Ice Skating

On Christmas eve we went ice skating. Annelise has wanted to try this for a long time. Good thing we never went sooner. She has no balance on ice skates. Brian basically held her up and skated her around the entire time. It took them about ten minutes to make it around the rink one time, but it didn't matter. Annelise absolutely loved every minute of her ice skating time.

Dinosaur Jammies

I bought these pjs on clearance last January thinking they were a little too "boyish" for Annelise. Then this fall PBS came out with the new kids show Dinosaur Train and my kids fell in love with everything dinosaurs. The dinosaur jammies were a big hit this Christmas!

SLB party

Brian took Annelise and Nathan to the kids Christmas party this morning while Lily and I went shopping. Annelise loved riding the pony and Nathan was thrilled to participate this year riding the train a few times and jumping in the bounce house.

Self Portrait

Annelise drew this picture and said, "Look Mommy. I drew myself. I even made a neck and a tummy." My favorite part of her picture is that she has ten fingers and four toes.

Winter Lily

Here she is sporting her winter clothing and sucking her favorite fingers. Lily is 7 months old today!

Snow!!!

Yesterday it snowed in Houston. Enough to cover the grass. Annelise and Nathan were sooo excited to play in it. This is Annelise making her first snowball ever. Since she only lived in Illinois her first year of life, to her this was her first experience with snow. Notice she is not equipped to play in the snow very long. We don't own much winter clothing. I loved how each time she threw a snowball she yelled, "Hiyah!"

Annelise's nativity scene

I put this nativity set down low where the kids could play with it this year. Annelise played with it the first day I had it out and gave it this new formation. Every time she plays with the set it ends up like this. I think it makes perfect sense.

Kite Flying

Annelise got this ladybug kite for her birthday and we finally took it out and flew it Thanksgiving week when Brian had work off. We went to the playground at the elementary school behind our house and flew it there. It was so fun! I don't think Brian and I had flown a kite since we were kids.