Sunday, January 13, 2008

decorating the tree

the whole reason for this post is because this picture just cracks me up. i love how excited lily is and how grumpy gracie looks. (i think grace was made because we told her that lily could also help put the star on the tree; she's used to traditionally having this job).


gracie did end up putting the star on top; lily was content with just handing it to her. we'll have to see how this tradition evolves.



evan (who we now sometimes refer to as fritz) had absolutely no interest in decorating the tree. he did, however, love playing with any ornanment in the form of transportation (car, wagon, motorcycle, airplane).



everyone was pretty tired out after (or rather after one box of ornaments - i did the last box on my own) decorating the tree and i had to quickly abandon my idea of taking a picture of everyone by the tree.

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1 comment:

Ken, Chelsea and Isaac said...

I love your Christmas pictures. Everyone looks so cute! You just made me wonder what it would be like for us this Christmas, as Isaac will turn one by then? My guess is he will probably do what Evan did - play with ornament!

quotables

"is that lily holding baby lily?" -lily's response when i showed her a picture of gracie holding her when lily was a baby.

"drama class is actually a lot of fun." -gracie (this is only humorous in that grace seemed surprised by how much she likes drama class. this from my child who we refer to as "a drama queen" when she is not around.)

"mom, you can go with my teacher and i'll stay home with japie and evan. daddy can go to work, and i'll be the mommy" -lily, in response to learning that she would be going to preschool next year instead of this year.

"mom, if you don't get rid of that smell soon, you're going to have to buy a new car." -gracie when it took me a couple of days to clean out my car after returning from a road trip.

"mommy, they have dress-ups for you!" -lily while walking by the prom dress section at macy's.

"i said the prayer "last"-erday." -lily's replacement word for "yesterday."