Sugar Cookies!

I had no idea what I was getting myself in for when I suggested to Quinn that we make Christmas cookies. It was a HUGE undertaking! I made the dough (from a bag, of course - do you seriously think I'd take the time to make it from scratch?) and then set Quinn up at the table to do the cutouts. Oh My Gosh, it was a LOT of work! I rolled the dough, and she cut the cookies, but at first the dough was not cooperating. It was so soft, I couldn't lift the cookies onto the pan. Very frustrating... So I just put in more (and more) flour until the dough was thicker and then we went to town.

I put Quinn down for a nap (which, of course, she didn't sleep), cleaned up the first disaster, and then when she got up, we took to frosting and decorating the cookies. Well, I thought the cookie cutting part was a chore! Quinn's idea of "light shaking" of the candies was practically dumping on the sugary substance! Needless to say, our cookies are not the prettiest by far, but I got some great pictures and some memories out of the ordeal!

At the end of the excursion, I gave Quinn a cookie to test (I have not had the courage yet). She licked off all the frosting and candy and threw the cookie away... Hmmmm - I wonder if Santa will enjoy these cookies this year?

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree

This is Quinn's 3rd Christmas, but last night was our first tree decorating experience as a family. She has really gotten into the Christmas spirit this year, seeing Santa Clause twice and each time telling him she wanted the same 2 gifts - a purple tutu and an Ariel dolly. The girl is obsessed with purple! Everything she wants now is purple - it's quite sweet, actually!

Here are some shots from our evening together. Quinn was quite the little helper, hanging bulbs at our knee cap level, sometimes 2 bulbs to one branch! Safe to say, after we put her to bed, Mommy rearranged a few of the ornaments to even out the tree a bit :-)

I love this tree and these lights...

...and I am just SO ESSCITED about Christmas!!!

Try not to disturb my concentration, I want to hang this bulb just right...

She had us laughing like crazy just the other morning - we brought her into our room about 6:30am to sleep with us for a bit (she'd had a bad dream). We had gotten her back to sleep and then had started to get ready for our day while she was still snoozing away. Both Kirch and I were whispering to each other, looking at how stinking cute she was laying there so peaceful, when all of the sudden, with her eyes still closed, this HUGE smile came across her face! The little turd knew we were talking about her! Then, she sits up, opens her eyes, and... wait for it... looks right at Kirch and me and says, "It's almost Christmastime!!!" We about fell over laughing! She never ever ceases to completely crack us up!

Daddy, are you back there behind me and Tiki?

Strange Sleeping Habits

Quinn has taken to some funny habits during nap time - mostly at nap time, but sometimes at night time, too. I think she gets into more trouble at nap time because she isn't always cooperative for an actual nap, so she just plays and she can see better and isn't fumbling around in the pitch dark like she would at night time.

Just as of last week, we've eliminated pull-ups at nap time, so now we keep her bedroom door cracked open in case she needs to use the bathroom. But up until then, she's been "sleeping" behind closed doors. And this is what I mean by "sleeping"...

All tuckered out after playing dress-up with her shoes!

Ok, the above picture was actually at night time, and I blogged about it back in October. She found those shoes in the dark, put them on, then fell asleep with all of her babies :-) I figured it was worth an encore.

The next two are nap time pictures...

See the white opaque tights with the little red hears OVER her pj's???

Tights AND shoes for this nap! Look at how her pants are all bunched up past her knees!

This one is at night time...

You don't learn how to read through osmosis, Q-Bug!

Just Saturday, I put her down for a nap and left the door cracked open. I went into my bedroom right across the hall to watch a movie. I heard a bunch of clatter, so I got up to check and see what she was up to. I caught her red-handed with an armful of toys from the living room AND one of her baby's pacifiers in her mouth. She gave me that deer-in-the-headlights look and then scrambled back into her bedroom - if only I had a camera for that sight!