Christmas Eve Day

We took Magnolia skiing on Christmas Eve day. It was a very fun day... Santa was out skiing, there was the mascot of the ski hill out giving high fives to the kids, and of course lots of skiing. Magnolia went on the bunny hill one time and then said she was ready for the chairlift. Off her and David went on the chairlift! Such a big girl! We also had a great time eating our lunch and warming up in the chalet.

SNOW

Here is what I opened the door to last week! We definitely had a white Christmas in Colorado!

Writing her name

Magnolia and I have been working very hard learning to write her name. Here is what it looks like right now. I must admit, I am very proud! Yes, I guess this is kind of a bragging blog entry. Sorry! :)

Christmas dress

Here is a picture of Magnolia before her school program. Doesnt she look beautiful? She picked out this dress all by herself! The day she picked it out I had no intention of buying a dress. Then I watched her look through all the dresses in the store and get excited about how pretty they all were. I couldnt resist. I let her get one. I must say, as much as I am not a dress kind of girl, she just looks adorable in the dress!
She also picked out the headband to wear with it. During her school program her headband fell off and she got very worried. She wasnt able to sing a song because she was to busy trying to figure out what to do about her headband. She finally yelled out "mom!! I cant find my headband!!" After trying to reassure her from the audience she was able to get over it and keep on singing!

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!