Sparkle

In Santa Clarita, we may not have white Christmases, but we do have bright, twinkly ones. It's a big thing here to go around looking at streets where residents go all out in decorating with lights, animatronic reindeer and assorted seasonal eye candy. On Sunday evening we showed Cora (shown here in our new carrier, which also works as a backpack carrier). She loved it!

Since we're leaving this week for England, we exchanged gifts with my parents and sister on Saturday.





Cora liked her new toys, and today entertained herself (and me) by throwing the rings nearly out of her reach, then getting them and throwing them again. She also is enjoying her newfound creeping/crawling ability. We've put Somer's food bowls up on the counter, as Cora kept going straight for the water bowl. She also likes playing with doors and drawers. She can spend many minutes swinging the doors to her room open, shut, open, shut.
Just a couple of days before we board the big plane! We're all getting very excited, and I have a mental list a mile long of things to remember to do.