December = Busy!

This month has been so busy.  Zoo lights, Carlie's 1st Play, time in Peter's classroom, Gingerbread Party, Santa Claus time, and family time.

Carlie all dressed up for her first play.  

I got to join her for this experience.  She was so excited to tell everyone that she saw, "If you give a moose a muffin"!

I got to spend the afternoon in Peter's classroom.  We had a great time doing a paper chain activity that I do yearly with my students.

Last week, at daycare, we joined the kids for the Gingerbread party.

Thanks Santa, now Carlie wants a red convertible!

We were wondering if Carlie would sit with Santa this year. She has been very skeptical in the past. Like this:

Last year's picture with Santa in California.

She made a promise to me that she would sit with Santa.

At first, she tried to say no but then went for Santa.

She talked a lot about Santa over the past week.

Today, we did a quick photoshoot with their Gingerbread houses...

and the Christmas tree!

Finally, I thought I would share all of the pictures from our photo shoot for the Christmas card that we did at the end of December.

This one is un-Photoshopped.

Here are all of the final shots:

No Photoshop needed.

And here is the beautiful card that my friend Melinda created and I altered a bit.  It is from Connie Prince's Sugar Plum kit.