Here are some pictures from our family Christmas a few days ago. Mike and I laugh because we totally could have stopped at the stocking and not gotten anything else. Elise was so thrilled with the new socks and bows in her stocking that she didn't even realize there were more presents. I hope this excitement over little things lasts for many, many years. We had a hard time figuring out gift ideas for her this year because she isn't into anything specific. There wasn't an obvious "big toy" like there has been in years past. She's taken a recent interest in dresses and princesses (until this month, she hadn't willingly worn a dress in a year!) so I may do something like that for her birthday. She loves clothes and accessories, so we got her the socks (HUGE hit... she tried on all three pairs right away), a sparkly headband and a few bows, a new pair of pajamas (pictured below... another huge hit!), and a new shirt. Jack got her two mini American Girl dolls, which she loved and immediately proclaimed, "Jack did such a good job picking out these dolls for me! I love them!" Santa brought her a new Boz DVD. Jack got a Duplo table (courtesy of $10 on craigslist) and was not interested in anything else :) Elise gave him her old trike, and he also got new pajamas and socks and an old toy of Elise's (the Melissa and Doug shape sorting clock) and a Boz DVD. We are so thankful for our precious kids and can't wait for more celebrating with our families next week!
Before we started
Jack loves Duplos
modeling the new PJs and accessories
opening the American Girl dolls
Jack trying to escape
trying on the third pair of socks
Boss's present, which was demolished in about an hour
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