Christmas was a few days ago, and boy was it fun!! Although I'm only two, this was my third Christmas, and it was by far my favorite and my most memorable to date! I don't even know where to begin! A few days before Christmas, Mamma and Papa flew in to spend the holiday with me. I had LOTS of fun hanging out with them for several days leading up to Christmas! I must have been pretty good too because each day they were here, Santa made early appearances and would leave a surprise in my stocking!! Most of my surprises were zoo talker animals, so now I nearly have a complete set!
On Friday night, we headed to Grandma Krumm's to celebrate Christmas with the Krumm side of the family. It was a blast! I had so much fun playing in the basement with all of my cousins! We do a gift exchange there too, and Aunt Jessie had me. She got me a water bottle with my name on it and best of all - my own set of scissors! Since receiving the scissors, I have been cutting every piece of paper in sight! Here are a couple of pictures from Grandma Krumm's:
Opening my new water bottle - it matches the backpack I got for my birthday!
Showing Amy and Jed my scissors and my cutting activity book!
The next night on Christmas Eve, we headed over to Kelly and Dave's house to celebrate Christmas with the McNamara side of the family. There was a HUGE surprise that night - Santa stopped by to say hi, read us a story and give each of the kids a special gift! I was really excited to see him and I loved the gift he gave me - a Cookie Monster toy! (I've been obssessed with Cookie lately!) We had great food and great company too! That also might have been the latest I've ever stayed awake - I was up until almost 11:00 that night! Here are some pictures from all of the fun:
Before we left for the party, Mommies let me open one present. I got a Lego table!!
Checking it out!
It didn't take long before I decided to start crawling through it like a tunnel.
All of us kids in the basement when we heard some heavy footsteps upstairs!
Running up the stairs to see who stopped by!
Getting my present from Santa.
Listening to Santa read a story!
The kids gathered around Santa. (or as I like to call him "ho ho")
Opening my gift.
Playing upstairs with Grace and Lucy's toys. I really love the fast food play set. I'm working the drive-thru in this picture. :)
The next morning was Christmas! Despite my late bed time the night before, I got up at 7AM and was excited to run into the living room to see if Santa came ... he DID! I must have been a VERY good girl! I got lots of clothes and some great toys including a basketball hoop, an Alfie toy, an art easel, and some more princess dress up clothes and play jewelry. I feel so lucky! (mommies say I got a little spoiled!!)
Eating chocolate before 7:30 AM. I love Christmas!
Opening my new Sesame Street match game!
Mamma and Papa watching me open presents.
Drawing on my new easel!
Joey even got in on the fun and opened a fresh can of tennis balls!
Trying on my new bracelets!
Me and Papa watching Beauty and the Beast after we finished opening gifts.
After Christmas morning at our house, we had one last Christmas event to attend - Christmas Brunch at Grandma and Grandpa McNamara's house! We had great food there - Grandma made her famous french toast - need I say more?! After brunch, we opened even more gifts! I got my very first American Girl doll from Grandma and Aunt Kelly got me a highchair for my doll. I also got some great clothes and some other fun toys too! I am just such a lucky little lady. It's several days after Christmas and I still haven't had a chance to play with everything!
Trying to get a cousin picture. Notice Ella, Lauren and I are all wearing the same outfit! It's a Christmas miracle! (actually, it's not - mommies planned that with Aunt Jessie.)
My sad face. I was overly tired by the time we got to their house, so that, coupled with the fact that I was told I had to wait to open presents caused me to make this face for about 10 minutes straight. :)
Still sad.
The lip's still out, but it's almost time to open gifts!
Opening my American Girl doll!
Leyton received a Packers uniform - he was so excited!!
Checking out my new doll. Mommies are thinking her name is Kate, but I haven't fully decided yet.
As a final Christmas surprise, Grandpa McNamara bought two mini dirt bikes for us kids! I imagine Mommy and I will have lots of fun with those!
