Christmas Season

The Christmas season is in full swing! I've taken Abigail to the mall a lot recently, mostly to play at the small playground they have there. It has been unseasonably bitter cold here, and taking her outside to run off all that toddler energy is just not an option! My goodness, the kid doesn't even have a winter coat! I might be able to add that to Santa's list if I'm quick about it...

Anyway, while at the mall, I had her picture taken with Santa. She did awesome! She was so happy to sit on Santa's lap, talk with him, and of course she gladly accepted the candy cane he was handing out. Now when we head to the mall, she says "Hi Santa!" and waves just like they are old buds. It is so cute!

We've also made cookies a time or two. Marissa and Abigail helped make, bake and frost our first of many batches of traditional christmas cookies. I had a bunch of really cute photos, but realized at the end that the memory card wasn't in the camera. BUMMER! Marissa is such a great help with Abigail! Abigail just thinks the world of her of course...

Then, the other afternoon Mom came over for a little "grandma time" with the munchkin. They colored, made a Dora christmas tree complete with Boots and Swiper, and we ordered pizza. It was a great night! Mom & I got to talk, when we could get a word in edge wise, that was... Hope to have more of those...

Grandma took this one yesterday morning. We were wrapping presents and Abigail loves to play with all the empty rolls of paper. Did I mention she also wants to tape everything? So she is running around banging everything with the empty roll and she realized that one of them would open and she could wrap herself up in it. We added the bow to complete her look! She is really enjoying the season!