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| Santa Baby |
This year we thought Lucy was old enough to do her own Christmas gift shopping. We picked a day, she carried her own money in her purse, and picked out one gift for Dada, Malcolm, Ava, and Noah.
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| I set her loose in Dollar Tree. She wanted to buy all. the. things. For herself. Our mantra became: "Is this for you, or for ___?" |
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| Getting her change. |
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| Successful shopping trip! |
Lucy got Reeses Peanut Butter cups for Daddy, a football for Malcolm, a ball for Noah, and a teddy bear for Ava.
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| Mama, take a picture of baby Rachie just like this. |
First snow of the year and Malcolm's first snow ever:
Soon enough it was time for the annual trip to see Santa! Lucy loves to look at pictures of herself and she was talking a lot about how sad she was at sitting on Santa's lap last year. We tried to take the pressure off this year by letting her know that Santa wasn't real -- he's just a fun tradition to pretend. We tried to talk up being brave for brother and showing him how fun it was to talk to Santa...and then we set off.
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| Twirling. |
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| Tradition, tradition. |
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| These two have a special bond! |
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| Lucy loves her "Gunkle Bine" |
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| Watching and weighing... |
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| The big kids |
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| She did GREAT! |
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| Showing brother the ropes |
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| As soon as she came away: "And I did not cry!!!" |
Another tradition: Christmas lights! This year we were down with the flu, but we recovered enough to take a drive to West Seattle to let GG guide us to some spectacular displays!
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| Sitting in the back, away from the plague carrier (me) |
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