Last Christmas...

(This is one of my favorite pictures for many reasons. 1) My sister and I are SO stylin' 2) I have the chubbiest cheek smile going on and 3) Apparently at this point in the Christmas festivities I decided that I was going to sit in the new stroller for my baby... if you look closely you can see that I am sitting on top of the baby.) Yep, the baby doll mother of the year award goes to me!

I think it's funny some of the things that we carry over from our childhood. For me it is the little things, like Stella D'oro breakfast treats when my stomach is upset (this was my mom's cure-all treatment for an upset stomach), coordinating pajama's for my mom, sister and I at the holidays, and lyrics to songs. Lyrics to songs?? What? Did you read that right? Yep, I find that since I was little I have never questioned 5 year old Katie's translations of songs, which leads to some pretty funny mix-ups. My all time favorite is associated with a Christmas classic, Wham's "Last Christmas."

And yes, I do think that it is a classic. I think that another thing I carried over from my childhood is my taste in Christmas music. Little Katie enjoyed all songs that had enough of a beat to allow me to run around the house "dancing" and trying to get my cat to dance with me. We had this fantastic layout when I was little where there was basically a track through the middle of the house. You could start running in the living room, go through the kitchen, the dinning room and the foyer and end up back in the living room. Lucky for my parents I did this quite often and for quite long periods of time. I am sure they enjoyed it.

Anyways, back to Wham. At some point during the holiday season last year I stopped to actually listen to the words as opposed to mindlessly repeating what I have had stored away in my brain and I realized that I had made a mistake in my 5 year old translation. The part of the song that actually goes, "This year, to save me from tears, I'll give it to someone special," I had, up until last year, sung along singing "This year, to semi frontiers..." What? To semi frontiers?!?!? Yeah, I can't explain my reasoning, that would require a time machine, but I bet I would have a pretty good explanation.

Since this discovery, I have started to pay a bit more attention to the songs I am singing and have found some other funny gems (I think everyone should pay close attention to Lily Allen's "Not Fair." It was huge this summer in Italy, and I am guessing they didn't really get the translation either, or there would have been more laughs.).

Here are a few of the Ogden girl Christmas photo classics to brighten up your Christmas week:

I can't explain what we are doing here. We are on the mantle (which was also our "stage") and I suppose I was so incredibly happy with something that I needed to use my hands to get the most out of my smile. Perhaps I was super excited about my little house on the prairie dress? I hope not. (the haircut will have to be explained at another time)

I include this photo not only to show off my awesome wheels, but to also showcase my sister's range of smiles. For those of you that are not experts in the translation of Kelly smiles, this one is a hybrid between "you caught me doing something I wasn't supposed to be doing" and "I am still contemplating how to finish what it was you caught me doing." The worried look on my face makes me worry for what happens next. :-) Just kidding Kelly!

This is a testament to my ability to spot the creepy guys in places. I guess it was a talent I picked up early, I mean look at that Santa's face... Creepy!! Also, my mom is rocking the Farrah Fawcett hair! Bravo mom!

Every Christmas that included My Little Pony's as a gift is worth a cheesy smile! :-)

This is, by far, my favorite Christmas picture ever! It is photographic evidence of "we woke up too early and have hit a wall". I can almost hear my parents giggling as they took this.

This may not be "Christmas" (however, the inclusion of a sweatshirt does mean we were in the "cold season" in Florida), but this is one of my favorite pictures of Kelly and I, and it gives you a visual of the kitchen to dining room turn of my "track" that I mentioned earlier.

And we end with a sweet one. My sister and I on our first Christmas together. And yes, we are wearing matching dresses... as a matter of fact we decided to revive that tradition this year, so if you see us on Christmas Eve take notice! (we did decide to opt for different colors of the same dress, but it still counts!)

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!! STAY SAFE!