Best friends

There are times when Tessa just does not want me to put her down. The only acceptable alternative to her is for me to put her down beside Chase.

 



New scooter

Ella's done really well on her scooter. We had it in the house for a few days, but she was going so fast that we had to move it outside.

 

New bike

Snow!

The girls were so excited when they saw that it was snowing outside that they got themselves (inappropriately) dressed and took off. They were the tiniest snowflakes ever, but it was very exciting.

 

Christmas morning!

The girls were so excited. Ella kept saying, "Santa got my list! Santa got my list!" Tessa really got into opening presents. When she opened her big duplo set she screamed "Legos!". Then with all of her other presents she yelled "wow!"

 

We spent the afternoon at Grandma and Papa's house with several cousins. The girls had a great time. Ella and Jayden always have lots of fun together.

 

Christmas Eve

Excited

Santa Tracker

Checking out the presents

Santa's Village

Neighborhood Santa party

Decorating the tree

Hope Christmas Program

Ella had her Christmas program at school after we got back from Nashville. We didn't get very good pictures, but they did a great job with their song and were all really cute.

 



Rainforest Cafe

We did some Christmas shopping at Opry Mills and had lunch at Rainforest Cafe before heading home.

 

Ice!

Mom and I took the girls to Nashville for a couple days to see the Opryland Hotel. They really enjoyed Ice and the ice slides, but Tessa thought it was too cold.

 

Opryland Hotel

 

The girls helped Santa check his list (on his iPad) for their names. Luckily, they were both on the nice list. Ella actually sat on Santa's lap, but she was nervous and forgot what she wanted for Christmas.

 

Christmas parade

Frosty!