below are the photos the capture of month of christmas fun!
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| evia's preschool sends home artwork and projects weekly. december especially had some thoughtful and cute projects. that's one cute rudolph, if you ask me! |
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| painting our neighborhood-found pinecones to decorate our mantel on the first weekend of the month |
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| this year's holiday card, complete with photos taken by auntie anna. |
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| getting our tree |
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| a fun day of choosing ornaments and decorating. i left an entire box in the attic this year. |
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| the first night our nativity scene was up a ginormous full moon shone in through the window |
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| papa found thes elk antlers in the backcountry and hiked the 40lb-ers out several miles |
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| the 2nd annual ladies-shopping trip sans children. important stop on the way - target. |
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| on that same shopping day, the girls explored with papa in the mountains |
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| our first year of elf on the shelf....here's our first night with "sugar plum" |
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| a little card for her papa |
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| ginger bears for ayinny's tea party and pre-k teacher goody |
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| have always wanted to make these, been pinned on my pinterest board for too long. stir your cocoa with this (and ibarra at that!....some crazy sugar for the littles and the mama's too!) |
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| mila and i preparing our salt dough ornaments for our playdate, when all the kids painted them |
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| evia with her sweet friend penelope, excited for their christmas performance moments away |
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| singing in the christmas show with all all her pre-k buddies |
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| with her fans, nana and grandpa |
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| zavalas 2014 |
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| pretty ayin at her tea party, age 2, with her tio d |
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| snow at the harbor |
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| visiting the tylers on the parade of lights evening |
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| listening to the annual polar express tale |
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| the evening skies have been gorgeous. this was a blustery shoreline-walk evening |
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| we may have or have not defaced this picnic table when we were teens! |
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| an afternoon of lunching and the nutcracker with evia and nana |
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| such holiday joy |
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| she looks so grown up to me here |
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| an average night of papa-wrestles and laughter |
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| an 80 degree night sitting outdoors and watching the light curtains blow as i sipped a warm drink with a few of my favorite ladies |
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| i love this crew |
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| bizcochitos |
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| not only do the lovies love to get out amidst all the holiday bustle, but i think the mama's do to. look at these two on our zoo date! |
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| worth every penny. wind tunnel. |
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| dad serving up christmas eve cocktails |
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| a rare moment of just us two. christmas eve at my parents. |
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| we made santa a special "s" ginger cookie |
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| christmas morning with pretty auntie! |
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| so much christmas, sometimes just makes you want to lay on the floor and roll around |
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| one final christmas event with amy, while in town from chicago and her ladies |
