We Had a Merry Christmas!

I know Christmas was a couple of weeks ago, but we had a good one, overall.  The week before Christmas we took the girls to ride the trolley downtown, to the museum for the Christmas displays, and to the zoo for Christmas with the Critters (and Santa).  Christmas Eve, after visiting my parents in Garland, we opened new pajama presents and a family game to play.  Christmas day the girls had fun, and that is what matters most!  I got a 24 hour bug that morning, so that really irked me, but what can you do?  We got a new keyboard so the girls and I can play the piano!  And we got cross country skis so Jim and I can take up a winter sport, since we live somewhere it is winter half the year!  Michelle got fish in a Little Mermaid tank and Lena got a garden cart for which she mostly loves to carry around the flowers and say "fower."  Yeah, it is pretty adorable.  You can see for yourself how adorable they are.

Lena had a grin on her face for the whole trolley ride!

Michelle just kept wanting to see the horses.

At the museum they have a children's area and Lena was crawling through the cave.

Michelle loved climbing UP, but was a bit frightened of coming DOWN.

It was FREEZING at the zoo, but Santa came and made it all worth it.

Christmas Eve in our new pajamas and with our new game, Uno Moo!

Christmas Eve was our last night for the "house" which is our advent calendar, and to open our advent book.  That was a fun thing to do for Christmas, open a Christmas story every night before bed . . . the girls liked that, but not as much as the TREATS in the house!

Santa brought a playhouse for Christmas morning . . . it was DEFINITELY the biggest hit of the day! 

Lena is wondering what to open next.

Smile . . . please smile . . . sometimes they smile for everything EXCEPT a picture!

Now THERE is a smile . . . as is standard child behavior, she loved the box at least as much as the toys.