Letters from Santa and our tree

So exciting!  The girls received letters from Santa!  It appears that they made the "Nice" list.  Yippie!

 Best friends

 Being silly

Kohl Children's Museum

Frosty kids!

 Claire hasn't done this in a while, but she didn't want to take off her hat.  Allie thought that was a good idea and left hers on also.  It made it easy for me to spot them! 

 Playing in the water room.  Allie held her own with the big kids.  I was impressed.  She is not quite as timid as she use to be.

 Wow! Amazing stuff!

 Working hard at the activity house.

 Allie played with the wheelbarrow for a long time and she wanted to take it everywhere we went. 

 Painting and wall papering the house!

The girls loved it!  We can't wait to go back.

Riding in style-backstreet besties!

My cuties in the back seat.  Claire likes to wear my fake designer glasses that I got years ago in Italy.

Getting a little festive!

Daddy with his elves

 Mom's turn!

 Get that star on top!  Allie picked out her pink tree this year!

 Allie is becoming a typical 2 year old!  My oh my!

 Clarie and I decorated this gingerbread house.  It was so much fun and took us a long time!  We had to make sure to use every bit of candy and icing!

 Ta da!

Claire the Bears fan!

 A smart fan!  Wow, doesn't she look like a big girl now?!  Last year this jersey went to the floor.  Now, it's a legit jersey!

Happy Thanksgiving! Happy Birthday!

 We had such a lovely Thanksgiving with our families!  Grammie, Papo, Aunt Jill, Pamma, Grandpa Dennis and Uncle Greg joined us for some tasty turkey and more!  Both grandma's brought a lot of delicious sides and it worked out to be a perfect Thanksgiving and Allie celebration!

 Pamma's silly turkey hat looked silly and cute on Claire!

 Allie presenting Jill with Pamma's home made cornucopia.

 Allie cracking up with the turkey hat on!

 Allie presenting Papo with the cornucopia!

 We had to take this pic from this angle because Allie wouldn't take her eyes off of the dessert!

 Hamming it up!

 Allie loved this puppy dog!  She kept telling us, "I just want the puppy dog."  She asked for it last night too, but it was long gone by then!

 Present time! 

 Claire really liked Allie's red headed bitty baby doll from Grammie and Papo and red haired dog from Auntie Jill!

Allie playing with the adorable wooden manger from Pamma and Grandpa.

 Celebrating Allie's birthday with the Welke's at Moretti's.  Claire, Mads and Dane all made their own pizza's and Allie stuck to her favorite, french fries!

Sisters = Best Friends

I don't typically dress the girls the same, but it made it so much easier to spot them at play!  They had a great time playing at the Northbrook Court tree house.  Claire is such a great big sister to Allie.

The girls love throwing coins into the fountain.  They do that at the library with Grammie and Papo, so now if they see a fountain, I cross my fingers that I can gather up some change!

Presenting...Claire's new 'do!

Claire has been asking get her hair cut (to her ears) for a long time!  We were at the mall last week and the place was empty, so I let her get a bob.  She was so funny when the lady was cutting it.  The hair stylist kept asking Claire if she was OK because she was cutting off a lot!  I thought Claire might cry, but oh no, not even close!  She was as calm as possible and seemed to love her new look!  We love it too!

Cosley Zoo

We headed out to Cosley zoo last week for some fun outdoors before the cold weather came to play.  The girls watched the ducks for a long time.

 Two cute birdies in the nest.  Claire was flapping her wings.