December Happenings

December is such a busy month that I didn't sign the girls up for dance or gymnastics.  We spent time hanging out this week before all the Christmas activities started taking hold.  The girls have gotten into fights from time to time because Emily likes to play the leader and Abigail likes to do things just to get at her sister . . . so when they take little moments like this to read a book together I run and grab my camera to remember these moments:

We also had a couple of play dates with neighborhood friends.  Emily has been cracking me up with her clothes choices when it's December!  But I try to let her have a little freedom in her clothes choice department:

I spent several evenings wrapping Christmas presents.  When I finally finished and had most of my closet back to myself, I happily paid Emily $1 to straighten out all my shoes.  She and I speak the same love language when it comes to organizing things so she thought getting a $1 for something she loves to do was a win for her!

She happily organized all of my shoes and had them all neatly in rows for me in no time!

We were also informed today by Emily's teacher that she will not be giving any homework for the last 2 weeks before the break.  I can tell she is a mom too!  Thanks Mrs. Jackson!