Christmas Eve

Zooey being silly 

 Emily being cute

Happy Holidays!

Santa Came to Town!!

Although Zooey threatened to cry when she saw Santa Claus, 

she was a pro when she finally came face-to-face.  

Her cousin Emily, on the other hand, was not too pleased with the situation.

I think she was upset because Santa didn't give her the marshmallow treat he was

handing out to all the kids.

Zooey asked Santa for a cat - she's been asking for one cat and one dog

for ages now.  Santa said he would try, but that often, the cats and dogs would jump out of his sleigh, so he couldn't make any guarantees......an honest Santa, but come on, you can fly around the world and deliver presents to all the kids in one night but you can't keep a dog/cat in your sleigh? Hmph.

Decorating the tree!

We finally got our tree this weekend and have started decorating.  This is the first year that Zooey is aware of what's going on and she is super excited!  She's already been singing "Santa Claus is coming to town" for several weeks now, and she keeps asking "Is Santa still coming? I'm a good girl!" (This is usually after she knows she's done something naughty and is trying to proactively accept blame without getting into trouble.....clever girl.....must take after her mom 😜)

We baked a few ornaments and she is so proud!

Of course she's putting everything up at her level so we're getting this:

And this:

I also asked her to hang some of these little presents on the tree

But she kept saying "I think there's something inside there" and started unwrapping...

What does she find? 

A styrofoam cube 😫 so of course she started breaking it apart until I saw the mess and told her to clean it up:

Here's the (almost) finished product: