THE TABOR TIMES

  Last Saturday, the 3 of us went to the Foster Care Christmas party for my work. It's an awesome time for the foster kids to get their faces painted, make Christmas crafts, eat lots of good food, and have their picture made with Santa. Ryan and I were the "photographers" for the event, which was a lot of fun. The kids really had a good time. It's so sweet to see their faces light up when they see Santa walk in the room! We also had a special visit from Buddy the Elf, which the kids thought was great! And thanks to the generosity of so many people in Atlanta, each foster parent took home a huge bag filled with toys for each child for Christmas morning. People were so generous! To top off the festivities, Kendall got her first picture with Santa! From the moment I handed her off, she just stared at him. No smiling, no crying - but lots of furrowed brow goodness (of course!). Towards the end of the picture taking, she reached up to touch his beard. She was wondering ...

Last night, while we were getting Kendall ready for bed, Ryan was changing out the diaper genie and Kendall was intently staring at him. As soon as he looked up at her, she just died laughing. It was the cutest thing, and luckily I got some of it on video! She hasn't laughed like this very much, so we are just loving hearing her giggles. They did this over and over and Kendall laughed so hard every time.  She thinks Ryan is SO funny and he is just eating it up! Tonight she laughed really hard every time he ate his celery and said, "Crunch, crunch crunch". This girl is easy to please! (Sorry for the sometimes crazy motions with the camera, I had to put it behind my shoulder several times so that she would ignore me and look at Ryan.)

On the Saturday after Thanksgiving, we went to pick out our Christmas tree. Since Kendall isn't old enough this year to enjoy a hay ride, apple cider, and all that a tree farm has to offer, we decided to just stick to our usual plan and go pick a tree out at Home Depot. We picked the first tree we looked at, and it didn't disappoint! Aunt Lauren went with us to help document Kendall's first Christmas tree experience. Family pic Kendall and Aunt Lauren Very serious about picking out a tree! I'm not sure what I think about her already making this face when I kiss her! Isn't she too young for that? Haha.