Pajama Party

We love our pajama movie parties. Now that we have a good TV, we've been watching movies downstairs. Daddy and Mommy drink wine and chat and the girls watch TV and play. Everyone is happy.  

Hair Cut Day

 Juliet was due for her first haircut. I had put it off as long as I could. I had Chris schedule it 4 weeks in advance so I could prepare. I feel like once you cut a babies hair for the first time, it sort of ends baby hood. They just look so much older! 

 Juliet did a great job! She sat on my lap and was quiet the entire time. She looked around, and was very interested in trying to find her sissy and Dadddy in the salon, who were also getting their hair cut. 

They look so sweet! These girls are ready for Christmas! 

O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree

 Both girls were super excited to decorate the tree. However, Leah was the only one who would pose. Juliet kept getting mad and running away.

Leah was very anxious to put on the ornaments, she kept trying to get me and Chris to put each ornament she found in a specific place. It was a slower process to get the ornaments up this year. Then she discovered she could put some on herself (she really didn't like the ones with hooks, she refused to try to put those on). Chris and I were laughing at the Leah clusters of ornaments that were all around the tree.

 Juliet was very good about taking off the ornaments. She kept taking them all off and going, "huh?!" All in all, both girls had a ton of fun! 

Buddy, our elf, even reappeared with the tree. He brought each girl a Christmas book. The LOVE looking for Buddy each day. He is one of my favorite traditions, too. 

Getting a Christmas Tree/Burying Ruggie

 Leah was very excited to get a Christmas tree. We also used this opportunity to bury a little of Ruggie on the Christmas Tree Farm we go to each year. Ruggie loved going to the farm, and Chris and I have really good memories of taking him when it was just the 2 of us, and even when Leah was little (though we weren't always able to take him consistently--I think he missed the trip when Leah was only a few months old). 

 Leah carried Ruggie in the backpack. He would have loved it. 

 I've been going to this farm since I was little, but I never knew that if you walked far enough, you would come to a little lake. There is only 1 house on the lake, it seemed incredibly peaceful. The spot we picked for Ruggie was by a tree, only about 20 feet from the last row of trees in the farm. Leah and Daddy dug a little hole, and we put a little bit of Ruggie's ashes in. 

 We marked the spot with a rock. 

 Juliet and Ruggie. 

 Leah and Juliet with Ruggie's tree in the background.  

 Leah was most excited for the horse pulled wagon ride. We do that every year. 

After the farm we went to our favorite little (local) Mexican restaurant for lunch. Another tradition.

Such a fun time of year! 

Gingerbread Houses

 One of our best traditions for Christmas is making gingerbread houses. Leah loves to put on candy (munching as she works, of course), and Juliet loves to lick frosting. 

 Family projects are so much fun!