Emmie is so intent on using her computer that she has no idea Molly is about to give her a trim.

Grampa was appointed head book reader at bed time.

Emmie was insistent on having a flower party, so Aunt ‘Chelle got creative with the flower theme.

Naturally, Molly and Leah were eager to assist with the present opening.

Time for cake!

It was finger lick in’ good!

Leah took a quick break from the party festivities to assemble the alphabet with G’mom.

Emmie also got a kite, which was then of course flown. Apparently it’s just as much fun to run after someone flying a kite as it is to fly it yourself.

Molly flying with Tate chasing. An image of timeless childhood.

Leah thought the flower balloons needed a bit of love.

The girls were finally all together to wear the Christmas jammies I made them. It was like Christmas Eve in January.

Emmie may be one of the few kids her age that knows what a chalkboard is. For those who don’t, it’s an upright display you write on with chalk while you stick out your tongue.

Baby rings can turn into steering wheels when you get older.

And the post the baby ring comes from can become a microphone.

My aunt made Leah’s new quilt. Molly noticed that the fabric matched the valance I made a few months ago. Nice observation kiddo!

Like I did for Molly, I painted Leah’s letters to match her new room.

Here’s the completed room, using Chad’s new ultra-wide lens to capture all four walls.

I kept thinking that we were transitioning Leah much earlier this time. Turns out, Molly was actually 1 day younger when we transitioned her.

The first night went great, except that Chad accidentally set the alarm when resetting the clock and it went off at midnight! Thankfully she went right back to sleep.

And both girls are sticklers when it comes to routine, so we’ve had to work through a few issues like the new step stool at the end of Leah’s bed and the new lamp on her dresser. Funny enough, the new bed has been welcomed with lots of smiles and bouncing fun.

She knew exactly how to freeze after jumping on the tumble track.

Leah was only willing to get in the foam pit once. After that, she was happy to play with the blocks from the side.

Hmm, might not be the best snack idea.

But really, who needs a class when you’ve got these great moves?

I also made one as a birthday gift for Molly’s friend, Taryn, since she takes ballet too.

And that concludes this year’s handmade holiday gifts. In case you missed any, here is a recap.

Ruffled romper
Spring buttercup bag
Roll-up totes
Kid’s floor cushions
Christmas jammies
Casserole carrier
Quilted wine tote

On Christmas morning, Chad took video of the girls opening their stockings. The girls also enjoyed playing with their new toys.

When wearing one particular pair of jammies, Leah always calls herself Dr. Leah. So, when I saw this doctor kit at a consignment sale, she knew it’d be perfect!

Whenever Leah was opening a present and Molly wanted to open it, Molly would tell Leah they should use teamwork. She figured out this was a way to get to open someone else’s present without being told to back off since it was someone else’s turn.

Here’s Molly opening some books from G’Mom and Grampa while sitting on her new floor cushion.

Over at Grams and Pop’s, Molly was nice enough to push Leah in the rocking chair before they did a little dancing around. Watch that video here.

Leah got some wings and a tutu of her own from Aunt Caroline, which she of course loves. And we love that the girls are no longer fighting over the one set we had before.

Molly, Leah, and Aunt Caroline had fun playing with some fairies (specifically Tinkerbell, Vidia, Rosetta, and Silvermist).

We had Christmas crackers before lunch, a tradition Chad’s family picked up when living in England. As always, they include crowns which we all don for the meal.

Aunt Caroline and Aunt EA played Mario Kart with Molly for the first time (as well as some other Wii games). She did ok, though Molly does much better with the Kinect as she’s not used to the abstraction of the controller.

The girls had fun playing with their Aunts all day. Here Aunt EA and Leah had to wake up the sleeping (not really) Molly. On the count of 3, say cock-a-doodle-do!

The girls were super excited to wear them on Christmas Eve.

In addition to making jammies for my girls, I made a nightgown for Emmie and sent it in the mail to surprise her. When she received it, I got a sweet phone call thanking me and she immediately wore it for her nap!

My girls love theirs! They sit on them to watch movies, and have been seen bouncing off of them once or twice too.