"Helicopter, helicopter!"

The girls have a nightly routine.  Emma cleans up the playroom (and hollers at us to keep Anna out of the playroom so she can't mess it up), then we put our pajamas on, and when Jay is home they beg and plead for him to give them the "Helicopter! Helicopter!".  He comes upstairs and proceeds to give the girls their most favorite part of each day.  You can see what it looks like below:

Last week I decided to have the girls write a letter to Santa to tell him the one thing that they wanted most for Christmas.  Macy's is donating money for every letter mailed to Santa in their store to the Make A Wish foundation, and since my girls love Santa and love to talk about all the presents they want, it was a good opportunity to mail our wish list for a good cause. 

 Although Anna needed me to write her letter to Santa, she didn't need any help deciding what she wanted.  She is very consistent in wanting "Dora".  If you mention the word Santa she will repeatedly say, "Dora, Dora, Dora!"  I secretly wish she wanted a really cute Cabbage Patch Kid - I LOVED them as a little girl and they are still popular, but my little girl is dead set on an ugly Dora doll.

 Emma, on the other hand, wrote her letter all by herself and really wants a new bike.  This is a good thing because the girl has completely outgrown her old bike.  Mom and dad really love gifts that they actually "need". 

 Here the girls are mailing their letters:

Does it get any cuter???

So I tell you guys all the time how much the girls love each other and are always playing together.  They were watching a movie the other day and this is what I caught.  Not only holding hands, but holding BOTH hands!!  Pitter patter!!

I can't believe we actually have a picture of Jay and I to post!  Here we are all dressed up for the ExxonMobil Christmas party in DC.  We had a great time!

Here is a cute video of Anna riding her favorite horse named Crazy.  She loves him and I love how cute she is with her ponytails flying all over the place:)

The last video isn't the best but it is Emma's small song in her school's Christmas pageant.  She is the fourth person from the left:

Hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season!  We have to go back to visit Santa again in person.  We went to see him the day that we mailed our Macy's letters, but it just happened to be a "Sign with Santa" day for the hearing impaired.  It was a really nice thing that they did for the local children that are hearing impaired but bad timing on our part.  Take number 2 for Santa was supposed to be today, but Anna got sick yesterday and is still under the weather.  She has a fever and I think some sort of sinus infection as her nose is running like a faucet.  I am just happy that she was able to get through her 103 fever last night (her first sickness since coming off from her seizure meds) without having a seizure.  Definitely some answered prayers for this momma because I was a nervous wreck and Jay is in New Jersey for work so he would not have been able to help at all.  I was up all last night checking on her and making sure the poor girl was ok.  Her fever was gone later in the day today and I feel much better about her being able to overcome this sickness.  On a side note, we took Anna to her 6 month developmental specialist appointment in DC this week and she received rave reviews!  Her speech is now up to a normal level for her age.  The specialist thought that her fine motor coordination might be a bit lacking but gave us a few ideas on how to improve upon it.  Jay and I continue to feel beyond blessed with her progress and development.  There is a lot to celebrate and be thankful for this upcoming holiday season!