Seeing Santa!

So glad this little one isn't afraid this year!

And the last night before Christmas vacation, Megan lost another bottom tooth!  She truly sang the "All I Want For Christmas" song quite well!

Christmas 2012

 Christmas Eve and they got...  PAJAMAS, of course!

 Looky here, Santa came! 

 I think we have the only children that SLEEP IN on Christmas morning!  You can tell by the clock it's 8 o'clock and they're just rolling out downstairs and that was even with waking them up!

 Santa brought a horse for Megan's doll to ride

 a blue doll bunk bed for Mikayla

 and a dollhouse for Kendra.

 Mikayla's expressions were great!  She was excited for everything!  She got a Tinkerbell watch here.

 Megan loves her horse shirt and new pink cowgirl boots.

 Each girl got a Disney blanket embroidered with their favorite princess and their own name.  Mikayla got Merida, Megan got Ariel, and Kendra got Rapunzel.

 Kendra was asking Santa for a cat and we told her he doesn't bring animals, so we got her a stuffed kitty that meows instead.

 Mikayla was a sweetie and used her hard-earned school bucks to buy presents for her grandparents from the class store.

 I got a big new set of pots and pans--10 years of marriage and we finally have pans with lids! lol  Also, a lot of stackable Rubbermaid containers that I love.

 Megan read us all a book about Christmas she made at school.

 Megan spent HOURS making a couch for Dad.  She cut the box, colored it, added hundreds of stickers and scraps of fabric and even made a cup holder.  She wrapped it up and was so excited to give him his couch for Christmas!

 Kendra made beaded bracelets for her sisters and wrapped them herself and was so excited for them to open her gifts!

 Here she is watching them open the gifts dancing with anticipation!

 A big thank you hug!

 Enjoying their wares!

 All the girls got outfits with matcing doll outfits that they love.

 Me and my big girl.

 We played some more scribblish--always good for a laugh!

 The girls with Magaw and Papa

 Kendra and her kitty

The girls with Grandma and Grandpa D.  We were lucky to have both sets of grandparents join us this year for Christmas.  What a great holiday we had!!

Fashionista

In the bathroom at Applebee's and a server says to Kendra, "Oh what a pretty girl!  I like your skirt!" Kendra raises her eyebrows and scowls at her as the lady leaves the restroom.

 "Kendra, that wasn't very nice.  What do you say when someone says they like your skirt?"  She looked at me and said, "I say, 'It's not a skirt, it's a dress."  And then she turned around and walked out of the restroom. She was correct, but I think she's still missing the politeness point...

Kendra's 3 yr old pics

 I got a 50 mm lens a few months ago and have really been reading about photography and getting better with this lens.  I think these are some of my best yet and am really hoping to get better.  I need to find a new location though!  I tried out an orchard and the lighting was off and she kept getting so distracted by petting a cat that we went back to the trusty door and brick wall on Kentucky St.  I swear the lighting is perfect there and I love the brick and old door, but all my stinkin good pictures end up being taken there!  Oh well, if it ain't broke right?

 So classic Kendra!  Little goofball!

 If I could bottle up her smile and laugh and sell it, I would be one rich mama!

 What you don't see from my outtakes are that every couple pictures looked like this!  This is her pose of choice!

 Think we might be in trouble in 10 yrs with how gorgeous those eyes are! lol

My sweet, sweet baby girl is 3 and looks big here!  She still loves to cuddle and snuggle and give kisses and be carried everywhere, so at least she's not getting too big!