December Wrap Up

In December we added a new member to our family. Winston.  Winston comes directly to us from the North Pole.  He is a friendly scout elf who reports back to Santa on a nightly basis. 

Each night after returning from the North Pole he repositioned himself within the house.  Ella enjoyed locating him every morning often waking up and saying, "Where is Winston?  Let's go find him."  

One morning we found him swinging from the chandelier.  He must have had a wild night with his elf friends.  Too much egg nog, perhaps.  

I spy Winston.  

Cozy Abby

Ella and mommy made a gingerbread house.  This was great fun and Ella was naive to the fact that she could actually EAT the candy until about 10 minutes into our project.  Once this discovery was made, it was all down hill.

 Cozy sisters.  (Notice the clean floor.)

Christmas Morning Loot

 I heard from the grapevine that Santa bought his roll of wrapping paper from Costco (yes, even Santa shops at Costco) and with all that loot he still did not finish the roll.   Every single present was wrapped with it (it is reversible). Seriously.  Santa LOVES Costco.

Ella's stocking was jam packed with girlie- girl goodies including bracelets, a necklace, headbands, and big girls.

Getting glitzed 

Abby is happy with the old golf club from Target. 

Daddy opening his stocking.  More barbeque gadgets.  

Fancy pants.  

Ella and Abby posing for the camera.  Ella is not so cooperative when it comes to posing for pictures these days.  Occasionally she wants to take a picture holding Abby and that usually means choking her out while I try to locate the camera.  This was a much better option, especially for Abby.

Pretty Abby on her first Christmas.

Dora the Explorer... Seriously, why do kids like this show? I totally get the draw to Sesame Street, but I just do not get Dora.  At all.

I love smocked dresses.  Too bad I did not get a decent picture of the girls in their dresses.  Mommy fail.

Grandma and Pa brought over a big present.  What can it be?

It has a wheel....  At this point Ella had figured it out.  She has such great inferencing skills!

She literally flapped her arms with excitement.

On went the helmet.

A perfect fit!

Five minutes later and we were out the door.

SO proud.

Christmas dinner.

We made a little too much braciole.

Merry First Christmas, Abby!

Ella was already in bed.  She was spent.

 New Christmas clothes... This girl has a hat wardrobe to be envious of..

New Year's Eve at Peacock Lane

Happy New Year!