BRADY AND SANTA

During all of the holiday events, we did manage to have Brady's picture taken with Santa! We chose to take the pictures ourselves because they charge you a fortune! In all of the pics, Brady's little tummy was shining so brightly, so thanks to Jason Faulkner for his editing abilities to pull down the shirt!

FINAL FINGER UPDATE

Emma's nail has finally come off! The finger is officially on the way to being healed! Praise the Lord!!!

FINGER UPDATE

Here are some update pictures of Emma's finger that she shut in the car door about a month ago! It is healing very well and looks so much better. I was a little anxious about how good it would look after it healed, but it is looking really good! She still wears a bandaid on it at all times, and says it still hurts on occasion! Once the nail falls off, I think we can drop the bandaids (hopefully)!

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DEAR SANTA.....

Here it is, our 1st official letter to Santa! Emma wrote every part of this letter, with my help in spelling the words! It took us a while to accomplish this, but once finished, she was thrilled!!

Just in case you can't read it, it says:

Dear Santa, I have been a good girl this year. Please bring me a little blue baby, and a play cash register, a Wii Video game, and a toy puppy that grows. Thank you very much. I will leave snacks for you and your reindeer. Emma Claire Shell

PTO CHRISTMAS PERFORMANCE

Emma's class participated in the PTO Christmas Special last Tuesday night and they did a FANTASTIC job! The teachers and students put a lot of hard work and practice into this program and it was truely a delight to watch!! They sang some traditional Christmas music and then they sang a couple of songs that they have learned in school! Emma's WONDERFUL teacher, Mrs. Barclift! I can't say enough good things about this lady! She has helped us to have an awesome Kindergarten experience! I highly recommend her to any of you who have children headed to Kindergarten next year! She goes above and beyond the call of duty!!

Emma is so excited about her first performance at school! She is just beaming as she enters the room and spots her group of family who wouldn't have missed this occasion for anything in the world!
"JINGLE BELLS"

"HE SEES YOU WHEN YOU'RE SLEEPING"

TOO CUTE!!!

SANTA MAKES AN APPEARANCE

Santa Claus made an appearance at our dance Christmas party last week! I was a little nervous about how Emma was going to respond to him this year. She has never been a fan of "the strange man who comes in our house while we are sleeping". Of course, she always likes the gifts that he brings, but wants no part of sitting, talking or being near him!

Our little girl is growing up though, and LOVES Santa this year!!! YEAH!!! She has already had 2 opportunities to sit and talk with him and hasn't been the least bit afraid! She can't wait for Brady to get a chance to sit with Santa! I guess we will be venturing out to a mall or some holiday event this weekend! More pictures later!

HIP HOP DANCING

Last Monday night at dance, we were allowed to sit in the class and watch as our "little divas" performed their dances. They are in the process of learning 2 hip hop dances, and the girls are really doing an excellent job!

Emma has just the right attitude and just enough spunk in her to be a great hip hop dancer! We are so proud of her!

LOOK AT THAT FACE!!

These pictures were just so cute that I had to post them! Brady has the biggest, brown eyes, and they look so cute with his ORANGE nose. He will only eat the orange vegetable baby foods, so for now we deal with an orange nose!

He is such a sweet baby boy!!