Best photo of the season so far. Hands down.

Sure-- I'll just throw her on Santa's lap- no problem :)

Harrison's first ice skating- at Reston town center

Such a fun day! New family tradition for sure.

Carter didn't care about skating she just wanted to practice new found walking skills 

seriously worst expression ever. What is up with my face? 

After a couple of times around harrison was ready to (slowly) go it alone without daddy's hand. I though he would have more trouble with this then he did, frankly.  

I insisted on a family picture. Harrison did NOT want to do it and we basically forced him (hence the cowering in the back). Totally worth it because this one is goin on the christmas card :) 

Sometimes carter thinks it's funny to throw herself down like this. She's right.  

watching the zamboni was almost as a good as skating 

slightly improved expression 

Seriously. How cute are little tiny ice skates??

After skating we had some lunch at a chinese/thai place. I got yummy yellow curry which carter happily gobbled up. She loves to eat anything. As long as it is on mommy or daddy's plate (if it's not the aforementioned bread, cheese, frozen blueberries only rule applies).  

Purged

This morning I broke down and cleaned the last of Harrison's 3t clothes (they fit but the pants are definitely too short and shirts are a but small) and Carter's 9 month clothes (ha!! like she can wear those) out of their dressers. Some thoughts on this endeavor:

1) Heidi thank you thank you for all of the hand me downs from your sister that have been the majority of Harrison's clothes for the last 2 years. Huge blessing.
2) I wanted to get rid of Carter's 12 month stuff too but that would leave her with one outfit, Harrison's old Jammies, and 3 pairs of Harrison old pants. How does this girl grow so fast??? In the future I will make it my goal in life to throw baby showers for women (like me) having a second different gendered kid who insist they don't need a shower (you do!!! Trust me!!!)
3) advice to new parents: buy dark colored clothing-- the light stuff gets ruined SO much easier.
4) as much as you think you don't want to buy too many baby clothes because they grow out of them too fast, the desire for a cute child and to not be doing laundry constantly will probably win out. I'm learning to accept this.

All for now :)