Someone wanted to join in the caroling fun.

Crayon Project.

Liv and I turned boring old crayola's into fun heart shaped crayons......She will be giving them to her classmates for xmas ;)

hohoho and ruffruffruff.

advent.

In addition to the chocolate advent, I decided to do a non-edible advent, as well. I put a star sticker in each daily pocket. Liv puts the star over the appropriate number on the tree. once the tree is decorated, Liv will put the star on the top (day 24).

Someone stole the camera.

What a HAM!

Gingerbread Men.

Night ritual.

For the record, I am still baptizing Liv with my hand after she takes a sip of my water right before I tuck her in bed. It is the oddest request, but I will do whatever it takes to say goodbye for a 12 hour break.

Overheard.

What the FREAKIN HECK?

Ummmm, wonder where she overheard that. Actually I am surprised it took her this long to say it.....;)

We have a visitor......Darth Vader.

Last night at about 10pm Liv woke up with Croup. She had it when I was pregnant with Charlotte, too. It is not fun. We luckily had some of the medicine left over from before and I called my Dr. Allison (family pharmacist) and she gave me guidance. Within 2 hours she was sleeping and breathing normal. I am praying the meds did the trick and Darth Vader is out the door.

Storytime, then Bedtime.

Clip- Macy's Light Show.

Sorry this is late...I am just catching up with my videos.

The girls beg for Trader's.

The girls beg to go the Trader Joe's.......Just to get the complimentary balloons they give out at checkout. Sad thing is, they never really last more than a day. The girls wake up the next morning to their sad and pathetic balloon laying on the ground (the helium doesn't last long enough).

I have learned the hard way, to get two of the same color balloons AND to make the disappear the next day before one pops and they fight over the one left ;)

Hungry Hungry Hippo.

Have I mentioned yet that ALL Charlotte wants to do is EAT> I am not exaggerating. If she is awake, she is hunting and scouting. If she hears a crinkle, she runs towards you hoping it is food. If you walk towards the kitchen, she is one step behind you.

She can snack All day (at least it seems all day) and still eat three 4 course meals a day. How is she still so tiny? Well, she never sits still, that's for sure.

A little Late.

This video is a few weeks late but I had to show you what Liv did before Thanksgiving dinner. Every single year, I vividly remember having one of two assignments before holiday dinners. I would either take everyone's drink order (play waitress) or make everyone's name tags. Well, this year I met my clone...... All I had to do is suggest to Liv ONCE to make name tags for everyone (to get rid of those before meal jitters). Off she went.....She sat quietly at the table and wrote everyone's name tags all by herself. I think she asked meme for help on Uncle John and Great Grandmom. But she did everyone else's completely by herself.

I am so proud of her. She just loves writing (hence the million pieces of scrap paper randomly placed throughout the house with letters and names written on it)

Liv's Favorite Spot on EARTH.....Daddy's lap.

We got a shopper.

2009 Christmas Tree.

Ry put the faux fireplace On Demand. We lit a few candles and put on some Christmas Carols. Then started decorating.... What a great way to spend our Friday evening. The girls had alot of fun. Liv did an amazing job decorating the tree. And Charlotte had a great time taking the ornaments off......She really thought she was helping.

Decorating the tree was one of my favorite memories growing up........What I didn't realize is the fun never fades.

War with the winter hats.

The Magic of Christmas.

Today the girls and I met Liz and the boys at Macy's (Wanamaker Building) downtown to see the annual light show and Dicken's Village. Both of the girls loved it. The best part about it was that it was a family tradition for my mom to go as a kid (along with every other Philly kid).

We walked though the village twice and the second time, I secretly ventured off to Santa's room. I wish I had it on tape because it was an amazing moment. Santa and Liv had the most precious conversation. At that moment, I saw the magic of Christmas twinkle in her eye. Since we went on a Tuesday morning as soon as they opened, it was not crowded. It was just Liv, Charlie, Santa, Santa's Helper, and I in the room. The girls stayed in the stroller but talked back and forth for a few minutes. Liv told Santa what she wanted for Christmas. As soon as we left, the pride and excitement was written across Liv's face. She couldn't wait to run out and tell Ben what happened.

When we were done, we walked next door to Ry's temp office space. The girls chatted with Ry's co-workers. Then we were off to get home before Charlie's nap.

What a great morning!