Almost Christmas

Finally, school got out, and the activities wrapped up for the year.  The girls and I enjoyed a couple of days at home before Aunt Alicia arrived to town!!

 We have a great ottoman in our den, and the girls have thought of all sorts of fun ways to use it!

 We finally got around to our baking.  Here are the girls unwrapping Rolos for our pretzel turtles.  Yum!

 The day before Christmas Eve was a Sunday this year.  The girls looked especially cute in their pre-Christmas outfits!

 The only way we could get them to all look at the camera at the same time was to sing "If You're Happy and You Know It."

 Elizabeth just doesn't cooperate with our pictures sometimes.  She was still getting used to Aunt Alicia, despite the pep talks I'd had with all of the girls, instructing them to lavish her with immediate love and affection (per her request)!

 Sometimes Mom just has to join the picture!

 A decent family shot.

Now everyone loves Aunt Alicia!!