Christmas at our house - 2013

We do Christmas at our house a day early.  This lets us travel to spend Christmas eve and and Christmas day with our family.  So our Christmas morning is really Christmas eve morning.  This year Jeff had to work the night of the 23rd until 6 am Christmas eve.  That me alone to handle all the Santa/Christmas prep.  I got the girls in their new jammies and got pictures.  We put out cookies for Santa and sprinkled (dumped) reindeer food on the front yard.  After the girls were in bed I got all the last minute stuff done and presents put out.

Pictures with stockings

Posing under the tree

Hanging a stocking with care

Ellie finally gets close to the tree

Claire finally gets to touch an ornament!

Claire dumps reindeer food outside

The tree before...

...and after!

Claire helps Daddy with his stocking

Ellie tries to eat mine

Ellie loves her Sing Along Stage

Ellie helps open a present

Claire open a white present from Uncle Jimmy and Aunt Donna

It was an excellent Christmas!  Claire got the white present she asked Santa for a couple times over.  A white high chair for her dolls and a feeding accessory set wrapped in white paper from Santa.  Uncle Jimmy and Aunt Donna also wrapped her present in white paper.  Plus many other gifts including puzzles, legos, and rain boots.  Jeff got tickets to a show and backpack kid carrier and I got some books, a new robe, a steamer pot I wanted and other cooking goodies.  Ellie received a hooded towel and the sing along stage and some books too.