Elf on the Shelf is back

Toodles and Goldie are now back for the holiday season. Jessica was so excited to see them. Jamison doesn't really get it just yet.

Toodles and Goldie really are pretty silly according to Jessica. One night, they played Rapunzel with her faux hair and castle.

Jessica was very surprised at how sneaky the elves are.  One night, they slipped into her bedroom and decided to sleep in her bunk bed.  She had no idea and it took her a while to find them in the morning.

The next day, she almost missed them playing in one of her doll houses.

Jessica was shocked to find this note from the elves. They snuck into Santa's workshop and brought her some toys early! GASP.  Our elves are bad. Jessica figures that Santa must have known! She was excited to get these mini Barbie dolls nonetheless.

I guess the elves wanted to be in some of our family pictures too because they added themselves into this picture of Jessica. 

Man. These elves really are up to no good at night.  They put toilet paper all over our tree.  Jessica thought this was super funny, but we had to pull the toilet paper off right away.  It did not make the tree pretty.

a trip to Happy Hollow

Last weekend, we took the girls to Happy Hollow.  It had been a while since we had been there and Jessica really wanted to go.  The girls had fun hanging around on the statues and rock benches while I waited in line to get tickets.

While Jessica rode the roller coaster with her daddy, Jamison had I had fun on the carousel.

Then, we met up again for some rides on the cars.

Jessica had a blast on the frog hopper. Jamison was a bit sad to find out that "me too" did not work on this ride.  She's still about 1-2 inches too short for it. 

Then, it was off to the bug ride. The girls decided that they would ride separately.

It is not a trip to Happy Hollow without a ride on Danny the Dragon. Jim got some cute pictures of us while we were waiting in line.

Crossing the stepping stones is always a lot of fun.  

Jamison really liked this frog statue for some reason, so we had to say good bye on the way out.

playing in their castle

One of our Black Friday finds was this cardboard castle for $9.  Both girls had fun coloring it.

Once they finished coloring, they started moving all of their princesses inside of it and playing with them.

And, yes, that is a headband on Jamison's head. That is how she prefers to wear them. When I put them on the "right" way, she tells me "no, no Mommy" and proceeds to do it in her own way.

Thanksgiving 2012

Before guests arrived at our house for Thanksgiving dinner, Jim took some photos of the girls.

Once everyone arrived, it was time to eat.

holiday photos 2012

We got an early jump on holiday photos this year.  Jim took a quick photo of Jessica at the house.

Then, we headed off to the park to take more photos.  

This look sums up how Jamison felt about taking pictures.

Jamison must wear sunglasses

We had some crazy warm weather earlier in the month. Who says November can't be warm and sunny? Jamison insisted on wearing her sunglasses to school.     She is really loved this weather because she can wear sandals, which means no socks, and she does not have to wear pants.

Jamison gets her real big girl bed

Jamison's new bunk bed was delivered. She loves sleeping in her new bed.

the girls have their first sleepover

A few weeks ago, the girls had their first sleepover in Jessica's bedroom. They stayed up entirely too late talking and reading books to each other!

Eventually, they fell asleep.

crazy hair

At the PBS park, Jamison's hair got lots of static coming down the slide.

Jessica thought Jamison looked pretty silly and thought it was even sillier that her hair looked exactly the same.

fun at pump it up for Leilani's birthday

Earlier in November, Jessica and Jamison had a fun time playing at Pump It Up for Leilani's birthday.

Jamison even played basketball with her Daddy.