Both kids chose to wear their Santa-esque finery today, making this the third year wearing these outfits. (Did you ever see my Jingle Bells movie of the kiddos from 2 years ago? We know how to do festive at our house.)
Clearly, I have a thing for the Santa-style garments. I always loved wearing a Santa hat on Christmas morning, if one was available. (With all our moves, we didn’t always have the same things each Christmas.) I remember really wanting to get myself a red velvet dress with white furry trim, but that has yet to happen. Instead, I live vicariously through my children.
Christmas Day, 2011: Theo, age 3 years 4 months and Phoebe, age 5 years 10 months.
Christmas Day, 2010: Theo, age 2 years 4 months, and Phoebe, 4 years 10 months
Christmas Day, 2009: Phoebe, 3 years 10 months and Theo, 1 year 4 months.
Christmas Day, 2008: Phoebe, age 2 years, 10 months.
Christmas Day, 2008: Theo, age 4 months.
Christmas Eve, 2008: Phoebe, age 2 years, 10 months.
Christmas Eve Eve Eve or so, 2007: Phoebe, age 1 year, 10 months.
Christmas Day, 2006: Phoebe, age 10 months. No Santa hat, but a festive bow.
It seems highly unlikely that the current outfits will fit another year. Who knows what the kids will want to wear next Christmas. (A few weeks ago, Theo proclaimed that he wanted to be Einstein for Christmas this year, but we didn’t come through with the costume for him. He’d be pretty cute in a wild wig and bushy white mustache, though…)
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Your kids are so cute! and what great, festive outfits!
I especially like the idea of Christmas as a second Halloween. Theo as Einstein! That would be hilarious!
So unbelievably adorable! Merry Xmas, dear Alejna and family!
I love these pictures! And yes, I “secretly” long for a red velvet dress and white trims too. :-) Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. Happy New Year!!!!
Seriously adorable!
SO cute!! :) Loved watching them shrink back to their former selves.
Lovely! What Christmas should be.
I once had a red velvet dress with a white lace collar. I was 8, I think, and my mother made it. The collar was detachable, so that I could eat without my mother hyperventilating. Loved that dress! May Santa bring you one next year.
I have an urge to hit after holiday sale racks and send you a truckload of Christmas garb. Maybe next year we should have a Christmas sweater contest?
adorable. no outfit would last 3 years on the may queen. yikes.
Theo as Einstein would be awesome! He’s brilliant! :)