Kerstfeest

Gammy & Papa graciously hosted a lovely Stagg Christmas gathering at their home this past weekend. We enjoyed a delicious schmorgy of a meal and opened presents. It was a quite an evening!

Merry Christmas! Isn't she adorable? Thank you kindly to Aunty Cheryl & Cousin Monica for the shopping spree that resulted in the most lovely Christmas dresses, jackets, and shoes for the holidays. There is not a picture of Adelaide, she absolutely REFUSED to have her photo taken. (She will cooperate for Christmas, round 2 at Nana & Grandad's.)

Truschka & LindyJean looking so very festive.

After consuming three lamb chops - chewing the bone clean - and an unimaginable quantity of green beans & carrots, Adelaide went hog wild for the whip cream laden beaters.

Truschka made Grismeal. A traditional Dutch treat that her mother, Mooka, used to make. It's is some sort of custardy/puddingish dessert topped with berries and whipped cream. It is SOOOOOOO delicious. Notice Adelaide supervising and conducting quality control.

Here's Eric opening his presents... you are not truly prepared for life without a knife!

Holiday Preparation

I really like this photo of the two of them, they look so very happy.

It's a marshmallow world in the winter...

The day after we got the tree, Bitty awoke early and insisted that we put lights on the tree. Here we are at 5:30 am in our PJ's.

As we've yet to collect ornaments for our tree, we had craft night in order to have some decoration. We made salt dough ornaments and popcorn & cranberry garland with Maggie, Brian, & Lisa. Notice Adelaide's face - she was eating cranberries!

The menfolk placing our garland on the tree.

December 23, 2009

Other Thanksgiving Activities

Staci took a lot of great photos of our 5 day sojourn in Ephrata for the holiday, I got a few. Here are some of the other things we dabbled in, most of which were indoor activities as it was FREEZING cold.

Adelaide adores Nana. Ma has to be exhausted when we leave, Bitty follows her about like a determined puppy dog, constantly hollering, "Nana, Naaaaanaaaaa, TERRI, TERRI, Terri!" Insisting on 'assisting' in each and every one of Nana's tasks.

LindyJean during one of our crafting sessions. I made fabric flowers and Ma created the most adorable pillow for LindyJean. Who can sit up and balance herself for 2-3 minutes if you prop her up.

Hot buttered rum and a sewing machine!

Ta-da! New pillow. It wasn't quite finished here, I'll post a picture of it nested in LindyJean's crib. It is so very pretty. Thanks Ma.

multi-tasking

The girls rarely sleep at the same time during the day, so I have to be a diligent multi-tasker to get household chores done. This is how you get a large basket of freshly laundered diapers and a baby upstairs simultaneously.

Winter Wonderland

Hello friends! This is Otis, our snowman. Bitty and I made him after a tremendous snowfall.

She insisted that he have buttons and a carrot nose. The snow was super dry and so we had to make a mini-man, as it really did not want to stick together.

Yeah for Otis!

What the hell Otis? You froze my hand!

This is 6:15 this morning, before it was even light. She and Daddy headed out to inspect the snow. This is really the first time that she has seen snow with the ability to comprehend what it is. She was terrifically excited and subsequently terribly angry when I made her come inside. She howled like a wildcat.

Bitty is attempting to protect Otis from Atila, who was assaulting our snowman nonstop - trying to perform rhinoplasty as Otis' nose was made of one of Atila's most favorite treats.

Adelaide's first snow angel.

Yelling "SNOWMAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNN!" at the top of our lungs. All in all, we went outside 3 times today to play in the snow. The temperature did not rise above 26 and seems that old man winter has made his official appearance.

Look alike

I love babies. I think I could have lots and lots. However, it requires a willing spouse and I think he might have had enough already. Anywho... here are comparison shots of Bitty and Miss LindyJean. They very much look like sisters.