Christmas Fun!

The Blizzard McClures' were solo on Christmas this year. Aunt B and family went to Harper, KS and my parents flew to Las Vegas. But, we had an awesome day! We went to Crown Center in the morning and played around by the mayor's Christmas Tree and saw a really cool Ginger Bread town display. Then we opened a few presents. Lotus got a new puzzle stool and some elmo hands that she is terrified of. Her favorite present are her Elmo slippers from Grammy and PopPop. She must wear them at all times including while sleeping, pictured here:

After nap, we made a huge Christmas feast, then we drove out to Longview Lake to see the drive through Christmas lights. Lotus kept saying "wow" at every display she saw. It was a perfect day. We can't wait till this Saturday when we celebrate Christmas with Grammy/PopPop and Aunt B/Ollie/Uncle Wes!

Christmas and 18 month pictures

Here are some of Lotus' pictures from her photo shoot. It was VERY hard to get her to sit still, but we managed to get some good ones anyway! These are some of our favorites. Thanks to my friend Sarah for helping me figure out the collage making!

Lotus Loves...

Playing dress up. Here she is wearing a tutu, backpack, golashes and mittens. She will walk around in dress up clothes for hours if you let her.

Ollie and Lolo in their matching Elf pajamas that Aunt B got them. Ollie has Lotus' other newest love, Frosty the Snowman. He sings Jingle Bells and dances. Lotus is obsessed.

P.S. We survived getting her Christmas and 18 month pictures taken (barely)! Pics coming soon!

We took the cousins to Union Station today to see all the model trains. Lolo had so much fun running around looking at all of the displays. Here they are posing under the huge Christmas tree:
Lolo did an awesome job riding in the train without trying to stand up... until right after this picture when she saw her mama and wanted out immediately. But, she still didn't try to stand up, instead just started wailing. Good thing the ride is only $1 on Tuesdays :)

This was their favorite display when the train comes through the present.

First Snow!

We got our first snow in Kansas City on Sunday (nothing major), so Jeff and I went out and bought a two person sled and headed over to Aunt B's house. Ollie and Lolo had so much fun having the Uncles pull them around for less than 10 minutes. We're hoping the next snow won't be so cold...brrrr!

Best Weekend Ever!

Lotus had the best weekend and so did her mommy! My car finally died, and it made more sense to invest in a new (used) car than pay to fix one with over 100K miles and no AC. RIP '03 Toyota Matrix 2003-2010. Hello 2011 Scion XB, as you can see Lotus loves driving it! (don't worry Jeff is actually in the passenger seat with Lolo in this photo)
We also decorated our tree:

On Saturday, Jeff volunteered to watch Lotus and Ollie while my sister, my mom and I went shopping. It was an awesome girls day and the kids had a fun cousins day. Thanks Jeff!