Christmas Morning

Christmas morning, we were awake by 6am to see what Santa brought. Lexi opens up her stocking.

Lexi gets Bitty Twins! Of course, these were on Olivia's last minute Christmas list.

She gets a Woody!

Olivia gets Julie!

When all presents were open, there was still one more under the tree that got overlooked. It was Olivia's laptop - she was ecstatic!

Twas The Night Before Christmas...

Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, the girls were stirring....... we decided to start a new Christmas Eve tradition, which included opening up a few presents. The girls each received new Christmas pajamas...and then they open up a new game. We ordered Chinese food and played Monopoly before taking showers getting in our pj's and watching the traditional shows. The girls each received an email video directly from Santa, as well as a phone call. Here Olivia talks to Santa....she says to me a few things don't match up....Santa said he is in the North Pole, but on Nordic Santa....he is somewhere near China.....HMMM...I think she is on to something! Lexi has a turn talking to Santa!

The girls put out their reindeer food to attract Rudolph to our house.

A quick pic under the tree...

and then finally some cookies and a note for Santa....The note reads: Dear Santa, I really want an elf this year also with my other stuff. Also, if you get burned by fire my mom did it! The baby bitty that I want are Asian and The American girl doll that I want is Ivy, Julie..the next doll of the year is Elizabeth.. Merry Christmas

Breakfast with Santa

The girls enjoyed having a meet and great with Santa at the Hard Rock Cafe. This is really a great time for the price you pay. Breakfast was delicious and it is such an intimate setting.

Putting Up The Tree

We headed out to Home Depot to get our tree. Here Olivia searches for just the right one.

We loaded the tree up on the roof of Nanny's car!

The tree is up and ready to be decorated.

Olivia rigs up the lights

Then, she does the garland. No tinsel this year as the kittens would surely get into it.

Olivia adjusts the garland.

Lexi does a great job hanging up all the ornaments.

Capt'n Hook does a great job at taking all the ornaments down.

Tink rests beneath the tree and doesn't know what all the fuss is about.

Colonial Days

Olivia's 3rd grade class celebrated Colonial Days. All the girls and boys dressed up in traditional colonial clothes and played games and did crafts. Here is Olivia sporting her outfit.

The Making of Cinderella's Pumpkin Coach

I decided to enter the pumpkin contest at work and thought that Cinderella's pumpkin coach was a great idea.Pick out the perfect pumpkin

Cut out the windows and spray with gold glitter

Decorate the carriage

Keep decorating the carriage, add Cinderella inside.

Viola! Cinderella is riding inside the pumpkin coach, reading the latest issue of Top 10 Most Eligible Bachelor's. On the back of the coach is a sign that says "Royal Palace or Bust"

Mommy and Me Date To The Firehouse

The fire house had it's annual open house, so off Lexi and I went to visit. Lexi poses in front of the fire house, she was so excited to be able to go inside.

This is the 9/11 flag listing all the heroes on the flag.

Mommy's little fire girl

We watched the fireman shoot down the pole, they said they still really use it. So, Lexi took a turn from about 2ft up.