Christmas Prep - a little belated but still....

Trying on one of many Christmas dresses for the season. It's good to be a girl.

Hanging the stockings by the faux-chimney with care....

Licking the beaters after my first batch od sugar cookies - this was definitely one of my favorite discoveries of the season. I came to understand that "baking" is really just code for "lick the batter" - YUM!

Doing my part to dress up our Tesco value tree (only £9!) which mom bought last year out of uncertainty about our permanence in the UK. Nothing says Christmas like the smell of green plastic, eh?

Happy Birthday to Me!

I woke up to a treasure hunt and found my new bike in the garden shed. hooray!

First things first, learn how to ride a bike.

Blowing out THREE candles on my princess birthday cake

Heading out in the rain for my special ice cream date with Daddy

Holiday Times

Some candids of us at one of our first Christmas gatherings of the season.

Daddy with Dr. Hardin (and, appropriately, the Chex mix)

Mommy and I (I am chewing the 19th cookie of the night)

the big little bro

p.s. Camera battery died and we can't find the charger so my birthday pics will be updated as soon as Mom gets around to it. And...we all know not to hold our breath on that, right?