself after we put her to bed. One of her new favorites is "Twinkie Doodle." We tried to teach her how to say "Yankee" for a while and then figured, why bother? We like this Twinkie Doodle character better. The other video is her very first knock knock "joke." Often while I am cooking dinner she hangs out in the kitchen with me, being my helper and entertainment in one.

The Daintys

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