The Perfect Tree

Typically we wait until mid December to pick out a Christmas Tree but this year, since we were in town, we went earlier. It was beautiful out and we decided to stop and pick out a tree after a day of running around. As typical, Anthony had fallen asleep in the car seat but we were sure he would wake up for the big event. Picking out a tree is a big event in the Adams' Household - so he was not going to miss it right? Wrong - he slept through the whole thing. We did snap a quick picture of him next to a random tree, just for the memory of it all.

Look Out Punky Brewster

I have been waiting for the day this starts happening, Alexandra is started to dress herself. Typically, she is really good. I am not one of those moms that has to have everything match, so Alexandra dressing herself is not a problem. She has her favorite shoes "sprinkle shoes" that she typically wears each day. We have had an usually cold few days, so Alexandra was going through her drawers and found some "prize possessions" to assemble for her school outfit. She asked me "how do I look" - which she asks everyday. I told her beautiful, that I love her outfit. Then she asked me "do you know why Flounder is my sleepy time friend?" I thought long and hard, but could not really come up with the answer so I asked her if she was pretending to be Ariel today. I really did not get it until I heard her response. "No silly mommy - we all have strips!" Not sure if you notice, there is a theme to her madness - everything has strips.