Other Christmas Pictures

Below are some pictures that didn't quite fit into my last few postings but they are from this past week.
Dedushka and Grammalene gave Maggie a really cool doorway jumper. It comes with a musical mat so when Maggie jumps she activates different songs. She is a little too young to jump in it but she loves to hang out in it and chew on her toys..

Dedushka and Grammalene gave Kate a really cool marble race set. Kate loves to build new raceways and watch her marbles go!

One exciting event that happened on Christmas was that Maggie figured out how to roll from her back to her tummy! For the past week she has been able to roll from her tummy to her back but now she can go both directions. You can tell she is really proud of herself when she does it!

What a happy girl!

Kate received this adorable coat from Grammalene and Deushka. She loves it and she looks so cute and warm wearing it. Thanks for the great gifts!

Christmas 2011

We had a wonderful Christmas this year despite the fact that Will had to work the closing shift at the hospital. Thankfully we got Christmas morning with him!!! This year we really hyped the whole Santa thing and Kate loved every minute of it! We made sure to leave some cookies for Santa on Christmas Eve.

Kate was very excited to open so many presents. She was very good at ripping off all of the wrapping paper! Sisters!

Kate was not thrilled to have Maggie grab onto her thumb.

Maggie loved watching her new toy since it makes a lot of loud sounds.

Gramma and Papa gave Kate a cool Minnie Mouse rolling suitcase. Kate was rolling it all around the house and putting her toys inside.

One family tradition that I want to keep up with my kids is to make a birthday cake for Jesus. We used to decorate one every year as kids and I loved it! I was very excited to see Kate get so into it too! She did a great job loading the cake up with lots of candy!

Time for candles! Singing Happy Birthday Jesus!

Gramma and Maggie

Uncle Daniel, cousin Chloe and Kate wrestling. Kate kept on tackling Chloe. It was very funny to watch. Family!

Agee Christmas

On December 23 we celebrated Christmas with the Agee side of the family. I got Kate and Maggie all dressed up for the occasion. They are too cute!

Kate and Maggie love their Gigi (Great Grandma Agee)!

For the past 3 years we have had cousin Chloe and Kate pose for pictures at the Agee gathering. Usually at least one of the girls refuses to smile. Here is the picture from 2011.

2010

2009 (notice that Chloe and Kate are wearing the red dresses that Kate and Maggie are wearing in the Loscutoff Christmas posting)

Loscutoff Christmas

On December 22 we celebrated Christmas with Will's family. We headed to a restaurant for some yummy dinner and then came back to our house for dessert, tea and presents. Kate did such a great job at the restaurant...I think it helped that she got to spend the entire evening with her Dedushka and Grammalene and then open lots of presents! Present time! I am not sure who was more excited, Kate or Dedushka!

Maggie loved her new phone...yummy!

Loscutoff Men

Loscutoff Women

Singing and Giggles

Sugar cookies and more

This is just a silly picture of Kate with her doll that she dressed up in her princess clothes.
On Saturday we went to Will's pharmacy Christmas party and I got the girls dressed up in matching outfits. The dresses are actually from when Kate was a little baby and Kate wore her dress to match cousin Chloe's dress.

This morning Kate had her first baking experience. At the pharmacy party, Will's coworker, Dee, gave Kate a really cute apron and cookie cutters. Kate has been pretending to make cookies ever since so I figured we might as well do the real thing. I kept it super simple and used store-bought dough and frosting but Kate had a wonderful time!

Kate had to show off her pan of cookies before they went in the oven.

Kate kept licking her fingers while frosting so I let her decorate only one cookie while I finished the rest since she has a little cold.

I think Kate's favorite part was eating her cookie. It took her about 30 minutes to do so, but she finished it!