Christmas

We had such a wonderful Christmas. Mommom and Poppy joined in through Skype for some of the morning. Ellie was so excited about everything. She wanted to play with each and every present after she opened it so the process took a long time and we had to take a breakfast break.
Patrick would have been happy with just the big candy cane from Mommom and Poppy.  He was prancing all around the house so happy holding that candy cane.  He also enjoyed climbing on or sitting in the boxes. Both kids made out like bandits thanks to Santa and Mommom and Poppy.
We spent a lot of time outside so Ellie could ride her scooter and Patrick could try out his little trike and big wheels. He really liked walking around in the helmet. Grandma, Grandpa and Uncle Mike came by for a while. We were outside walking down the street when Papa turned the corner. Patrick got a special ride on Grandma's lap in the car back to the house. He looked like he was big stuff in there.
Ellie talked about how it was baby Jesus's birthday quite a bit. She said that everyone wants to marry Baby Jesus on his birthday. She put on LOTS of lip gloss and her special new Tangled dress for him and hasn't taken it off much since.