We’ve been gearing up for the holidays and Anna has been very excited with all of the festivities.  She helped us decorate the tree, met Santa (sort of) and has been enjoying all of the lights around the house.  She’s not a big fan when Mommy & Daddy sing Christmas tunes, but if Grandma has her way Anna is sure to join the Singin’ Weisenbarger’s soon (Grandma’s made-up family singing group that would do a barnstorm tour of the US–like the Jackson 5 & Osmond’s).

She loves to say “Santa” whenever she sees a picture of him, and has been carrying around a little Santa figurine with her that she calls Baby Santa.  It’s only a couple of inches tall but she loves it.  There is a Santa candle upstairs that she refers to as Mommy Santa, but we haven’t figured out yet if they’re related or not.  We went to visit Santa at a restaurant one morning when they had a special Breakfast With Santa, but when it came time for Anna to get her picture taken with jolly ol’ Saint Nick she did not want to have anything to do with him.  Oh well, maybe next year…

Baby Santa

Anna was a big help with decorating the tree.  So far she’s been really good about just admiring the ornaments and loves to turn the lights on & off.

Focused.

Playing with the nativity scene.

Aunt Jane brought over some cookie making supplies the other day and Anna had so much fun with it!  We baked them and then let Anna ice & decorate them.  Her favorite part was adding sprinkles…actually, her favorite part was eating them but luckily she left enough for the rest of us.

Sprinkles!

Yummy!

You mean, I can't eat them all?

It was such a nice day that we bundled up and went for a walk.