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While we were playing in our TWO FEET of snow the other day Pearl kept squealing then shouting, “I’M SOAKING COLD!” She is too funny.

Also, we went out for Thai food last night and Pearl must have gotten a taste of something too spicy. She was fine one minute and then the next she started wiping her tongue and crying, “Want Mommy to kiss your mouth! Want Mommy to kiss your mouth!” I guess if kissing her boo-boos makes them feel better then kissing her mouth when it burns is only logical so I gave her a kiss (and some goldfish) and she was fine.

Enzo can sit up on his own now!

-Morgan

The end of the year was VERY busy for me! In addition to all the holiday preparations, I’ve had lots of writing work which has been a great blessing (and a great challenge!). One of the projects I worked on was “Elmo’s Movie Merry-Thon.” On Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day Sprout will showcase a bunch of preschool-friendly holiday movies hosted by Elmo! I wrote all the Elmo dialogue so if you have Sprout you should check it out!

http://www.sproutonline.com/sprout/holidays/schedule.aspx

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Love,
Jill
xoxo

Here’s a funny little Pearl moment:

The other day Enzo was wearing these pajamas:

I noticed that Pearl kept poking that small circle. At first I thought she was antagonizing him, but then I realized something…
Pearl has all these Christmas toys where you push a button and the characters dance and sing:

Notice the little button on the right? I think she was pressing Enzo’s “button” to see if he’d do something interesting!

She cracks me up!

Yesterday I had a meeting in the city so we decided to make a day of it and bring the kids down to the Museum of Natural History. It was great! Pearl loooooooved being in “New Yolk City!” and seeing all the taxicabs again. Here are some highlights:

Here’s one of the “Fossil Explainers” telling us about bones. Pearl wasn’t very interested, but this guy had a LOT to say.

Here’s Daddy, Pearl and Enzo under the GIANT sea turtle:

In front of the Easter Island head:

And one of the best parts for me was seeing the origami Christmas tree – it was amazing!

After our long day, Pearl and I relaxed and snuggled:

xoxo
Jill

We have an advent calendar where Pearl moves a candy cane into a new pocket each morning. However, every day I notice that by the afternoon the candy cane is one day closer to Christmas than it should be. I’ve never seen Pearl messing with the calendar, but I wonder if she’s sneaking it up in the hopes that Santa will come sooner!

Here are a few other photos from the past week.
My favorite reindeer:

Enzo thinks he found a friend:

My two cuties helping me shop at the mall:

As you can see from the above photo, Pearl and Enzo got to see Santa this week. Enzo was in desperate need of a nap. That’s why his eyes are droopy and he’s not wearing his usual smile.
Pearl was so excited to see Santa but when I put her on his lap she clutched her pink rubber duckie and froze like a deer in the headlights. I kept saying, “Smile!” and even Santa couldn’t muster a grin for me! I had high hopes for him too – especially considering he had a real beard. Oh well. I think this is a great little snapshot of what a day in our lives is like right now. I’m sure Enzo and Pearl will laugh one day when they look at this.

Have a good one!

Love,
Jill
xoxo

Before I get to the quote I should tell you that Pearl hasn’t quite mastered her pronouns yet. She often says “you” instead of “I” in reference to herself.

Me: “Pearl, you’re a riot.”
Pearl (adamant): “No! You’re a squirrel!” (she seems to alternate day to day between being a “friendly squirrel with a bushy tail” or a “friendly caterpillar.”)

Also, I’ve been trying to get her excited about Christmas. The other day I was telling her how Santa is going to bring her presents. When I asked her what she wants most for Christmas she said, “Um…PEANUT BUTTER!” I hope she’s always this easy to please!

Remix!

-Morgan

We had a very Christmas-y weekend. We went up to Hudson for the Winter Walk. It was fun but it was COLD so we didn’t last too long with the kids. On Sunday morning we got up and went to the Christmas tree farm to pick out our tree. Here’s Pearl searching for the perfect one:

She wasn’t too happy (I think it was because it was cold and she refused to keep her mittens on) but here’s a picture of the four of us in front of our chosen tree:



Once we got it home we asked Pearl if she wanted to help decorate it, but she wasn’t really into it. So Morgan and I did all the trimming and here’s the finished product:

So far, Pearl has been very good about not pulling down ornaments and Enzo loves looking at the lights. Now today I’m going to try to make some Christmas cookies in between feeding Enzo, reading to Pearl and writing a script. Keep your fingers crossed for me!

Love,
Jill
xoxo