Before the haircut pictures

Where is Daddy's birthday cake?

With apologies to those of you who are not familiar, and even deeper apologies to those of you who are.

Yesterday was Daddy's birthday. Daddy is looking for his birthday cake. Where is Daddy's birthday cake?
Is it in the dolly bed?


No, not in the dolly bed.
Is it on the porch?

No, the recycling is on the porch.

Is it on the stairs?

No, not on the stairs. Is it in the high chair?



No, not in the high chair.
Is Daddy's birthday cake under the birthday tree?

No, there are toys under the birthday tree.

Is it under the table?

No, not under the table.

Is it in the kitchen?

Yes!! Here is Daddy's birthday cake! Yum!

Shhh...naptime

Adults do the strangest things sometimes. Our Mama did not deliver a single baby during her call week, but she came home one afternoon and fell asleep on the floor. Because we are such helpful girls, we covered her up to make sure she stayed nice and warm.

Shhh...

Doesn't she look toasty?

Cabin fever?

Our Mama is a doctor, but even she is not sure what is wrong with us. We have learned to take off our clothes, and even though it is freezing, we enjoy our diaper-only time.

Er, make that diaper-and-hat only time.

Er... hat-monkey-and-diaper time.

Now that I am appropriately dressed, I can chose a little light reading.

Christmas presents

We received these giant, somehow creepy sock monkeys from our Aunt Karen for Christmas.


We are honestly not really sure what do with them!

Christmas Eve

We went to our Aunt Sis's for dinner on Christmas Eve. Naturally, we were adorable in our Christmas best. We stayed up later than we ever have, but we were very well-behaved in spite.

Pre-Christmas festivities

We've been busy in the last couple of weeks, getting ready for Christmas. We are still unclear on the concept, but our Mama is very interested in making sure we are fully prepared with Christmas cheer.

We made a gingerbread house last week. Mama put the walls and roof up, and then we got to decorate!





We encounter our first M and Ms. They are delightful!


Our Mama calls it the Gingerbread House of Ill Repute.

We have also had a few inches of snowfall this week. We put on our hats, mitts, boots, snowpants, and coats and went for a slow, awkward toddle in the snow.





It was fun, but we are ready for springtime already.



Finally, we went to zoo lights at the Lincoln Park Zoo on Tuesday. The whole zoo was open, monkeys and all. We had a nice time wandering around in our stroller. We had a nice picnic in the Cafe and then out to see all 2 million Christmas lights.




Our Mama thinks we have been adequately prepped with the Christmas spirit. Let the holiday come!

Real highlights of Chrismtas shopping

The parts of shopping we did enjoy included lunch at the Christkindlmarkt (we do enjoy bratwurst and saurkraut).


And, overwhelmingly our favorite, the bus ride to and from downtown.

Christmas shopping!

We love shopping of all kinds, and we were especially enthusiastic to go downtown and go Christmas shopping at Macy's.



Our Daddy was jealous he couldn't nap.