Santa Baby

We had Aria's 3 month picts taken and have a two inch stack of fabulous proofs. Here is the best of her Santa pose - I'll share more later.

Mama is kissing who? ! ?

We got our first big bunch of snow this past Saturday night, so we packed up the Johnson kiddos to go to Brian's folk's for some sledding. Feeling festive with the wintery views we started to listen to Christmas music in the car.

Keep in mind, last year the kids knew some Christmas songs, but Aaliyah wasn't quite two and Mulu was only with us (and only learning English) for 7 months, so they were limited to the basic kids songs that were led by adults.

As I was zoning out in my own little world Mulu bursts into laughter - loud, cackling belly laughter. At first I couldn't figure out what was going on - and he was laughing too hard to be able to talk, but after a bit, between guffaws he started repeating "Mama kissed Santa Clause!", "Mama kissed Santa Clause!", "Mama kissed Santa Clause!". This revelation of what the song had been saying caused him to laugh so hard he was crying and Brian & I had to laugh along too.

Aaliyah was quiet through this whole thing (which I concluded to her not paying attention) and minutes later when the car was quiet again Aaliyah bursts out with "she was leaving - Mama kisses when she goes goodbye"

I love the way little kids minds make try to make sense of things!

"elfed"

The Johnson Kiddos were "elfed" - enjoy!

http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1128614912

ps - its really quite fun if you have a moment - to add some smiles to your day

Family photos, a haircut and more

At recent gatherings and getting ready for Holiday Cards, the families have been taking group pictures -



Brian's side of the family


my side of the family

and the our family's feet - everyone thought I was a bit nuts wanting to do this - but I thought it was fun - and turned out great. Daddy, Mama, Mulu, Aaliyah and baby Aria
today we got Aaliyah's hair cut. The girl's hair grows VERY fast so we took off quite a bit this time - its very cute and will be much easier to brush in the morning. This is after her nap - but I wanted to share

Aria being her cute-self

Daddy kisses are the best!