Wednesday, December 23, 2009

here comes a turkey (and santa claus)

(wow, just went ahead with the layout that blogger chose for these photos after 2 attempts to change it...)

here is amalea's idea of a thanksgiving turkey - a tangerine turkey!




amalea continued in the artistic mode and made fall leaf and turkey mobiles to get all in the festive mood.




then we were whisked off to the north pole, conveniently made available right here in huntley, illinois for the day.


















at the top of the earth we met with santa. isabel did not sit on santa's lap (notice her body angled as far away from him as possible, with only the sole of her shoe in actual contact with the jolly old elf), but here she is with the rapt attention of all on her as she asked for a "pink princess, and a blue princess, and a purple princess, ...".