I can’t believe Gigi is five years old.  Also: more presents!

Thanks, Grandma Penny!  The girls really wanted this game.

Operation!

Rapunzel dress-up!

Princess cake!

Catie licks the icing off the princess scepter.

Roland and Dixon get crazy!

Sugar for all!

After filling the kids with sugar, the kids all went out and played with our growing ride toy collection.  You can’t see it in this picture, but we had a whole crazy group riding bikes, scooters, tricycles and toy cars.  It was a beautiful day and really fun.  Happy birthday, Gigi!

Note to my East Coast friends: this is what December looks like in my neighborhood.

The girls were pretty excited to get a taste of this princess cake.

We had birthday cake at Gigi’s school.  It was really fun.  Catie was in heaven hanging out with the big kids, too.

Merry Christmas!

Catie sees the world through present-colored glasses.

Deer in headlights.

Hungry hungry hippos!

Presents!

More presents!

Crazy amounts of presents!

And Grandpa!  (Thanks for visiting, Dad.)

It was so fun to watch Gigi’s Pre-K Christmas concert this year.

Santa gave us a surprise visit here in Pasadena on Christmas Eve.  Gigi was thrilled.

Catie slept through it, but we took this photo so she’d know that it really happened.

Catie performs at her school Christmas concert.

Gigi eats a cookie in the audience.

She’s singing “ho ho ho”.

Gigi evaluates the performance.

Santa brought presents for the performers (and Gigi) after the show.  The girls got little bears that you can draw on.

Catie and Teacher Aly after the show.

Catie loves her new bike.

Even though Gigi’s bike is two years old, Catie is still too small for it.  So we had to buy an even tinier bike for her.  Which is one way to make sure you get new toys and not hand-me-downs for your birthday.  Go, little sister, go!

I love this photo.  And the girls in it.