Christmas

I am sorry I am so slow at posting all our Christmas Pics. Daniel got me Photo shop Elements and I couldn't help but play with the pics before posting. Here are some of the best.

Christmas Eve...pajamas! (I decided on Friday before Christmas that the girls needed pajamas so a made them that day. Eliza is a little short but she loved her 'pretty dress.')
Christmas Morning...treats! (Whenever we would ask Eliza what she wanted Santa to bring the answer was always...TREATS!)My Family Gift Exchange...Jessica had us! She made our family matching pajamas and made the girls each a doll with matching pajamas too.Eliza was thrilled to get another 'pretty dress' and Liesel twirled and twirled with her new baby!The BIG Gift...the dollhouse. We gave the girls a dollhouse for Christmas this year. They love the parts that make noise as you can see from the picture below. Eliza really enjoys moving the people from room to room and playing house. Liesel however wants to climb in the house or sit on the furniture. She gets a little frustrated when she doesn't fit.Our Family Gift Exchange...Daniel had me (of course). He made me this great shelf to go in our entry to hang coats and keys on. He did it all by himself and I think it turned out great!
I had Daniel. I made him a scrapbook "What we love about Dad!" I think it turned out pretty good.
The girls had each other and they made themselves matching sweaters. Look for a picture soon.

Other Gifts...Dolls from Gma Nancy...Shirts from Great-Gma Patsy...aprons from Gma Jones...and a great big box of fun from Papa Tom.
Thanks everyone for your great gifts. We had a wonderful Christmas!

Christmas Dresses

Since today was 'Christmas Sunday' the girls got to wear their new Christmas dresses from Grandma Nancy. The only way we could get Eliza to eat her breakfast this morning was to show her her 'pretty dress' and tell her she had to eat if she wanted to wear it to Church. When she got it on she twirled and twirled and couldn't wait to show her babysitter Kaia when we got to church. Liesel loved her dress too but some how got the front decorative bow untied and I can't quite figure out how to fix it. Sigh. The dresses were a huge hit though. Thanks again Grandma Nancy.

Snow

It snowed here yesterday and boy have we loved it. Eliza opened the front door and stuck her finger in the snow and had to run and show me. When I told her to eat it her eyes lit up and she ran to get more. All treats at our house come in measuring cups and snow is no exception.
Who knew snow could be as much fun in the house as out.
Happy Winter Everyone!

Our Gingerbread House

This Christmas we made a paper chain of the days left until Christmas and on each day there is some fun activity to do to celebrate. Yesterday's activity was decorating a gingerbread house. Eliza was a huge help and loved every minute. Liesel's favorite part was when Eliza opened the bag of 'treats' and candy went flying everywhere. Liesel was walking around and crawling underneath the table from that point on.
By the time we were done the roof was starting to sag under all the weight and the whole thing fell apart right after these pictures.
Oh well, at least we tried. Next year we decided we will hot glue the house together and use the icing as decoration. Just a hit for anyone still planning on building their own this year.

Oh Christmas Tree...

Tonight we decorated our Christmas Tree for family home evening. Isn't it beautiful?We were going to go cut one down like we have done in the past but being 7 1/2 months pregnant and having two kids that probably wouldn't walk more than 30 feet in snow, we opted for the 10 minute drive to Home Depot and the 8 ft noble fur.
I told Eliza that we would put lights on the tree when dad got home from work today. So as soon as she heard his car pull into the garage she was out the door and in his arms saying "Lights on Christmas tree daddy?"
The girls loved plugging the lights in and seeing them light up. Liesel would laugh every time. And they loved the balls and candy canes. We learned right away that shatter proof ornaments are a brilliant invention and that anything edible needs to be at least 4 ft off the ground. It was a great night. Merry Christmas everyone! We hope you have a marvelous holiday season!