expressiveness

Holiday Cheer

Here are some pictures and videos from the last month. We went to see Santa a few weeks ago. Elliott was NOT a fan. Kate actually did okay this year. We ended up having to buy the little bear Elliott was holding during the picture. She was so upset, we couldn't pry it out of her little hand. It was worth the $2 to get her to calm down.

Once again, our tree is pretty much naked from the waist down. The first week the tree was up, they did pretty good about leaving the ornaments alone. I had high hopes that this year would be easier than last (I don't know why in the world I thought this...). It went downhill from there... I gave up on trying to keep presents under the tree after a premature unwrapping incident.

We also went to the Opryland Hotel to see the Christmas lights. Both of the girls enjoyed that. Kate is very into Christmas lights this year. She makes sure to point out every single house that has Christmas lights, as we drive past them.

The girls have also loved doing "Elf on the Shelf". I thought Elliott would be too young to notice him, but she's usually the first one to spot him in the mornings. Every morning after we find our elf, Kate gets to eat a piece of chocolate from her advent calendar. She's going to be very disappointed when she realizes that tomorrow is the last piece.

Love these!

We are super lucky to have a friend who is also a very talented photographer. She is so creative and she has a great eye for composition. Her name is Anna Roberson. You can check out her website at www.annaroberson.com. Thank you, Anna, for capturing such beautiful pictures of our family!

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