December

December is always such a fun month. We celebrate Elle's birthday, squeeze in as much Christmas fun as we can, our elves are always hiding in fun spots. We just really love December!

We spent one afternoon making these little hand-print Christmas trees. 

I had the kids in Christmas clothes, pj's, hats, etc. every single chance I could get!

Elle drew this picture of Santa and gave it to me.

I LOVE his hat!!!!

A lazy pj day at home with lunch in their fort.

We had some nice days that were spent at the park.

Ollie "helped" me wrap Christmas presents.

Look at this girl posing!

My very own little Kevin McAllister.

I adore this little boy!

Oliver loves picking Elle up from school. While we wait for pick up time in the car he always rolls down his window and waves to anyone walking by while saying "hi everybody!".

He also makes silly faces at himself in the mirror. He basically just loves sitting in the front seat.

We celebrated Mary's 36th birthday with Mexican!

And after dinner we went to mom and dad's house so the kids could help decorate their tree.

Elle brought this up from the basement to use for her baby dolls and loves laying in it herself. She fell asleep in it one night and as I picked her up out of it to carry her to bed all I could think of was when my baby Eleanor would lay in here.

And she also brought this upstairs from the basement for her dolls but Ollie quickly climbed into it and wanted to sit in this car-seat forever!

The boy is so tiny he fit comfortably in it still!

Watching daddy and Unc play hockey (along with his buddy Woody).

The night before St. Nick came, these were 2 very excited kiddos!

The next morning was a school day so Elle and I rushed out the door after she looked at her goodies and Eric sent me this picture of Ollie going through his stocking after her woke up. 

Sidenote, in the move Polar Express Ollie was TERRIFIED of the puppet this year. Like as soon as that scene in the train car started he would start crying and running for me to hold him.

We went to Sophia the First night at Chick-Fil-A.

As soon as Elle saw her she looked at me and said "I don't think that's the real Sophia!"

While we were there they had a caricature drawn together.

Snuggles with Ollie (and Buzz) are one of my favorite things.

These two made dinner one night.

Elle loves her dolls, LOVES them!

She takes care of them, changes their clothes, feeds them, baths them and even eats a picnic lunch with them on occasion. :)

We received one of our FAVORITE Christmas gifts in the mail one day, our Zoo membership!!

Cuddles and Christmas movies!

And of course December wouldn't be complete without a stop to see Santa!

Elle told him she wanted a pooping kitty (a FurReal cat) and Oliver was completely silent the entire time.

Smile if you're excited for Christmas!!!

And of course he broke out his signature pose of sticking out his tongue. :)

Obviously one of our favorite things about December is Sissy's birthday but that's a post for another day!