Jingle Bells

Here is a song from Magnolia's school Christmas program.

Magnolia the artist

Here is Magnolia's latest drawing of a person. It is so fun to see how she seems to add a little bit more to her drawings each week!

Neighborhood Christmas Party

This past weekend our neighborhood had their annual Kids Christmas party. It was so fun! We were one of the first people to get there and man oh man was Magnolia one lucky girl that night. We were standing in the hallway and she spotted Santa just coming in. She very politely tugged on my shirt and said "mom! Look over there! I see someone special!" I looked and saw Santa just smiling at her. He must have heard her because he came up to here and asked if she wanted to be his special helper. He took her hand and put a bell in it and told her to ring it. She then got to walk hand in hand with Santa into the room where everyone was waiting. She got to be the first one to sit on his lap and they just really chatted it up! Let me tell you, she was on cloud nine! After that we went and did some crafts and then were able to go on a horse drawn wagon ride around the neighborhood to look at Christmas lights. It was perfect. Nice night with a little chill in the air but not cold. We then went in, got some apple cidar and went and picked up some pizza from our local pizza place and walked home. The spirit of Christmas was going strong that night!

Polar Express

On Sunday we went into the mountains to Georgetown for a Polar Express adventure. We were able to chat with Santa before getting on the train... where I must admit... we got the cutest picture of Magnolia with Santa! While on the train Mrs. Claus gave us cookies, Santa gave Magnolia a bell, we got candy canes and the conductor even came around and punched our tickets. Magnolia loved every moment and talks about that adventure constantly! Grammy and Pappa bought her a pink conductor hat which she wore for most of the morning. Cute!

Grammy and Pappa

Grammy and Pappa came this past week for an early Christmas. Despite the very cold and snowy weather we were able to cram a lot of great activities into the week. We went to Chuck E Cheese, where Magnolia had a dream come true... she got cotton candy!! Woohoo! Check that off the bucket list! :) David and I were able to go on a date while Magnolia, grammy and pappa make a gingerbread house. We got to go out for eat and we also got to go on a Polar Express train to see Santa. (More pictures of that coming soon) Another highlight of the week for Magnolia was that she grew money in her ears! After she ate green food pappa would check her ears, and sure enough, there would be some money in there! I sure wish money would grow in my ears after I eat green! What a fun week!

The look-a-likes

Magnolia got her baby all ready to go outside and insisted that she wear the same outfit. Here is a picture of what she came up with for her and baby!

Magnolia's Christmas Tree

We bought Magnolia her very own Christmas tree this year. David and I are very particular about our Christmas tree and what goes on it. We decided this year that it isnt very fair to Magnolia to have such an adult looking Christmas tree so we got her one of her own. She had so much fun picking out the tree that she wanted and decorating it with "fun" ornaments. She even picked out a bright pink glittery star to put on the top. We put her tree in her play room so she can look at it all the time. We have also found that Ziggy also loves the tree and usually goes up there to take her naps.