Finger Painting

As these cold winter days keep us inside most of the time, we're having fun where we can. Chocolate pudding made great finger paint, although I think she got more pudding on herself than she did on the paper!

The Girls

We spent the afternoon at Woodfield Mall with good friends Jason and Kristi and their kids. Here, Madeline and Ella get cozy in a chair while shopping.

Visit to Quincy

We rode the train down to Quincy again to see Great-Grandma Schmitt.

Christmas Day

What did Santa bring us??
More presents!

Christmas Eve

Madeline had lots of fun playing with her letters with Uncle Will. They were actually experimenting with the properties of magnets. Where will the letters stick?? On the cabinets? On the oven?
A heartfelt gift... a broom and dustpan.
Madeline gives Grandma and Grandpa her picture. "Hey, I know that little girl!"
This is the one day of the year that Greta gets a gift too. Aunt Marie always comes through for her. Greta is no longer the center of attention, and this year she has had a hard time adjusting to that fact.

Mid-December

We took this picture for my mom to include in her Christmas cards. Amazingly, we only took three pictures. This was #2.
On the other hand, this is our Christmas card picture. #38 of at least 75.

These didn't make the card, but are cute anyway!

A Trip to See Santa

A few weeks ago we went to see Santa downtown Naperville. Madeline's not too sure about this guy...