After xmas fun

Lil sis is always the one pushing big sis - their new wiggle car!

Elsa wig

Playing santa and christmas in their new doll house 

Still my favorite reaction on Christmas morning :) 

Emerson got a telescope from my brother 

They each got a new frozen scooter- here they are with maddys! Em got the big girl one 

Cleaning the pool with gigi 

Poor Hank, they think he enjoys when they pile stuff on him to play 

Bless his heart, he doesn't know how to use covers 

Christmas Eve

We spent Christmas Eve making cookies for Santa, napping because both girls were sick, then church and dinner and we said goodbye to tour elf, Snowflake! It was a fun, relaxing day spent with my little family!

She only rolled for a second, she was waiting on the couch not feeling well
homeade cookies are messy!


the girls and dad cutting lots of cookies

waiting for them to bake !
John got distracted and made a giraffe and dog paw..


more cookies!



this is serious work
headed to church!

silent night!
decorating time!



Maddy's first Santa cookie
then she started eating sprinkles by the spoon full


some of their handy work! Santa loved them! Emerson likes using the blue sprinkles because they're frozen she says


time to test them to see if they are Santa approved!

Snowflake left a letter letting the girls know Santa had lifted her powers for them to play but return her here to fly away! They were SO excited to hug her. I mean screaming excited! Our elf leaves a Christmas book every Christmas eve before he or she flies away for the year! I say he or she because Emerson changed the gender this year
she was so happy to thank her elf
book time
they love getting their Christmas book before bed!

some reading!

Maddy saying her goodbyes!

Emerson carefully selected a talking Sven for Hank this year and she wanted him to have it in his stocking
sprinkling reindeer food!

Our own personal reindeer ate some !
Girls are winding down as we wait for Santa
One last cruise around to see Christmas lights before bed ! We thought we saw Santa flying in the sky but it turned out to be an airplane. There is no fooling Emerson, hahah
of course he came for the lights!
cookies and milk are out!
close up of baby girl
I like to take a picture to remember what they were into each year!
and these were what they both ran to!! Puppy surprise!