Gettin' Ready for Xmas

We received some cute red clothes for Christmas from Gma  (thank you!!), so I thought we should take some pictures and show them off.  Notice Maya is wearing neon green socks because 'they're Christmas colors'.   

Little Hanna was taken with this red present ornament.  She kept trying to unwrap it, which is really cute because big sister did the exact same thing when she was two :)

 Hanna tried to put the present on like a sock.  I have no idea why!

I just love taking pictures of little kids.  You can never get them to do what you want, but the results are still cute.

This is my favorite.  Those are the smiles of two sisters who really love each other :)

Maya wanted to hold Hanna, but Hanna wasn't really all about it.

We took a trip up to Taipei this past Sunday to visit the Regent Hotel.  It's the only place I'm aware of in Taiwan that has pictures with Santa, and it has the added bonus of having the largest indoor Christmas tree in Taiwan.  Here's the side entrance:  

And, voila!  The tree!  Not bad, eh?

Santa and his sleigh were positioned at the foot of the tree, and there was a short line of people waiting for pictures.  When Maya saw Santa she backed away and said, "I'm shy."  I told her that I would be going with her and Hanna, and she could sit on the opposite side of Santa, but she wouldn't join us. 

So, here's our very first picture with Santa:

Actually, this isn't the photo they took for us at the hotel.  This is a picture Thomas took with our camera.  And thank goodness because the picture they took is just, well...I'll post it later and you'll see.

Trust me this one is better.

The hotel had a shopping mall downstairs that had some nice decorations.  Maya loved the train.

And I have no idea why these are displayed during Christmas time.  My guess is that they are paper airplanes?  The girls really liked them, especially since their outfits matched the color perfectly.

They thought it was so funny that they were 'camouflaged' and we couldn't see them.

Maya was trying to kiss Hanna, and Hanna just laughed and wiggled away.

Yes.  The table is a pig.  A black pig almost the same height as Hanna.  And it's wearing mis-matched socks.  Here she's turning around to check it out.

And walking away smiling about it.

Thomas took Hanna out shopping with him later that evening (I know. I can't believe it, either!), so I asked Maya if she'd like to take some more Christmas pictures.  We had fun :)

I have about 7 pictures of her in this pose.  She just thought it was so funny to put her hand up to her chin and say, "Ho! Ho! Ho!"

Mom busted out the jumbo container of mini candy canes.  Maya was so excited she even made a candy cane angel in them :)