Tristan and Amelia Videos

Even though it was freezing in the sun room, Amelia and Tristan wanted to play with the water table. (This was a few weeks ago, it's now an ice table). They got absolutely soaked. I had to strip them both down and give them a bath to warm them up-then put Tristan in Amelia's clothes because his were so wet. Fun times.

Just hanging around.

Christmas Highlights

The Manger.

Not a Creature was Stirring...

Skyping with Rob's Family.

Reading "The Night Before Christmas" with Auntie Stephie and Tristan.

Ready to go out in the cold to a Christmas Eve Service

Family.

A favorite gift from Dad of course.

She already knows to put the coffee filter in...

push the button...

and drink!

Don't forget to Cheers daddy too.

She is going to be very sad when we put away all these ornaments

Amelia's depiction of the manger scene.

More walking...

The Problem

The Solution

She WALKS!

Until this evening, Amelia had not even attempted to take one step. Once Rob got home today, she was so excited to see him she took 2 independent steps from me to him! She did it a few more times and we caught it on video for your visual enjoyment. :o)

The Invitation

My friend Melissa and I have been reading this blog: playathomemom3.blogspot.com in which a few moms create Montessori-style "invitations" for their kids. They photo document every step as well as the end product. So, when Melissa brought over her own 'invitation' for the girls (makes them sound old), we whipped out the camera to do the same.

The set up

3 cups of cinnamon

applesauce and glue (who thought of this)

Molly wanted to grab the dough.

Displayed on our ugly sweaters

Ta-da!

Some tidbits from December

Amelia with Henry and Molly. Not sure why they are upside-down?

She is obsessed with necklaces...

Don we now our gay apparel.

Binky Buddies

I love PB&J, can you tell?

Teach her young.

Even Ballerina Lions 'roar'.

Again with the necklace thing, this time it caused a whole bunch of balloons to follow her around the house.

Just walkin' on the ceiling, no big deal.

Cooking

Amelia spends a lot of time reading our cookbooks and she has finally decided to put her new knowledge to the test. Here she is making some applesauce and helping me stir onions for French Onion Soup.

Tree decorating

Advent Calendar 2011

Advent Calendar 2010

She did this herself. She's obsessed with necklaces (or 'na-da' as she calls them)

She inspected every one, very carefully.

Little break from tree decorating to enjoy the sun!

South Portland Tree Lighting. We haven't quite figured out the dark settings on the camera.

What does Soxy say?

"ROAR!", clearly