when it's cold outside...

Us three California girls are still getting used to the variety of weather here in Georgia...it has been so cold lately, here's how we've been surviving indoors...24/7!

play-dough, so wonderful!

rockin' around the christmas tree

crayola time

she loves to tell me what to sit down and draw for her

swinging

watercolor painting tigger & pooh

thank you debbie!

rough-housing on mommy's bed in our pj's

sitting pretty

steal the camera from mama & snap a pic

balloons from trader joes & cartoons

tummy time

sucking on pacifiers

bundling up

more strong girl tummy time

elmo's world

jungle fever on the playmat

the hokey-pokey with penguin

Christmas Cookies & Nemo

I used to love how every Christmas as a girl, all 4 of us Mayne kiddos got to make & cutout Christmas cookies.  It became a sort of tradition.  I'm going to pass this on to my girls for our family tradition.  This year Ella truly is beginning to "get" Christmas.  She helped cutout the cookies last night.  We let her sit up on the high stool and cut them out.  As she was doing this, all of a sudden she let out a big "NEMO!"...I looked down and thought she meant how the star looks like the starfish on the movie.  Nope, Mike noticed that the "snowman" sideways, does indeed look like a fish!  My little artist, seeing things from her own perspective.  

Love it!  So we decorated a few just like "Nemo"....

little does she know what "Santa" is bringing her for Christmas!!!!