Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Christmas 2014

We had a great Christmas Day!  Santa was here!!

 And he brought Ella the Doc Mobile!

 And "squishy" sand!

And FROZEN figurines! 
And lots of other fun things.  :)

Our original plan was the spend the day in town - go to a movie and just hang out.  But, plans changed when Ella decided she didn't want to see Big Hero Six.  So, we decided to pack up the car and head to Worthington early and surprise my mom.  It was a BIG surprise.  :)  But, a fun one and it was nice to relax with some family after spending the afternoon in the car!  We all wore our PJs on the road trip.  This made for interesting sights when we all needed an ASAP bathroom break.  We must have looked crazy!  HA!

We celebrated Christmas with my Dad and Dianne and the rest of the crew on Saturday morning.  We all went out for a delicious breakfast and then the kids were able to open some gifts.  Ella got all kinds of fun stuff that was on her Christmas list: a Lambie robe, a Frozen book, some new dance wear (see below), lots of fun new games to play and many more awesome things. 







Then, it was another celebration with my Mom and Randy on Saturday afternoon.




An Elsa doll!

 Baby Lexi got in on the present action too!



Chase and Ella always have a blast when we're in town!




Let's see if we can get a group picture of the kids with Grandma shall we?
 



Well, we tried.  HA!

Here's hoping you had a wonderful Christmas and were able to indulge in some yummy treats (or two).  Here's my treat tray this year!


 Off to fix some toys with that Doc Mobile!

Happy New Year!

Christmas Eve!

We stayed in town to celebrate Christmas Eve in our new house!  
First things first - church at Hosanna at noon.  Ms. Ella in her Christmas dress.  
No hair bow - we were running LATE!


 Ella wanted to take a picture of Mommy and Daddy too!

SMILE!

Waiting for the service to start.  Ella wasn't much for smiling normal!

The service was really awesome and we enjoyed the live nativity scene again this year.  
Camels, goats, a donkey, sheep, a calf and ducks galore!  
The message included reference to The Grinch and his small heart and how it grew with the joy of Christmas.  A good reminder to be joyful!

*We* was supposed to spend the afternoon baking cookies for Santa, but Ms. Ella was too excited to do that!  She played the afternoon away and I made the reindeer cookies for Santa (just like last year)


Christmas Eve dinner: Grandma Alice's pea soup with fresh made bread -YUM!

We opened gifts before bed.  Ella's phrase after each gift:  "I Love It!"  :)  
She liked everything we gifted, so that's great news. 






It was a very Merry Christmas Eve!

Monday, December 29, 2014

Smurf Elf 2014

A recap of our Smurf Elf's adventures this year!

12/1 - Smurf Elf arrives with the book to read and a craft project to do (make an ornament)


12/2 - Smurf Elf was enjoying one of Elf's favorite food groups - SYRUP!


12/3 - Smurf Elf played finger puppets with Doc McStuffins!


12/4 - Smurf Elf was being sneaking and sitting up on the ledge with some peppermint candies for Ella to find


12/5 - Smurf Elf started to count down the days until Christmas day!


12/6 - Smurf Elf was caught looking for our Christmas movies!


 12/7 - Enjoying the Christmas Tree and gifting Ella her own Elf ornament!


 12/8 - Joining the snowman choir


12/9 -Hanging out in Ella's room

12/10 -Smurf Elf did a little decorating of his(her) own and left a Christmas Sing-A-Long DVD for Ms. Ella to enjoy!  He also left a snowflake made at the North Pole for Ella to find




12/11 - Smurf Elf was playing Charades with friends!


12/12 - Smurf Elf made a "snow angel" in the kitchen using flour! (and I forgot to take a picture!!)

12/13 - Smurf Elf was hanging out in the doll house!


12/14 - Smurf Elf was sitting near the Grandma Alice Christmas Tree with a gift and a note! (After visiting Santa)


12/15 - Smurf spent time making "cookies"


 12/16 -Smurf Elf was up to something tricky - decorating Ella's mirror!!


12/17 - Smurf Elf was sitting on the Holiday Moose and brought Ella a Christmas book!


12/18 - Smurf Elf made a Christmas Tree out of Ella's legos!


12/19 - Smurf Elf was making hot chocolate!


12/20 - Smurf Elf was hiding in the pantry and eating holiday sprinkles cereal!


12/21 - Smurf brought Ms. Ella a Disney Christmas CD and was hiding behind the tree decoration!


12/22 - Smurf Elf really got wild!  Playing dress up with Hallie and drew on Ella's school pictures!


12/23 -Smurf Elf built a silly tower of books!


12/24 -Goodbye!  Be Good!  Merry Christmas!