Mary put on eight dresses before she asked me to take this picture.
Anna likes to help me cook. This time, she used a little too much wrist addding flour to the bowl.
Anna also likes to put on my makeup when she can find it.
Austin enjoys giving the girls rides in the baby dolly stroller.
The girls have taught Austin how to tell "knock, knock" jokes. He says, "Knah knah!" When you ask, "Who's there?" he replies, "Nana Nana Nana Nana!"
Here is the crazy buffalo we always look for on our way to the grocery store.
The kids like to help me read the morning paper.
Austin and Daddy were "match match" on Sunday morning.
This was our house on Sunday night. We love playing with Daddy.
The kids made most of the ornaments this year. Anna made lots of candy canes out of baked play dough.
Mary was a shepherd for the Christmas party at Grandma and Grandpa's house. Anna was "nussin'."
The kids got a tour of Grandpa's airplane. Anna enjoyed being copilot. Mary was a little nervous that we would take off and mostly stayed in the back.
We had fun making Crystal (Frosty's snow wife) in the backyard.
Austin cut out several gingerbread cookies himself.
This morning while I was slicing a banana, Mary asked, "Mom, what's a bananta?" I laughed and replied, "I don't know what a bananta is."
She waited a minute and then announced, "A bananta is a banana that Santa Claus eats!"
Yesterday, Mary said, "We should make pumpkin pies!" So we did. We ate one pie and left the second on the stove. Today I heard a funny slurping noise coming from the kitchen. Here's what I found:
