We all had a great Christmas and New Year's. The girls were spoiled rotten by Santa and many thoughtful relatives and friends. They even had a last minute visit on Christmas day from Auntie Lisa!
The girls opened up one present early and got some super cute dresses from Auntie Laura and Uncle Matt. They each got a few different dresses, and Larkin immediately became attached to this black one with flowers. She loved it so much it was hard to convince her to try the others on!
I love Willa's posing stance:
We've had a pretty mild winter so far. A few days before Christmas it was close to 80 degrees ("great day weather" according to the girls) and we went outside to do some raking. A nice neighbor offered up his yard and leaves (our trees are a different type and haven't dropped many yet) and the girls got right to work!
Here's a pic of the girls on Christmas morning. On Christmas Eve Larkin got a bad crick in her neck and was basically bedridden for most of the day because of the pain. On Christmas morning she was fine for maybe 3 or 4 presents, and then suddenly it started hurting again and she did not want to open anything--just sat really still with her heating pad on her neck! So we took a break from presents and opened the rest about an hour or two later once her neck was feeling a little better. Willa was such a good sport and didn't care at all about not opening the rest right away!
Yes, Larkin slept in her new favorite dress...and yes, Willa is wearing a hand-me-down!
Later on Christmas day we went over to Gma and Gpa's house and Lisa came too. We stuffed ourselves silly and had a great time talking and doing lots of puzzles!
The "present" that has seen the most use though was the huge appliance sized cardboard boxes that my parents were getting rid of. We taped them back together and they've spent the past two weeks dragging all their toys into them and pretending they are "dens." When I decided that I could not take another day of looking at two gigantic boxes taking up our entire playroom, I cut off the tape and the boxes fell flat on the ground. I thought the girls would cry since I was about to toss them, but instead they yelled, "IT'S A BOAT! HURRY, GET ON IT! A STORM IS COMING!"
So the boxes ended up staying an additional few days! Here's a pic of Willa having a picnic on her boat, and the bear she is holding is "a nice wild bear who lost his mother" and she is taking him along as they sail on their boat to Africa. Larkin said that her boat "did not have electricity so we have to dry our clothes on a clothesline, and we really don't have much food on the long boat ride--but don't worry, it's a vacation."
Here's a pic of them dressed up for the ball and riding in their "coach." The ball is always in our living room where they crank up the music and dance.
Princess Harlez comes to the ball too!
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