School Christmas Party

Last week was Lila's school Christmas party.  I got off work a little early and was able to be there with my camera in tow (of course)

Here is Lila and her friend Charli

Eating a cupcake (and then she had another cupcake!)

The kids did a stuffed animal exchange, and Lila got this Moose which has become her new bedtime friend.

Weekend in Hallettsville

Last week, I went to Hallettsville to spend some time with all my grandparents and great-grandparents

On Friday, I made cookie dough with Nana, and played trains with Papa

On Saturday, I decorated the sugar cookies.  Well, I actually only decorated about 3 cookies; my Mom did the rest.

On Sunday morning, we decorated Granny Judy's Christmas Tree, and on Sunday night we decorated Granny Greer's Christmas Tree

 

Here is a picture of Granny Greer and I "peeping" the birds.  See, she has this cabinet full of these beautiful glass bird figurines, and we go point to the birds and say "peep".  I love looking at those pretty birds when I am there.

My other favorite thing to do when I am at Granny and Papa G's is wear these big clip-on earrings, and then check myself out in the mirror.

Christmas Tree

We finally got around to decorating the Christmas Tree.  Lila is so much fun this year; she gets so excited about Christmas lights.  There are a few houses that have Christmas lights on very early in the day, so every day after I pick her up, we go look at lights, and every day so gets so excited, and says, "oh, no, more lights!".  She has a little Christmas Tree in her room, and the first thing she says in the morning is "lights on".  I didn't know if she would really participate in decorating the tree, but she jumped right in there, and seemed to know just what to do, and of course I grabbed the camera (and was able to get some fairly good shots, thanks to a little photography advice from my Dad.)