December was a whirlwind month for us with the holidays, birthdays and winter fun. No December is complete without Santa, cookies and snow! We managed to fit all three in before the month was over and the girls loved every minute.
Our first activity was cookies. I bought these cute aprons from PBK a few Valentine's Day(s) ago and relish the opportunity to take pictures make cookies with them. The girls really enjoyed eating making all of our sweets this year. It's so neat to watch them get older and really start to get into doing these sorts of things.
That same day Santa made a surprise visit on his firetruck with some special presents for the girls. I have to say we are truly lucky to live in the community we do. Besides the wonderful Chief Oliver and staff of the BPD, the BFD does a fabulous job delivering presents to all the kids in the community on the firetruck at Christmas time. Our kids love it every single year. Watching their little eyes get big when they see the firetruck come down the street with the lights going and Santa getting out is just awesome.
Later that day the girls were dying to play in the snow. We had finally gotten our first big snow of the year and they just couldn't wait! After we spent what seemed liked hours getting them all suited up, I sent them outside with Dad.
This picture could not be any cuter. It just couldn't.
Afterwards, when they finally got cold, they came inside to warm up by the fire with some hot cocoa. It didn't last that long since Rylee spilled hers not long after sitting down but nonetheless, they thought they were super cool.
