Merry Christmas!!

Audrey and I have been having some fun around our house these days! The cold weather makes it where I can't take my little yard youngin' outside as much so I have to come up with fun things for us to do inside!

We love to paint--




...and to color. Well, honestly, we just love to pull the crayons and paper out of the craft drawer!



She's also started boycotting her high chair. She wants to sit in a big chair like a big girl. So... we do a lot of practicing!

We always start out just right! Bottom in the chair,etc.

Then she gets a little bored so she turns around,pulls her legs up..


...eventually sits on her knees...


...until she finally gets to this point.



Unfortunately, Momma has to interfere with all her fun when she finally stands. The pictures aren't pretty of her reaction to that! :)

Audrey also loves our Christmas trees this year! One day I caught her walking slowly toward the tree with her arm outstretched, all the while shaking her head and saying, "No,no,no"! It is as if the trees are a beacon and she is drawn to them!

See those stuffed ornaments in the picture above? My momma made those for our tree when we were VERY little. I remember her sitting on the couch and working on those things for hours! I love them!


She's particularly good at rearranging the ornaments.

She has developed a love for the ornament she has in her hand in the picture below. A dear friend that I taught with a million years ago gave it to me. Audrey likes to move it all over the tree-- I never know where I will find it!


** Side note ** Those boxes that are behind Audrey are my presents from Clay. He did all his shopping this year online. He made me promise not to get any boxes off the porch which was extremely difficult for me to do because I LOVE to get a package!! He would come in from work each night and drag the boxes into the foyer where I was to pretend they weren't there. One day I decided to close my eyes and put them under the tree.I made sure not to look at the return labels or anywhere near them. Hee..Hee.. Aren't they wrapped pretty? Just kidding-- he says he is going to wrap them tomorrow but I honestly don't care because do you see what's on the side of that box?

It says JANOME and it has a picture of the contents on the OUTSIDE of the box!! I can't help it if they put a PICTURE of it on the outside of the box! Merry, Merry Christmas!!

P.S. It's a serger! WOO-HOO!! ***

That completely distracted me so I am going to wrap this post up (heh, heh). I will have to finish up about the fun we have another day!