Hard hats required

This is one more picture from Christmas Eve. Jadyn decided that we had to all wear our special "decorating hats" in order to decorate our tree, insisting that it would be "much prettier" if we did. So, if you are having problems with your decorating next year, just go to your cupboard and pick out your best hat.

The Night Before Christmas

The best part of Christmas Eve at our house is getting to open and wear your new pj's!

Brandy and Toto

Last week we went back to the Children's Museum in Seattle with our friend Brandy and her son, Toby, who is about 1-1/2 years old. Grammy and Grandpa came, too. Karina and Jadyn loved playing with Toby. Karina nicknamed him "Toto" (her best attempt at saying "Toby")

They had been staying with us for the week, but finally had to leave. Karina still wakes up in the morning looking for Toto, and Jadyn has decided that Brandy and Toby need to move in with us for good. That's one way to get a little brother!

Here are a few pictures:

Woo, woo, woo!

The girls came by Daddy's fire station this week to visit Daddy at work and see him "in-action." Mark works at Station 6 in the Central District just east of downtown. Here's a front view of his station.

Mark work on Ladder 3, a truck company that carries not only ladders, but also many tools like the "jaws of life," saws, fans for clearing smoke, water-vacs, and lots of other goodies.

Here are some pictures of the girls with Daddy at the station.

Mini-Tree

The girls got to decorate their own tree this year! We decided it would be fun to have a "mini" tree that they could decorate and re-decorate all they wanted to.

Of course, once all the decorations we gave them were used up they had to find more things to add to the tree. Pretty soon, scarves, wrapping paper, bows, bags, and any other loose items that could be found were on top of the tree.

Here's the final work of art! Of course, 3 minutes later it all started over again.

Good job, girls!