Christmas Eve

We spent Christmas Eve at my brother, Bryan's home.  As always, it was a good time!

 Elmo!

Sit-n-spin.  The first time Charlotte laughed at playgroup was on the sit-n-spin.  She loved it!

Trying to pick up the cat! 

A Fun-Filled Day!

Drawing with Savannah

Admiring their work

Enjoying the little bit of snow we received

Grammy came to visit

Morgan trying to catch snowballs

He caught one!

Reading and stickering the christmas card from Grammy

Play-doh

 Making lunch in the kitchen

Charlotte and Savannah have a great time together.  We're looking forward to next week!

Handprint Santa

Charlotte's handprint is Santa's beard and the nose, cheeks, and hat trim are her fingerprints.

Colby Family Annual Christmas Party

I can say that Charlotte didn't cry this time with Santa because she wouldn't even let me put her on his lap!

She loved her reindeer and books though

Charlotte & Emily checking out the tree

 Charlotte stole an ornament

Loves to Draw & Bake!

Is she a righty or a lefty?!

 She especially likes to scribble with markers

 Helping make holiday sugar cookies

Pastry Ornaments

Charlotte made ornaments from pie crust today. 

She helped make the pie crust by stirring the ingredients.  While the dough was in the refrigerator, we ventured outside to enjoy the warm temperatures, mud, and rain puddles!

 After an hour, we went back inside to take the dough out of the refrigerator.  Charlotte helped me roll the dough and cut out the ornament shapes using cookie cutters. 

We used parsley flakes and paprika to decorate

We also used nuts and rice for decoration.  We then brushed the ornaments with egg yolk and put them in the oven at 375 degrees for 10 minutes.  After they cooled, we hung a couple on the tree. 

By accident, I took this picture using a slow shutter speed, but I thought it came out pretty cool!