Ahhh December...

Ok, Ok, Ok… I have been a huge blogging flake and really have no excuse other than laziness. Surprisingly, this December has not been that busy for us but now that Christmas is a little over a week away things are getting crazy.

A bit of a photo essay and some highlights of the month so far…

We’ve decked our halls both inside and out...

we’ve been enjoying light hunts on our trips around town,

 much to Elle’s dismay Alvin and the Chipmunks were not in our tree...

 we have a squirrel in our attic that has the girls in our home (Cali and Abby included) terrified and poor Ted just frustrated as the animal stubbornly won’t take the bait in our humane trap so we can set it free, 

we've had lots of fun playdates with Elle's favorite being the bounce house...

we had our first snow... & looks like there will be lots more in the next week...

we headed into the city for our annual trip to see the tree and it was so fun that we are heading back again this weekend...

and finally Elle and I are in potty training hell… I am determined to have it done by 2009 and though she has had some success overall it has been a struggle.

Maybe my mom has the magic trick, as my folks are heading East again for the holidays and will be arriving just before the stroke of midnight Christmas on Santa’s sleigh via Newark, NJ.