our little christmas

chris helping santa get things ready

(he said he was looking forward to putting toys together.  maybe next year he’ll get to assemble something with more than two steps)

  

all set and ready for bed.  emilymae got a sneak peek.

(sent chris to the store to get a half dozen latex balloons to tie to her bike.  i was thinking something simple’ 3 red and 3 green or maybe ones with snowflakes on them.  i didn’t give him step by step instructions . . . you can see what he came home with.  well, anabelle loved them and one is still floating around in the living room!)

anabelle has always come to our room once she’s up in the morning.  not this time.  we heard her door open.  i met her in the hallway.  then she turned and ran to the living room and just stood there pointing at all of the presents.

we’d been talking about christmas and it’s meaning.  we’d been reading about saint nicholas and who he was.  we’d been singing jingle bells & rudolph the red nosed reindeer (she calls it the reindeer song).  we’d been counting down the days with an advent calendar and she knew that on day 25 it was christmas . . it was baby jesus’ birthday . . it was the day santa would visit with gifts . . it was the day we would get to open presents together and play!

checking out her balance bike

we knew at least the helmet would be a huge hit.  it stayed on most of the day.

more presents

  

. . . and one for papa

inspired by pinterest, i made anabelle her own abc’s book.  each page and letter is a picture involving anabelle – a is for anabelle, b is for bus, c is for carter, etc.  i am so pleased with how it turned out and love that anabelle likes it!

if you’d like to see the book, click here.

  

  

standard momma picture

  

emilymae and her new amber necklace

after nap we headed to pacific beach for some sunshine and space to ride.  i didn’t realize that only anabelle’s toes were going to reach the ground on her balance bike so for now she’s mostly papa powered.

  

all together – the best!

(emilymae slept the entire outing)

ok, enough riding.  thanks for the help, papa.

  

we decided it would be fun to get an ice cream cone to share.  anabelle took one lick and made a face (that’s sort of what we expected).  once we were half way done, we ate the top of the cone so there was just the ‘handle’ and gave her the rest.  she was not interested in the ice cream.  she turned it upside down and nibbled on the cone for a minute or two and then we were off to ride some more.

me & my littlest one back in milk position

this was our view from the couch.  such a fun day!  i can’t remember the last time the sun was setting and i genuinely felt like i didn’t want the day to end.

merry christmas!