Christmas DAY!

We celebrated Christmas all day since Madelyn wanted to play with all her toys instead of opening presents.  Her favorite gift was from Santa. It was a table just her size. She loved it, and we enjoyed Christmas breakfast at it with her.  Her next favorite gift was a broom and dustpan.  She loves the table and always wants us to come sit with her at it.   We had a random day of playing with her toys and going outside because she insisted on it to pick up dog poop but it was fun to not have any plans and stay home and play together. Here are some pictures from our day.

Santa's big gift: A table and chairs for Madelyn

Deep in Thought.

Bad thing about the table is Leia can reach it and the food on it!

Merry Christmas from Preta (he enjoyed the view from up high)

Very happy with her table.

Admiring her broom.

Time to sweep

After opening the broom, she ran to the other room and sat down at her tree.

Breakfast at the table :)

Madelyn was our bow collector

Convincing her to open more gifts between watching out the window and reading books

I love when they are looking out the window together!

Preta hiding under the Christmas tree

She'd rather read her books than open more presents

Teaching Madelyn to bowl

Bowling consisted of her touching the pins with the ball to knock them down--it was very cute.

Helping add garlic to the beef roast

Loving her guacamole while showing off her leggings (aka mommy's socks)

She decided by herself that she wanted to go rake

Our first fire

Picking up poop on Christmas--this is what she wanted to do!

She got some!

Enjoying tea with Daddy!

Christmas Eve

We celebrated Christmas Eve with my family in our traditional fashion with 4 o'clock children's service (no candles) & pizza from Little Italian. Then it was on to opening lots of gifts.  Madelyn wasn't really into the gift opening but liked playing with her toys and watching everyone else. She also got really tired around 7 pm so we quickly finished her gifts and left.

Checking the Manger

How Madelyn likes to sing Silent Night

First Gift

Shape Sorting Cupcakes-Madelyn loved them!

Roasting a fire with Juliana & Connor's Camping set

I'm tired!

Time for the big gift from Aunt Beth to wake her back up!

Two Babies!!

She loves them and gives them lots of hugs!

Brian's big gift was also a hit with the kids--two bike tires!

Christmas with the Cousins

We got together with my cousins the Saturday before Christmas. It was especially good to see Chris  back from Lebanon and Nathan & Ida back from California. We missed Andrea & David and their three kids.  Here are some cute photos of the kids. I should have taken a family photo!  My aunt Laura got the kiddos fleece blankets for Christmas and they loved playing "night-night" on them.

Juliana and Madelyn playing the piano

Teaching Madelyn about fire

Best one I could get!

Madelyn's pony tail!

Madelyn (17 months) & Connor (2 years)

Night-Night!

Our Little Ham

Madelyn has been really into taking photos lately. She loves saying "cheese" which unfortunately usually turns out as a really "cheesy" picture. Oh well. Enjoy our little ham.

 

Making Rice Krispie Treats for Madelyn's Teachers

Madelyn helped me make rice krispie treats for her teachers. She had a blast but of course liked eating it the best :)  Luckily I was able to make the ones for her teachers before she started helping.

Stirring marshmallows while I stirred them on the stove

Mixing in the massive amount of sprinkles she dumped out!

Patting them down to cut out stars.