Larkyn has LOVED this time of year! She loves all the "Criffors (Christmas) Lights", "Criffors" songs, and all of the other joyful things that go along with the season. She has been a big helper when it comes to setting up our Christmas decoration, baking goodies, wrapping presents and more! Here are some pictures of Larkyn preparing for Christmas time...
"Look Mommy, I can see myself in this "ball"!"
"I know my mama just said not to throw them, but I think I want to anyway!"
"My good angel told me to put them back!"
"Mommy...Daddy...I'm ready to see Santa Claus!"
Look at that innocent little girl...
Larkyn's visit with Santa Claus went pretty well. She sat in the chair and looked at the book as Santa came in behind her. They got a couple great pictures of them like this and then he showed his face. Larkyn pointed to things in the book when Santa asked, gave him high fives, and even a hug at the end. She wasn't 100% sure about him, but held it together better than we expected! It must have been because of the animal crackers:).
This is Larkyn's visit with Santa. Sorry for the blurriness...Shea was working the camera, taking photos during the video and was understandably more interested in what was going on in real time rather than on the camera.
This is us posing for our Christmas card. We had it on self timer to take continuous shots. Larkyn did great, though she wanted to see the pictures all the time. We decided to set up a mirror behind the camera so Larkyn would look that way. It worked well!
The past couple years we haven't made it downtown Minneapolis for the Holidazzle Parade so we were hoping to bring Larkyn this year. The three of us met up with Mike, Katie and Luke for dinner at Rock Bottom Brewery before heading out for the parade. We could not have asked for a better night. It was around 30 degrees with a beautiful light snow fall. The kids were great troopers and enjoyed bouncing back and forth between the moms and dads to see all the sights.
A toy soldier...
Humpty Dumpty or "Dumpy Dumpy" as Larkyn likes to call it!
Here comes Santa...
Santa Claus was trying to see which side of the street had the loudest cheers...
Mike, Luke and Katie
Kim, Larkyn and Shea
"Jingle Bells" is one of Larkyn's favorites this time of year...
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