How to make the Princess happy...

The Princess had lunch with Brody and his mommy today and got to hold him for the first time! She was elated!!!

Gift Exchange with the Pirate and the Mermaid

the boys

playing with the Doctor's kit

a car driving up the wall???

working on the baby

Christmas Morning!

Christmas Eve

on our way out to church...

Edison & Ford Winter Estates Holiday House

The Pirate & Mermaid's mommy & I took the kids to the Holiday House to see all the decorations. It was a nice night out!

hanging out with Henry Ford

chillin' in front of a banyan tree

posing in front of Santa's horses!

Santa Claus Visit!

We made our annual visit to the mall to visit Santa Claus along with the Pirate & the Mermaid. The last two visits, The Princess cried (well, last year she screamed so much Santa said, "Please take her. I can't take it anymore.") All the grownups were wondering what the outcome would be. The Princess and I talked a lot about going to see Santa and talking - not crying. She promised she would be happy.

I tried to get a good picture of the Superstar and the Princess before we left.

We got to the mall and (YAY!) there was no wait. The Princess walked right up to Santa and started talking about what she wanted for Christmas. HURRAY!! I love this picture (above) because all the other kids are happily waiting for the Princess to go first. They were probably just relieved that she wasn't screaming.The Superstar had a turn to talk to Santa too.And then we tried to get good pictures of all 4 kids together.

Here they are, post visit, hamming it up in the mall. What fun!

The Outtakes...

Here are the outtakes from our most recent photo session...

Some of these will be used in future graduation or wedding video montages.

Tree Trimming Time