Princess Ballerina

Zoey's first day of ballet could not have gone any better. She is a natural!

She loves sitting by her teacher and following everything she is doing.

She is a fabulous listener, and stays on her spot until it is her turn. Even when several other little girls are running around right in front of her.

She loves to look for fairies.

And she loves to visit the carnival with her friends.

Her dress rode over her belly a bit, but look at those adorable leg warmers, hah.

Look at all those precious baby ballerinas!

Beautiful ballerina!

Christmas Morning

Christmas Eve jammies.

Santa wrapped all of Brooks' toys with Cars wrap and Zoey's with tinkerbell.

our modest Christmas dinner consisted of Ham, roasted potatoes, brussel sprouts, and corn on the cob.

A Merry Christmas indeed!



Christmas Photo Sesh

I am sitting here laughing out loud at some of these photos. There are way too many to post, but here are some of my faves!

Not sure exactly why, but this one makes me laugh the hardest!! prob because it just looks forced and uncomfortable.

This is my true "AWWWW" fave.

intermission.

"Yeah I know my chocolate mustache is cool, you're jealous."

I couldn't resist throwing this one up, this is how they really feel about having to take pics.

This is the best we got, seriously.



Cologne, Germany Christmas Markets

The largest market is held in the courtyard of this ENORMOUS old church. When it began to rain we ran into the church and walked around until it cleared up.

The Christmas Markets in Germany are the BEST! There are so many unique and interesting crafts and  TONS of delicious food vendors to choose from (and for us it's ALL about the food!). I don't know how I didn't snap any pictures of the what we ate but let me just tell you: A bratwurst on a beautiful bun, Fried fish bites with garlic sauce, Spinach strudel, a bite of seasoned mushrooms, roasted almonds and Ryan and Carrie ate a beautiful fruit strudel with cream.  

There was this cute merry-go-round for the kiddos, and then we entertained them with lollies.

The kids loved these wooden puppet dolls.

Brooks thought this was a reindeer....it was a CHRISTMAS market after all.

Even the booths themselves were so ornate and beautiful, it was quite a sight to see. I'm so glad we were able to make the trek to Cologne to take in all the holiday cheer....and German yummies!!