If you can't beat 'em...

I was happy to feed Kennedy some ice cream at Jason's Deli, but she insisted on doing it herself. Which I knew would be a huge mess... So after some tears (hers, not mine), I gave in. But on one condition:

Winter weather

Every now and then we get a blast of cold air down here. Luckily, Kennedy thinks hats are about the coolest thing around.

Picnics and adventures

The girls and I went to a park on Martin Luthor King Jr. Day, to have some lunch and do some outdoor exploring.

Ponytails!

Saturday afternoon tea party

Lela and Resli decided to have a fancy tea party for grandma this afternoon. We started off with tea and snacks, and then progressed to games, reading and drawing contests. They are energetic party hosts!

Saturday morning chillaxing

The annual measuring of the girls!

Look how much they've grown!

Happy 2013!

Given the early bedtimes of many of the members of this household, we celebrated European new year at 6pm local time.

They bought it. :)

Sending 2012 off in style at Westside Park

It's chilly but sunny, and everyone is having fun!

Fun at the museum

Extended vacations from school always SOUND like a good plan, but the long unstructured days can definitely get tiresome for all. We're always s glad to be members of the Museum of Natural History, because there's always something educational and engaging to do there!

Matching PJs

Santa, in his infinite wisdom, thought that the three little ladies would look cute in matching Christmas pajamas. 

We agree, although getting a decent photo was admittedly a challenge!

Little Drummer Boy

The Angel Choir performed (among others) The Little Drummer Boy during the Christmas Eve service.


It's a long video, but it's cute. . .
By the way, if you make it to just before the 2:00min mark, the squeal you hear from the audience is none other than Kennedy. :)

Christmas festivities

We had a wonderful Christmas, not only because everyone was mostly healthy this year!

I'm blogging from my new phone app, so I can't seem to insert pictures along with the text, but below are some holiday photos: Angel Choir rehearsal, homemade (obviously) gingerbread cookies, Christmas Eve pageant, showing off new gifts... Enjoy, and I'll try to learn how to make better mobile posts!

 

 

18 months!

We missed the 17-month-mark and the 18-month celebration nearly passed us by... but we remembered in the nick of time. We were out having pizza with some friends, but luckily they had paper and crayons so we were all set.

O tannenbaum

Given our Thanksgiving ordeals, it took us a little longer than many others to get in to the holiday spirit. But last weekend we finally went out and got our Christmas tree.

And then decorated it. 

(Lela wanted to try tinsel this year and I gave in. Never again. Especially with the ceiling fan on...)

We think it's just about the prettiest tree ever.