Christmas 2008

Christmas Eve



for Santa


Christmas Day



Ellie only asked for a "super duper fire truck!" so she got a fire scooter and Josie got the ride-in fire truck.


Josie's favorite gift was a puzzle...


and Ellie really liked Josie's fire truck.


Here we are at Grandma and Grandpa's Christmas evening.


Presents with Mamaw and Papaw on the 27th.


Presents with Nana yesterday.


Rocking chair from Great Grandma

It was a wonderful Christmas for all of us in 2008. We just wrapped up the season yesterday and had two final Christmases- one being with the girls' 100 year old Great Grandma! We are so blessed to have so much wonderful family to spend the holidays with.

Merry Christmas!

Gingerbread House

Today I gave Ellie an early Christmas present to keep her busy while I wrapped presents during Josie's nap time. It was a little magnetic set with lots of different shapes. I wasn't even in the basement but a few minutes when she was already calling for me to show me a "surprise." This is what she made:



She has been writing her name since she was two but I thought this was cute and creative!

Christmas Dance Recital

Ellie did great!





waiting...



third from left
(I only had my regular camera so a few seconds are missing from when I changed it to zoom in.)



practice

Getting Ready for Christmas

decorating the tree


Josie


new ice skate stockings


Santa visit!


Ellie with carolers at the mall. She loved them!



from Ellie

Best Friends

(These pictures all seem a little dark or blurry but I still wanted to share them. I rarely get pictures of them playing together or hugging so I'm happy to have these.)

Their friendship is really growing!

Ellie's Eyes

In my last post is a picture of Ellie's beautiful eyes. I mentioned how they sometimes look so green so I wanted to be sure and capture then on camera the next time they looked that way. Here is another picture from a few days ago, taken in the same light, and completely untouched. It amazes me!

This Morning

Here are some cute pictures/video of the girls from this morning.


Ellie's eyes- bright blue today! (Some days they look so green...)


Josie's big brown eyes


giving each other kisses


If there is music playing, then there is always dancing!

Princess Party

Princesses Ellie and Sara at Sara's birthday party. Happy Birthday Sara!

Happy Thanksgiving!

The whole family has been hit with some bug so we have all been either sick or taking care of someone who was sick (or both!) the last couple of weeks. That's why there have not been any updates recently. Everyone seems to finally be on the mend so thank goodness for that.
Because of all the sickness going on, we ended up just staying home for Thanksgiving. It was actually nice because Eric and Ellie were able to make a super yummy vegan feast. We had all the traditional Thanksgiving fixings- just veganized. Make fun of our Tofurkey all you want, but it is delicious!! :)


making pumpkin pie


Grandma and Grandpa braved the sickness to stop for a quick visit and took this. We actually have very few family pictures so I am thankful for this.


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An Awwwww... Moment

You want to hear just how sweet Ellie is? When I asked her what she was thankful for, all she named were family members and friends! She just started naming everyone, starting with Josie and Charlie. :) I was expecting her to name things and instead she just named people!
And so then, I asked if there was anything else she was thankful for besides a person and you know what she said?

Love.

And when I asked if there was anything else, she said

All of our hearts.

And as if she hadn't melted my heart enough yet, she then said

And you know what else makes me smile? A great big hug and kiss!

And she threw her little arms around my neck in a big hug. It just doesn't get any sweeter...


I am so thankful for my family!!!




Here we all are...including Charlie this time :)

Catching Up

Here are a few more miscellaneous pictures and videos that I thought I would share.


Ellie pretending to "eat" Josie's fingers...always makes her laugh!



a really cool ship that Ellie built with Tinkertoys.



A couple pictures Ellie colored of her new love: Strawberry Shortcake


Ellie playing Mary Had a Little Lamb without the music.



A cute little tap dance by Ellie while dressed as Fancy Nancy.



The girls having fun in their boat.



Josie on Ellie's big wheel and calling for her to show her. She says Ellie like Eh-eeee.



Josie playing "peek-a-boo" after we saw a toy that said it.

Rain Fun

Ellie wanted to go out with me to brush Charlie yesterday while it was raining. I said no at first but then she came out of the mudroom with her rain boots on (over her pajamas...so cute) and I realized that a little rain couldn't hurt her! Of course I brought the camera...




brushing Charlie


looking for puddles out front


singing in the rain :)