January 10, 2011

Holiday Picture Catchup

Lily caught redhanded. 

All Eliza wants for [next] Christmas is a bangs trim.
(Actually she has threatened me extensively if I should ever think about cutting her bangs again.  I have threatened her extensively if she ever thinks about hacking out chunks of her own hair again.)



 Whose job was it to clean the glass behind the fireplace?  Perhaps that person's time would be better spent learning how to photoshop out fingerprints on glass!

After I put up our Christmas decorations, Eliza took it upon herself (daily and sometimes hourly) to rearrange them in a more beautiful way.  Here is the fireplace mantel after Eliza moved half the room onto it.

And here is Eliza's "Santa" shelf. 

More of Eliza's handiwork

Making neighbor gifts this year.  (Hot chocolate on a stick

Eliza decided to trim the poinsettia plant, and spread the Christmas cheer throughout the house. (I should be grateful it wasn't on the fireplace mantel, too.)


Lily being cute while I worked on presents.  (My kids have spent way more time squished into this crib than any of their dolls have.)


Catching up with some old Notre Dame friends, the Mears.

(The Mear kids and Sage back at Notre Dame...thank goodness Kelly taught me to fix little girls' hair)

Happy holidays, from the Williams family who did not get out any Christmas cards this year. 
 

9 comments:

Juliana said...

Janel .. you have such a beautiful family! I love that picture with the girls by the fire place. They are getting so big .. Happy new year! :)

Juliana said...

Janel .. you have such a beautiful family! I love that picture with the girls by the fire place. They are getting so big .. Happy new year! :)

Juliana said...

Sorry, not sure why my comment went twice. Just delete it .. ;)

Linda said...

Such a fun log . . . and to see Eliza's creative organizing skills first hand . . . and Lily caught "red-handed!" Ah me . . . :)

Heather said...

Hot cocoa on a stick! BRILLIANT! Loved the Christmas decorating and the family picture was too cute.

Kelly M said...

I just keep wishing we had had more time together and that I hadn't chosen a restaurant with phones all over the place. . . :) It was great to see you and we LOVED the hot chocolate on a stick- and plan to use it for our neighbors next year! thanks! :) You're girls are darling and I love that family picture. You're awesome Janel!

Suzy said...

ha ha I never would have noticed the fingerprints on the fireplace - and I've even seen that picture before and didn't notice it! No need to rat yourself out!! :D huzzah for pictures. thanks for posting janage.

Danielle said...

I think Eliza arranged those books alphabetically, or at least by height. It must be because of her new middle name.

AMY said...

I love your Christmas pictures and I am totally stealing the hot chocolate on a stick for next year. I've decided you don't need a boy, you have Eliza, she keeps you busy enough. I love her stories!