Christmas 2012

Christmas! A magical time for everyone-but especially for the children. It was so hard for Miss C to fall asleep on Christmas Eve-she kept checking Santa's travels on Norad every two minutes but finally she fell asleep and miracle of miracles it was morning! C and E left carrots for the reindeer, cookies and beer for Santa and they were all gone replaced by lots and LOTS of presents...... 

It took a lot of time to get them all unwrapped...

Sometimes Mommy had to help 

But for the most part those little fingers did just fine all by themselves....

Just what I always wanted! My own mini I pad!

Mom got a big surprise- a new tent! She was so excited she Pam and Alex put up an eight man tent in the living room!

Mama is modeling her specially made t-shirt. It's a one of a kind creation.....

And mommy is proud of hers-she wore it all day! 

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Cookies!

As most of you know, every year I decorate cookies for Christmas with my granddaughters. This year was especially important after the events in Newtown, CT. I'm so blessed to have two beautiful healthy girls!

The preparation gets more and more complicated each year-but at least we don't have to start from scratch.....Everything that could decorate a cookie is made available...

And every year there's some new type of sugar to try out

This year there were 11 children and about 25 adults and zillions of cookies! 

Can you pick out Miss E? She's kind of standing next to her sister, Miss C. We had a nice combination of returning participants and newcomers this time. 

 Nobody could tell me why these three sat staring at the couch...a new kind of sugar high?