I suppose it's too late for Christmas

I suppose it's too late for a post about the Christmas, huh?

I suppose it's too late to tell you how the girls did an awesome job building and decorating houses at the Gingerbread House workshop at Zoe's school.

I suppose it's too late to tell you that Zoe really enjoyed caroling at a local nursing home with her Daisy troop.

I suppose it's too late to tell you how Ana (in a red dress and antlers) surprised me by getting up on stage and singing her little heart out at her preschool holiday show/party.

I suppose it's too late to share the video of that holiday show (for Grammy).



I suppose it's too late to tell you what a cute angel Zoe was (in the middle) in the church pageant (and how Ana was GOING to be an angel too... but changed her mind at the last minute).

I suppose it's too late to tell you about the yummy gingerbread cookies Ana INSISTED we had to make... and how I sat on my hands and let the the girls decorate them all by themselves.

 

I suppose it's too late to tell you about the "Holiday Sing-a-Long" at Zoe's school (she's in the middle in purple).

I suppose it's too late to tell you how this is Zoe's FAVORITE photo from all of December because Ana is the silliest sister ever.

I suppose it's too late to tell you how it is suddenly SO difficult to get a decent picture of the girls together... both smiling... both cooperating.

I suppose it's too late to tell you how it took FOREVER (and 48 clicks of the camera) to get the 5 cousins to all smile at the same time... and even then they didn't all look at the camera.

I suppose it's too late to tell you how my favorite gifts I gave were these superhero capes from BabyPop.  (5 for here in NJ... and 3 for the kids in FL... and 1 for my brother... heehee).

I suppose it's too late to tell you how Santa magically appeared at our house with gifts after the girls were sound asleep.

I suppose it's too late to tell you how our house became full of Strawberry Shortcake and all of her friends.

I suppose it's too late to tell you that Zoe got the pogo stick she wanted.

I suppose it's too late to tell you how happy Nick was that I replaced his lost noise reduction ear phones... especially since Ana has decided to enter a screaming phase.

I suppose it's too late to tell you how much Ana loved the hat and mittens sent to her by Grammy... and how she wore them to school after Winter break IN SCHOOL FOR MOST OF HER MORNING for a week.

Yeah... I suppose it's too late for Christmas.

Grace in Small Things - 142

1.  The smell of coffee brewing.

2.  The first sip of coffee.

3.  The last sip of coffee.

4.  Every sip of coffee in between.

5.  Making another cup of coffee.

Saturday Snow

We had snow today... oh yes we did.

Our neighbor, Jim, works for the town... so we're always happy to see him driving down our street on a snow day!

It was the first snow of 2012 (and the first snow since Halloween weekend!).

We had some happy snow angels in our front yard.
Ana's snow angels only got one arm and one leg at a time.

Zoe's snow angel started out looking like a falling angel.

There was a lot of shoveling done by Nick.

There was a little shoveling done by Ana.

There was a little shoveling done by Zoe.

And even thought there is no picture... I swear there was even shoveling done by me.  Nick even questioned me about the fact that I never shoveled my parents driveway when I was little.  He seems to think I do a pretty good job since I didn't have any childhood practice.  (I think maybe he just wants me to shovel with him more often.)

There were a couple pink cheeks here and there.

And there were also quite a few smiles.

Oh... and then there was this.  This right here is the face that says it's time to go inside for a while.

Where you covered in snow today?