Santa's Suprise

I think Ellie was very surprised to see all the gifts under the tree this year.  Santa was very good to her, not only bringing her the Barbie doll he talked to her about but also her own make-up kit!

Gift for Santa

Every Christmas eve we leave a cookie and milk for Santa and a carrot for Rudolph.   This year Ellie wanted to do something extra special for Santa.   She made him a present and even spelled his name phonetically.

Merry Cristmas

Merry Christmas from all of us.  We hope all of your Christmas wishes come true.

Visiting Santa

Once again, we made our annual trek into town, “Daddy’s City” (as Ellie calls it), to see Santa.  Each year there is a different theme and Ellie (actually all of us) loves going to see the window displays and the Christmas forest before entering Santa special room.  This year Santa talked with Ellie about wanting a Barbie.  Ellie’s eyes lit up and she talked about Santa bringing a Barbie.  I think one of Santa’s helpers had to go out and find a Barbie after the Santa visit.

"E"

“E” has continued to surprise Ellie throughout December.   First thing in the morning Ellie would look for “E” and then report to Victoria and I his location.  There were only a few times that she couldn’t find him.  This was the first year he spent the day in Ellie’s room.

Christmas Parade

This year Ellie participated in the local Christmas parade.  She and other children from her school were able to ride on a float (trailer being towed behind a parent’s car) to represent her school.  Once they finished the block long circle the children were able to walk back around the corner to see Santa riding on the fire truck.  Then after buying a very large bag of popcorn, Ellie went to see Santa. (This is only the first of three Santa’s she has seen so far this December.)

Panda the Climber

Ellie choose panda to ride in the doll seat on her bike during the last bike ride.  As always, the bike riding only last 5 to 10 minutes and then the girls find something more interesting to do.  On this day the school had put in this new, very large jungle gym.  Panda had his share of time climbing around with Ellie.