Thursday, December 11, 2008

Highlights of the Season...so far

It has been SUPER busy around here...but we are making it through the season with most of our sanity intact. Thus far in the Christmas season we have learned:

1. Even bears need baths.


2. When you go downtown to the big tree lighting, you can never be too warm.


Or maybe you can.


3. Downtown Cumberland is very pretty at night - especially during the Christmas season.


4. Putting icicles on a steep, slippery roof may not be worth the trouble. But it is alot easier to do it barefoot.


(Which reminds me of the quote of the season by my husband: "I'd rather have freezing feet than die.")

5. A two-year-old would rather decorate herself than the tree.


6. Holiday pictures are a nightmare. It is inevitable that you will have the famous "picker" picture:


A good picture of each child alone:



But experience the torture of trying to get a good picture of both of them together: