Long time, no blog. Mom is a slacker! No, not really. We've been busy doing all sorts of Christmas things and Mom and Dad went on a trip too. 

We made cookies as a whole family last night. I've gotten the hang of rolling the dough into balls. Check out my cookie! This is what we're making in case you're interested.

I may be naughty sometimes, but my mom was happy to see that this is how I look at her when she isn't looking.

 

 I took this picture of my parents and little sis. They need to get me a camera someday!

 I took this picture of little sis. I like to call her Sharlie.

 Mom snapped this picture of us snuggling while the cookies were baking. I grinned for the camera. Grinning means you show your teeth and smiling means you keep your mouth closed. Did you know?

 Nana took this picture of us at my Christmas program. I made Mom a snowman decoration. It's in our kitchen now.

 We went to a family Christmas party in Story City and there were dogs. I liked that and so did Charlotte.

Here we are with Great Grandma Rullestad.

 I look a lot like my second cousin, Rylan. She's got curly hair too!

 I got to hold the dog at the party. Awesome!

We left because Charlotte got tired.

 The next portion of the blog is devoted to pictures that Mom took with her cell phone and shared on Facebook, but didn't share on the blogs. Here's a scary ghost.

 My school pictures turned out pretty well. My hair was fabulous!

 I like to go into the coat cubbies at the gym with my friends and Charlotte.

I also like to climb on top of the pirate ship. It's only a matter of time before I talk Charlotte into attempting this feat. It makes everyone nervous, but there's no keeping me on the ground.

 I went shopping with Mom and didn't get lice. What a relief!

Mom has a new blog that she JUST created that will be up and running in January in place of my blog and Charlotte's blog. The address is http://notquiteperfectmom.blogspot.com/ 

 It snowed! I was so excited about playing in the snow. I put my snowsuit and boots on as soon as I woke up from my nap.

 Daddy got to use his snowblower so he was happy too.

 Snow angels!

 I'm really disappointed by my parents' outside decorations. This is about it for this year.

 Daddy and I made our first snow man. The snow didn't cooperate last year, but we scored with the first one this year!

 Charlotte woke up after all the fun was done, but she at least got to practice some doggy dentistry.

 I also worked on my modeling poses for when we attempt to take Christmas card pictures again.

 I've been working on my cartwheels in tumbling class lately. I've just about go it (not really, according to Mom).

 My preschool Christmas program was this morning. I was an angel. I was the last kid to come to the front because I was the teacher's helper. Mrs. Z came and told my parents that I was her dependable helper so she had me go last so I could help keep the other kids moving and on track. Go me!

 I sang some really pretty songs. Mom did a video of it, but I doubt she'll share it since it's 6 minutes long. It was quite the program.

 We all lined up in the hallway afterwards and the paparazzi took pictures of us. I stood next to my friend Ginger.

 We gathered around the Christmas tree because Mrs. V had presents for all of us kids.

 A pillow! Mrs. V made them for all of us kids. Awesome, huh?

 Charlotte will get her own pillow in a couple of years.

I love my pillow so much that I'm going to sleep on it from here on out.

Just one more brag and I'll let you go. I'm the only kid in my whole preschool class that puts on her coat by herself and zips it. My teachers are very impressed.

Me and my buddy. We sit together all the time because Charlotte always sits down right next to me. She likes to copy everything I do. Can't blame her!My little sister is funny!I've gotten very good at zipping my coat all by myself. Now I just need to remember how to do socks. I did them last winter, but can't seem to get it right after taking the summer off.We got an early family Christmas present. It's an Xbox 360 with Kinect. It senses you and you play the games without any controls. That's pretty awesome for kids like me. Enjoy the pictures from when Wises came to visit and from Thanksgiving.

Gavin and I plugged some holes together.Daddy jumped in the air while Justin watched.Hailey jumped high.I don't know what was going on here, but it looks like something out of a horror movie or a really bad dance party.Uncle Matt is hilarious! I think that Emmy and Anya were flying.Hailey and Anya have ups.Solo flight time for Milo.I flew with Hailey (or danced or something).I'm not sure what's going on here (Mom is trying to narrate this for me, but she was upstairs when all of this went down so she's making it all up. Isn't that silly?).Serious business.There are changes coming to the blogs. Mom is going to consolidate my blog and Charlotte's blog and narrate in the first person in her own voice. She hasn't decided on the new address yet, but stay tuned. The change will occur in January, after the final Blog2Print books are made for us. Two blogs is one too many. What would happen if Mom had another kid someday? It would be crazy.

I helped Charlotte and Mom scoop out the pumpkins so Dad could carve them.He did an awesome job!They're spooky!I loved our Halloween decorations so I took the camera from Mom and took this picture of the area above our mantel.We went on a train ride a couple of weekends ago and I got to sit at a big girl table for lunch.The two hour ride just flew by since it was a beautiful day and we were able to stand at the back of the caboose.I was Jessie from Toy Story.We had a Halloween party for the MOMs group bunch and played pin the mouth on the ghost. I liked that.My friend Chloe wasn't very accurate.Leif was dressed up as Buzz Lightyear. I guess we're a Toy Story family.Mom just liked this picture of me being cute and keeping her company while she was on the computer.Sometimes I play with stickers while I'm supposed to be napping. I fell asleep while I was playing and Mom snapped a picture of me.We went to Snell-Crawford to get a few pictures of us in our costumes. I kind of cooperated, but the camera battery died very quickly so this is it.Charlotte was a horse so we called her Bullseye.I was a tough cowgirl.We went to the apple orchard on Halloween during the day.It was about 34 degrees outside so I took off my shoes and socks to play in the sandbox. Of course.We went trick or treating in Nana and Papa's neighborhood again this year.Yee haw! I love candy!