This is by far Margot's favorite song of the season.  We listen and dance to it at least ten times a day.

The month of December is always a crazy one.  This is the first year that Margot has started to understand Christmas and the hoopla surrounding it.  We've had fun doing lots of crafts and driving around looking at decorations. 

We started out with cutting out a Christmas tree and Margot decorated it.  This is the first time I've let her have full reign of the glue stick.  She did a great job and didn't eat it!  Along with the tree we made a snowman family and snowflakes, neither which I took pictures of.  The snowflakes are now hanging up in her playroom and when anyone comes in she proudly shows them.

Next we went out to find our Christmas tree.  Margot has been so excited about getting one, so when we told her we were going that's all she talked about.

Here are the kids sporting their holiday head gear.  Yes, I like to torture my kids. :)  I need plenty of bribery material for when they get older.

The next morning we decorated the tree in our pjs.  Surprisingly, Margot wasn't super excited about hanging the decorations on the tree.  She wanted us to do it and she supervised.  Well, except for a couple of them when Robbie lifted her up to put them on.

Next we made salt doough ornaments for her playgroup, and for us of course.  I mixed up the ingredients and rolled out the dough and Margot took it from there cutting out the ornaments with cookie cutters.  After we baked them and let them cool overnight, she started painting them.  She had a lot of fun with the paints, but absolutely LOVED the glitter!  We are going to be sparkling in this house for months to come with the amount that is sprinkled around.  

Finally it was time to celebrate at her playgroup's first Christmas party.  We made penguins out of footprints (I need to take a picture), ate some yummy food and exchanged gifts.  We were also successful in getting decent group pictures.

Last, but definitely not least, I took the kiddos to get Christmas pictures today.  Did I mention, I like to torture my kids?  Oh yeah, I do.  Robbie does not approve.

Here is a comparison of Margot at 4 weeks vs Nolan at 6 weeks.  They are both wearing the same onesie.  :)  Margot didn't plump up until 2-3 months, where Nolan is nice and chunky now!

This kid amazes me more and more every day.  It disturbs me that she can throw a frisbee better than me! :)