Lil' Tagger

Since Mila is currently really into markers and crafts, Mommy thought it would be fun to let her decorate the name tags for all of our Christmas gifts...

She worked really hard turning blank address labels into

abstract works of modern art!

"How many more, Mommy? I'm pooped!"

Cookie Monsters

Mila went to her friend Saya's house to decorate Christmas cookies!

The girls loved spreading the icing and the sprinkles were a big hit...

Saya took advantage of the situation and ate as many cookies as her Mommy would allow, but Mila didn't want one bite! Mommy tried to show her they were yummy--yeah, that's what she was doing when she had her third one ;) --but Mila took it all very seriously and just looked at her like, "Why would I want to eat my art project, silly?"

Here are a few of her finished beauties:

Happy Holidays with Grandma

Grandma Lynn came to visit Mila last week and brought with her wonderful presents and yummy almond and meringue cookies :)

Mila fell asleep right before we dropped Grandma off at the airport and the first word out of her mouth when she woke up at home was "Gamma?" She misses her already!

Bookworm

Today Mila and Mommy went to the Bucktown library for the first time. Mila seemed drawn to the biggest books on the shelf.

We read the first few pages of a dozen different books, with so many choices around her it was hard for our little wiggle worm to concentrate on a full story, but we both had a great time.