Merry Christmas

Milk and cookies for Santa. Be careful not to spill. (The funny thing is that there was a major spill. As soon as I get the video, I'll post it!!)

Looking for Santa's sleigh with Uncle Justin

So Santa comes down the chimney?

Christmas morning

Making Fudge

A friend of a friend had the ultimate Christmas card. She chronicled the process of her daughters making and decorating gingerbread cookies. And of course, the girls had on chef hats with their names embroidered on them and matching gingerbread aprons. It was absolutely adorable.

So to cope with my feelings of inadequacy as a mother (ha ha), I decided to chronicle the process of Abby making fudge...minus the cute apron and amazing Christmas card. In my defense, Abby did have on a cute sweater, but I took it off so it wouldn't get dirty. Good idea!

Enjoy the pictures!

First Snow of the Season (in Amarillo)

Abby and I woke to about 3 1/2 inches of snow on the ground this morning. There is always something magical about the first snow of the season, especially when there is no snow when you go to bed and the ground is covered when you wake up but there is nothing falling anymore. Kind of like Christmas morning.

Anyway, when Abby woke up, I told her that it had snowed while she was asleep. She must be figuring this out, because she immediately looked out the window and wanted to go outside. So, of course, we were outside before we even ate breakfast. It was a very short-lived playtime experience, though, because the wind chill was 7 degrees. (Just for comparison...Jeremy is skiing at Wolf Creek this weekend...the actually temp there this morning was below zero).

Notice that Abby is not looking at the camera. Just to let you all know, this is what I have been dealing with as I have tried desperately all week to get a picture for a Christmas card. She is either not looking or isn't smiling or is in motion at a very high speed. It has been quite the challenge, but I think I got a pretty cute one in the end. You'll have to wait for the card to see.

One other thing...Doppler Dave is only predicting 16 inches of snow this year; it's a La Nina year. Last year, his prediction was 40 inches.