Monday, December 26, 2011

Christmas morning - Santa came!

Ella was so excited about Christmas this year. Then she got sick and felt so bad that she didn't really care anymore. Finally on Christmas Eve she started feeling better and by Christmas Day felt much better. Tessa woke up with a runny nose, but she wasn't feeling too bad yet, so Christmas somehow fell during the small window of time that both girls felt pretty good.

We had a really nice day. Ella was most excited to get her dollhouse from Santa since that was what she had asked him for. She also insisted that he would bring a star for the top of the tree since we didn't have one, and he did!














Christmas afternoon at Grandma and Papa's house







Whoopie cushion - big hit!


Saturday, December 24, 2011

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Saturday, December 17, 2011

Show week at the Little Gym

Ella LOVES her dance class. She looks forward to it all week. She's in a 3 and 4 year old class. They usually spend 30 minutes in the gym, 15 minutes for tap and 15 minutes for ballet. For show week, they were with the kids from the 5 and 6 year old class as well. The highlight was when they each did a solo. We were so proud when our shy little girl got up in front of a room full of people and danced all by herself!










Ella's solo


Friday, December 16, 2011

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Santa's Village





Sixty degrees and snowing!





Saturday, December 10, 2011

Decorating the tree

Ella had so much fun with this.





Monday, December 5, 2011

Santa

At least Tessa liked Santa. Ella stood near him. That's the best we could do.


Sunday, December 4, 2011

Friday, November 25, 2011

Thanksgiving at the farm

We had Thanksgiving for the first time at the farm this year. We had a really nice day. Brent, Liza, Jayden, Jacob, Patty, James and Emily all came. Of course, Mom, Dad and Matt were there too. Ella and Jayden had a great time. This was really the first time Ella was old enough for them to really enjoy playing together.











Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Matching girls

Ella loves it when they wear their matching shirts.



Monday, November 21, 2011

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Friday, November 11, 2011

Practice

Ella has never been a good picture taker. She cannot keep her eyes open if there is a flash. So we decided to practice...