Santa Claus came to Town

We took the girls to see Santa at the Burlington Mall. Wearing the beautifully fun Christmas dresses my mom brought at Thanksgiving. Elliot was a champ with Santa and our usually bold Samantha melted and refused to chat with him without us. I don't blame her, but Ben & I were not intending to be in the picture. We did however have better luck with photos in this little montage of them hanging out in front of Burberry was it? Carolling and otherwise soliciting attention of passers by. I love this little montage.

Telling Santa she definitely wants "clip on earrings for Christmas". He delivered. In all she received 3 pair from various sources, as of 12/29 2 of the pair are broken or missing, so these will be on the birthday wish list as well.

Time to start layering.

And it hasn't even yet snowed a flake.

Plymouth & Thanksgiving

Asleep at the big dinner.
Elliot's first turkey. And the first thing I have seen her draw with a face.
Samantha watching the rest of the parade from our front row seats in Percy's restaurant.

Walking backwards. Looks like forward on photos - not as cool.

Plymouth Rock. Really. That lump on the ground is the WHOLE thing.



My new thing. Post the pictures. Comment later. You can think of it like the New Yorker name the cartoon tagline. In fact, you can submit your entries and they may be posted. For now, suffice it to say, we had a GREAT time in Plymouth with my folks for America's Thanksgiving parade, and Thanksgiving was really fantastic too. It was nice chillaxing with Wendy Jeff & Kassi.

What, No Commentary?

These are just random shots from our fun fall. Playing in the leaves. Having Toddlers and Toddies at our house. And Elliot's first sleepover with Charlie (we posted the Pokerface video, but not the actual sleepover part.

On the teeter totter, teeter tawter? How the heck do you spell see-saw anyway? Below are the sleeping beauties who slept right through the flash. Elliot's bed is on the right, covered in toys. Sammy is tucked in her crib on the left, and Elliot & Charlie are sacked out on Elliot's favorite, "floor bed" (i.e. blankets on the floor). She slept on it for a week and did not want us to put it away.

Back at the park. Into the leaf pile.

Toddlers and toddies at our house. Baby Mia is above. Playing doctor with Kate and Zoe from school below.

Purple blanket became a magic carpet train ride all through the house.

Samantha standing in the aftermath of their bedroom.

Who doesn't love the kiddie table?