'Tis the Season

Apparently 'tis the season to be really busy. We apologize for not posting anything since Halloween. We have had a few photo worthy moments in the last 6 weeks and they are in this post starting with the most recent happenings. Sydney was not deterred by the first snow of the season. Instead, she decided to embrace it in all of her winter gear!

Sydney continues to get a kick out of her box hat.

Sydney's Grandma filled her advent calendar with lots of goodies. She has enjoyed opening the doors each day to find a surprise. She made good use of the expanding Mickey washcloth.


Sydney enjoyed opening her gifts from St. Nicholas!


Our 6th Annual Santa Lucia party with the last of our "backyard special" Christmas trees!

Right before our Santa Lucia party our friend Julie came and outfitted Sydney for the occasion!

I love this dress on her...the accents are cows. Sydney saw them and immediately said "Moo!"

Sydney's Grandma and Grandpa came to celebrate Thanksgiving with us...and to enjoy story hour.

Here are both sides of our Thanksgiving table.

We had a visit from Lucy Claire and James Henry (and their parents) before Thanksgiving. Here are the book worms...

And the happy trio!

We traveled for back-to-back conferences in Lawrence, KS and Chicago, IL. Here is Sydney at our friends' apartment in Kansas.