Great Christmas

Thank you to all who helped us celebrate Christmas. We really enjoyed it.

Sleeping on Christmas Eve

We told Emma she needed to leave Noni's house and get to sleep so Santa will come.

9:13 pull out of Noni's
9:14 Emma is sleeping

Meet Crinkle

This is a picture of the elf on the shelf we have just received. Emma named him Crinkle. We read the story of the elf and what he does. He sits on the shelf watching you all day. When you sleep, he goes back to Santa and rats on you. When you wake up, you will find this guy has moved to another spot in the house to get another view of spying on you. As the story goes, if a child touches him, he could lose his magic. It makes it sound like he will die, but they do not come out and say it. Needless to say that after reading the story of the elf on the shelf, Emma quickly made her way to the stairs to cry asking me to throw him away. After a while, I was finally able to convince her that Crinkle will tell Santa all the good things she does as well. Emma is now use to him and says she loves him.

The Girls

Emma with Noni, Emily and Hannah.

Santa

Emma has made it a point to sit on Santa's lap at every chance. This
is her third time. I think he's got the point.

New Evelyn Pics

Santa's Message to Emma

You can click here to watch a message that Santa made for Emma.

Truffle Time

Emma is eating a truffle and getting it everywhere.

Christmas Baby

Evelyn has no idea Christmas is coming. But that does not stop us from shoving her in as many Christmas poses as possible. Enjoy.

A Tale of Three Photos

Good

Better

Best

My Toot

While playing tonight, Emma spread out on the floor and ripped a very loud toot. Emma then said, "There you go Daddy. That is the perfect toot for you."

Good thing Emma did not see the faces of Kelley and me because we were having a hard time holding back laughter.

Photoshop

I'm trying to teach myself Photoshop. This is my first cut and paste attempt. Brother in-laws should now be afraid of where their photo will show up.