We decided to go pay Santa a visit today. Ellie, who had never wanted anything to do with characters or Santa last year, sat on his lap and had a full-out conversation. She smiled when she asked for her "Jesse" and he knew all the other guys' names from Toy Story! As much as we tried, Lia just was not going to come over, though she did exchange a few words from afar, and accepted a candy cane at the end. Ellie filled Santa in on Lia's behalf (too cute!). And Aurie...just sat through it all, the angel baby that she is :)...then, konked out and had a nice nap in the stroller in her darling tutu outfit (thank you Nana!).
The other day, the girls asked to make gingerbread men, so we went to work. They love to "help" and had a blast with their own piece of dough and some cookie cutters (though you should have seen the floor at the end!). I had found these make-you-smile aprons (guess who wouldn't put one on? ;) and was so glad to make use of them. That story about the gingerbread man is one of their favorites in one of our children's stories collections (one my mom used to read to us :). We found some candy while out today to decorate them...I bet that's the favorite part! :)
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