Emma Caroline is a baker!

Emma loves to help me bake. The new apron and hat set was supposed to be for Christmas, but tonight she wanted to help me bake, and I just had to get it out for her. She was so excited! Her favorite part about helping was sprinkling the sugar on the cookies.




Isn't she adorable?


Ready for the oven! Gabe wanted on the stool in this picture.

Christmas card time!

Jessica sent me the Christmas Card she designed, and I just love it! I ordered them and hopefully they will be in soon! I couldn't be more pleased! I know I ruin the surprise by posting it on here, but oh well!

Dear Santa...

Emma wrote her first letter to Santa. I had the letter posted on here, but you have to write your address on it, and as soon as I figure out how to crop our address off then I will put it back on here. In case you are interested, the address is: PO Box 1, Santa Claus,IN 47579. And the best part of all...your little one receives a response from Santa! Emma wrote her letter, put the stamp on the envelope, and put it in the mailbox! She was so excited!

Here's the gingerbread house that Emma and Aunt Tonya made. Isn't it cute??

Santa's little helpers! They were fresh out of the bath, and we were getting ready to watch "Shrek the Halls" and "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"!

Artwork, Christmas tree, and more...

Emma drew this picture. The flower is in the center decorated with rhinestones. The watering can has drops of water falling from it. And the blue swirls are wind! I actually framed a few of her pictures and have them on the wall! I want to look into art classes for her--I know she would love them!

Gabe was coloring too! And I put his picture on the fridge, right beside Emma's!





Mommy and Emma before church


Mommy and Gabe before church

Gabe ran to the window to watch the trash guys outside, and he looked so cute standing there with his blanket and bear that I had to take a picture!

Emma took a break from playing to pose for mommy!

Emma put the star on top!

Emma and Gabe in front of the tree

Emma posed for mommy in front of the tree




Emma was all wrapped up in the tree skirt!

Oh Christmas tree, Oh Christmas tree!



Aunt Tonya, Emma and Gabe put together a Gingerbread house earlier today!

Daddy gave Emma and Gabe a bath this morning in the jacuzzi tub, and Gabe had a bubble beard!

They were in the tub for at least 30 minutes, and loved every minute of it!

From the mouth of Emma!

I asked Emma today why she took off all of her baby dolls clothes. She told me, "Because mommy they need some fresh air sometimes!" What can you say to that? And today she drew a picture of a flower and a watering can, and it was so good that I took a picture of it and will post it later. She amazes me with her artistic ability. Her favorite thing in the world is to draw and color and paint, and her little pictures she makes are amazing. I can't wait to post one of them on here!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas around the Tharpe house. I have most of my decorations out, except for the tree. I am thinking I want a real tree this year. If not, then I want to get a new artificial one. Our old one as seen better days! Oh, and yesterday when Emma was in ballet class, it was snowing! By the time class was over and we were getting in the van, it was coming down pretty hard! Emma and Gabe were both so excited. And of course it stopped and everything melted, but it was so great while it lasted.

More to come...Stay tuned!

Lella!

This morning we were in Emma's room. Gabe pointed to her clock and said, "Lella". She has a Cinderella clock in her room, and he knows Cinderella from the movie! Just to make sure, I pointed to it and asked him who she was, and he said, "lella!" It was SO CUTE!! He will get Emma's wand and go around the house saying, "bibbidy bobbidy boooooooo"! But just so that you know, he plays with his tools, trains and cars most of the time. I have pictures of him in Emma's princess shoes, and I know one day he is going to get so mad at me for taking them! I can't help it--it's so darn cute. Lella!

Emma saw the snowman on my blog, and she asked me why he was melted! My babies always make me laugh!

Emma and the class bear

Emma was star of the week for her class this week, which meant she brought home the class bear--Corduroy! I took some pictures for her class journal, and wanted to share them on the blog. Of course, the first thing she did when we got home was set up a tea party for her special guest!





Emma and Corduroy

Of course, she didn't share any of her cinnamon roll!

The first thing she did was have a tea party with him, after she changed into her witch costume, circa 2006.