Christmas 2011 was yet another wonderful one for us. It was definitely the best one to date since enjoying it with kids. It's so fun now that they're both at the ages where they get so excited about it, Ava especially. She was very excited all season about Santa ... visiting him, what he was going to bring her, where he lives, how it gets in our house, baking him cookies, putting cookies and milk out for him and magic dust and carrots out for the reindeer, etc. Liam liked Santa from a distance but definitely enjoyed the gifts he brought!
Ava did indeed receive her much desired princess phone, camera and Pocahontas Barbie, although Santa tipped Grandma and Grandma off about the camera and Barbie! ;) We gave the kids their very own little chairs and they use those constantly to read, play (today they lined them up and play 'bus' with them ... Ava the driver and Liam her lone passenger!), and watch movies. Liam's favorite gifts include trains and a train table and MN Wild (soft!) hockey stick and puck. Ava's favorites are "the" phone, camera and her very own Starbuck's gift card to go and get hot chocolate!!
Two funny memories from the weekend are quotes from Ava ... one happened after Ava received a backpack shaped as a monkey for a gift. With the group of family watching, she put it on and said, "I have a monkey on my back!" It was so innocent, so cute and SO funny! And she got SO embarrassed when we all laughed! The second happened while the kids were watching a movie in the car as we drove from one gathering to another; this is a very special treat for the kids as it only happens on 'long' car rides. As the movie started, Ava said, "I can't hear, can you please turn the freeway down?" Ha! :)
We are also so lucky that it works out for us to spend time with both of our families over Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. We went to four gatherings those two days alone! But the kids did great and had so much fun seeing family, opening gifts and we thoroughly enjoyed watching every second of it.
I have always been known to take way too many pictures, but now it's even worse with my new, fun, fancy camera! My Christmas post is so tardy this year because it took me so long to sort through and choose my favorite photos! I couldn't leave many of them out, so I put together a little slide show ... Merry Christmas to all!
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