Christmas 2010-Pictures by Emma

A Budding Photographer

Christmas 2010-Cousin Love

We drove down to PA for the day to visit with my family.

Emma and Great Grandma ("Nana")

The only pic I got of the old bird and

I didn't even get a pic of grandpa Walt (boo!)

Mady, Dan, Emma and Kiley

All three take a turn in rocking chair that Great Grandma

has had since SHE was a little girl!

Emma's turn

Wurk it girl (Gi-Gi)

You literally cannot catch this kid being naughty

on the camera. As soon as she sees you taking a picture

smiles and strikes a pose...even when mad!

the funniest, sweetest, sassiest kid ever

Learning to coexist (these two may have irreconcilable differences)

Attempt to get all 3 to smile-Take One

Attempt to get all 3 to smile-Take Two

Attempt to get all 3 to smile-Take Three (and I give up)

(way to go GiGi-the only consistent one)

Me and my sissie. I seriously love this girl!

Can you believe we used to fight like cats and dog

(I'm talking hair pulling and scratching until we were

both nearly 20) It's a Robinson Thing :)

Christmas 2010-Christmas Morning at the Riggs'

Scooter Time

Santa was good to everyone

Emma's baby cradle, mattress, pillow and

blanket that Nanny and Bubba made

"I want to open the ALLLLL"

"Santa" (aka Nanny) knows the value of a dollar

Christmas 2010-The Snow Princess, her Nanny, and her Best Friend

We can always count on Cleveland, NY to provide us with glorious snow! Lessons learned from this outing:

Yellow snow is yucky. Daisy makes yellow snow.

Christmas 2010 Pics

The Pink Guitar

Early Christmas at home....

The ONE thing she did ask Santa for....

SERIOUSLY feelin' the groove

Emma loves Santa

30 minutes standing in line

Emma: "I don't want to see him, mom. He is a scary guy"

After walking around the store (see post below)

Emma: "I want to sit on Santa's lap!!" (she jumped right into his lap)

After 60 more minutes of waiting, entertaining and desperately avoiding tantrums Emma gets to see Santa! She forgot to tell him what she wanted because she was concerned the elf was stuck in the window (because there were two legs hanging out). All she could say was "Santa, he's stuck!" She seems confused about people wanting her to smile while there was a poor elf's life hanging by a thread.... She cried after we left (she kept trying to go back to him) because she didn't get a chance to tell him she wanted a pink guitar. I assured her that he already knew and then texted Dan to go buy one :)