the holly-daze

Team Tree displays this year's harvest.

Little peanut eyes which ornament to rip down first.

Mmmm, sugar in many delicious and not-so-nutritious forms....

One less sweet tooth here. Big L lost his first tooth. Literally - at school somewhere. He says "maybe it just flipped out of my mouth when I was talking?" Or maybe it went the route of those carrots they had for snack today.....

more tiny love

Newest addition to the cousin gang: tiny wonder, Leo Christopher Carlson, born December 2. Big sister Izzy beams.....

gal pals

A glut of sisterly pics lately, as bro toils away in Kindergarten...

Clothes on,

clothes off.

Sledding (and slumping),

sipping hot chocolate (and wishing her milk was chocolate...).

Playdough chef,

and happy clean baby bum.

the big cheese

Amidst the swirl of turkeys and travel, little girl learns to stand alone....

with trusty pal dolly,

and tiny pillow.

Power squat!

little wrastlers

A dusting is all you need

for anxious little skiers,

shovelers,

and snowy by-standers.

Back inside, Linnea and little friend Sammy work on their WWF moves: the one-handed forehead squeeze,

and the rolling smackdown.

babies abound

Welcoming home newest cousin and brother:

with a sporty poster,

a giant bowl of frosting,

a pile of dollies,
(and a drooled-on shirt)

and a snow-pile-man!

Finally, the little bundle arrives home....

tiny love, Mateo Watson!

No longer the baby, but what fun to have a dolly that moves!

4:30

Whoever invented daylight savings time obviously did not have young children.

This is how we all feel today.
5:30am wake-up time magically turns into 4:30am. Super.

A whole extra hour in the day to hug a tree,

or wear a funny hat.