CHRISTMAS AT THE HARALSON'S

Hope everyone had a merry Christmas. Ours was really laid back since Parker doesn't really anticipate Christmas yet. She did get excited opening presents once she realized fun things were inside. These are some pictures of her on Christmas eve and Christmas morning with her favorite presents. I'm a slacker and took no pictures of her with Cleve's family in Birmingham, but hopefully Aunt Bibby took some cute ones for me (and will send them to me, hint hint)!

Oh yeah, and for those of you who tried to guess what Cleve was giving me for Christmas.... an ice maker to install in our freezer. Yes, after 6 1/2 years of marriage we have tossed the ice trays and now have a surplus of ice. May not seem fun for anyone else but it was the perfect present (especially since we said we weren't doing gifts this year)!

LET IT SNOW!

We had a short unexpected snow that actually dumped about 3 inches on Franklin last Thursday evening. Parker was very fascinated and wanted to go outside and play, but once outside she only wanted to be carried around. Since we don't get a whole lot of snow here I bundled us up and decided it would be sad to miss out on the fun. Unfortunately, Cleve had a business meeting/dinner and didn't get to join us. I'm just hoping we'll get at least one more good snow before winter ends. Next time maybe Cleve will get a snow day!! 

WINTERY DAYS

Even though the days are actually shorter now, they seem to go by much more slowly. I try to make playdates with friends and think of creative ideas to occupy our time indoors, but some days it just comes down to several episodes of My Friends Tigger and Pooh (the only show Parker will watch). 

Here are some pictures of things that make our days go by. Reading is Parker's favorite thing to do so I seem to have a lot of pictures of her with her books.

We made a house out of the box our toilet came in!

Then we decided to decorate it.

Caitland reading to Parker and Sadie

Reading on the floor...

and reading to her monkey in the rocking chair.

Sliding at the park with daddy

Up high on the big kids playground