Christmas was a joyous day. I had to work the evening of Christmas Eve, but Landon and Ella joined me for dinner so that we could have some family time. Landon then donned the roll of Santa preparation. He and Ella played games, wrote a letter to Santa, put out the cookies on the Santa plate, and even opened a present. (Ella is wearing the pajamas she opened in the following pictures.) When Ella woke up Christmas morning, she was so happy to see both of us home. She hopped up into our bed to snuggle for a few minutes (which was nice, it gave me time to wake up). Landon then went out to turn on the lights and camera. He then returned to the room to inform Ella that a visitor had come to our house during the night. It wasn't until then that Ella remembered . . . Santa! The rest of the morning was a flurry. Ella opened every present, except for maybe two, which happened only out of default. Those two presents were opened by either Landon or I simply because she had handed it to one of us and then proceeded to open a different gift. Her excitement was hard to contain, and Landon and I loved every minute of it!
A tradition that began with my family several years ago is to paint a new ornament for the Christmas tree every year. I have carried that tradition on to my own family. Here are the ornaments that we (Landon and Ella) painted this year. I will get my reindeer done soon; I wasn't able to do it when Landon and Ella were painting simply because I spent the time rinsing Ella's paintbrush frequently so that she could use new colors. I'm sure you can pick out her works of art - they are extremely colorful!
We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!
4 comments:
those ornaments seem kinda familiar... at least she didn't napkin stuck to the back likei did for a few years. hahaha Happy New Year!
I am glad that you guys had a good Christmas. I am sure Ella loved opening presents and got all excited that Santa came. She is such a little cutie. The ornaments turned out cute too! We miss you guys and HAPPY NEW YEAR!
What a fun Christmas! I'm glad you are carrying on the ornament tradition, I had forgotten about it the last couple years. I'll have to try to remember for next year.
Looks like fun! I love the Christmas ornament tradition. Those will be so fun to look at each year and remember making them. I hope you're feeling well and enjoying the new year!
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