Christmas

I am slow at posting this years Christmas pictures. I am lame, I know! We had a great Christmas full of Disney Princess paraphernalia and pink. Poor Rob. These two cute girls have been playing for days so Santa did a good job, if I do say so myself.

They got matching Dora pj's on Christmas Eve.

Moments after this super cute photo was taken there was a horrible cracking sound. You know the kind that makes you think the earth was opening up to swallow you. The cracking was this:

Our sliding glass door must have been hit by a bird or something. We were looking at our cute kids so we have no idea what caused it. Of course it happend at almost 6PM on Christmas Eve but we were able to find a company that is 24/7 glass repair. Merry Christmas to us!

Charlotte got up at 4:45AM on Christmas morning which of course I loved(no way). I kept her away from the tree until a little after 7AM when I decided Elaine needed to get up and get the day started. When Elaine got to the tree her eyes went right to this beauty

All she wanted was a bike and Santa made a good choice. It took her several minutes to even want to open any other toys because she was just sitting on the bike. She did not know how to ride it yet but she loved just sitting there. When she finally realized the room was full of other stuff the craziness got started. Elaine wanted to open every present no matter who it was for. Charlotte was happy to watch Elaine tear through the paper as long as she got a chance to see what was inside.

 

We had a great day and hope you did too!

That's My Girl

On Sunday morning when Elaine got up she wanted to go right outside. She had Rob set up this lounge chair for her. Then she asked for a cup of water with ice and a blanket. When asked what are you doing, this was her reply: "I am waiting for the sunshine to come out so I can get a tan." It didn't matter that it was 7:30AM, in the 40's and overcast, she was prepared to wait as long as it took. She is mine!

Santa, I've got your number

I would like to thank the genius who created the naughty list. They have made my life a little easier while making my 4 year old much more eager to help out. Today Elaine was struggling with listening/cleaning up/helping. My threats of the naughty list were not enough to get her back on track so I had to break out the big guns. I called Santa Claus himself. I told him that she did not need any gifts because she was being bad. She very quickly started trying to make for her bad behavior and when she was done doing everything I needed her to do she first asked if she was off the list and then wanted to know how I knew Santa's phone number. I gave the standard answer, "all mom's know his number" and we went on with our day. I am one of those parents now. I feel like I have joined a new club.

Oh Christmas Tree

This is a girl who loves Christmas. She especially loves the tree. She loves it so much that it is common for us (Charlotte and I) to get up a little after 5AM so we can sit and stare at the lights. Her idea, not mine.

The girls have their own little tree which they meticulously decorate almost every day.

She has the expectation that the lights will be on the tree all day. If I turn it off she will say "tree please" which is so cute that I turn it off sometimes just to hear her say it.

Must be Santa

The hospital where I had both the girls has an active group for all families of NICU babies. We had a chance yesterday to attend the event starring Santa Claus. Elaine was very excited. Charlotte was excited until we got there and saw Santa Claus. They crafted and played games. Elaine sat on Santa's lap while Charlotte would not even look at him despite his best efforts of winning her over. Because Charlotte was so opposed to the idea of sitting on his lap Santa invited me to sit down. After yesterday I can say that I am not a fan of sitting on the Big Guy's lap. Awkward is my description of that moment.