Granny and Pa's house...Stella is reading her new Abby Potty book!

New orange crocs and 4-wheeling in the backyard

Christmas Part 2

Stella on a house call with her new Doctor kit thanks to Zack and Olivia!
Fruit!
At Grandma and Grandpa's house

Merry Christmas!

Christmas 2009

Stella left cookies out for Santa and decided that he would like to have some water from her "sport cup"
First set of wheels thanks to Aunt Robin and Uncle Doug. Stella is a natural driver.
Kitchen set thanks to Grandma and Pop Pop

Another cook to compete with in the kitchen. You know what they say, Too many cooks....

Holiday party with the girl gaggle

The girls braving the cold and playing outside (Aubrey, Stella and Cora Mae)

There were actually 9 little girls (including Stella) and two baby boys at the party. So it really was a girl gaggle of giggles, squeals and constant chatter. They all seemed to have a blast and the parents were delighted to let them all play and enjoy some needed adult time.
Sophia, Aubrey and Stella
Being adorable

Stella, before the party, she asked I take a picture of her angels (which are really salt and pepper shakers).

Holiday Party!

Eating pretzels pre-party under the table
Snacking
Being cute
The "spread" minus the baking artichoke dip
Cookies!

Stella's Sick Day

Stella had a great sick day playing with Puck and bringing him all of her toys saying "Here you go Pucky"
Bed head, working it!
Puck was less than amused but as always was a good sport.
Stella requested a picture of her by the Christmas tree again. It will be a sad day for Stella when the Christmas tree goes down.
Puck, again sitting with his new loot thanks to Stella.

Making Cookies

Stella is my favorite sous chef. I can't say Brian is as I am really his sous chef as he still out skills me in the kitchen. Stella loved mixing, using the cookie cutters and yelling "COOKIES" as she watched them bake in the oven. She also enjoyed taste testing. She thought they were terrific. I, on the other hand, being my usual critical self feel I haven't found the best recipes yet. I am making them for our christmas party but I have a long way to go. So far I have dough for coconut raspberry cookies being frozen until ready to bake, sugar cookies, mexican wedding (those turned out great) and peanut butter. We made cookies today (Stella's sick day) with what we had which limited our recipes. Happy Holiday baking!