We had a pretty decent snow storm at the beginning of the month, and Lilli literally wanted to live outside so she could enjoy it more fully. She loves, loves, loves the snow!
We did all of the usual Christmas things. Decorating the house, ginger bread houses, and a small amount of baking, and lots of Christmas crafts with Lilli! We also started the "Elf on the Shelf" tradition. Lilli hated it at first, but eventually warmed up to our elf "Joy".
(Joy is in the upper right hand corner)
It was really nice not working through the holidays, I felt like I actually had time to just take it all in and enjoy it. I had finals of course, which was no fun, but once that was over, I could just relax!
Right after school ended, we went to the new Village Theater in Meridian to see the second Hobbit movie. We weren't huge fans, and Lilli really had a hard time making it all the way through it ( she is 4 after all). However, she had a lot of fun playing with all of the kids at the small playground, watching people ice scate, and looking at the Christmas tree. She refused to see Santa, but that was no surprise.
We went yo my patents ward the Sunday before Christmas, and Lilli looked oh so pretty.
Cason and I made dinner for my family on Christmas Eve. Prime rib with mashed potatoes. It was delicious. We finished the night with the usual family traditions, including my favorite: dad singing and playing the guitar, while lilli danced.
It was straight to bed when we got home...and then we had to get out of bed so we could leave cookies for Santa and water for the reindeer. Lilli could have cared less about taking care of Santa, but she was SUPER excited about the reindeer, and how they would get into our house! We also let her open one present, a princess cash register, that she loves! She got out of bed about 5 times to yell at us that Santa wouldn't come if Cason and I didn't go to bed...luckily she eventually fell asleep and we were able to get our work done.
Christmas morning was perfect. After almost each present lilli would exclaim " oh! Just what I wanted!" Santa did good.
We then headed over to my parents house to join them and the Hankla's. We all got spoiled, and had a lot of fun.
That night we went to see Christmas lights at the old state pen. It's a rip off, but we knew lilli would love it, and I'm glad we went.
We had a "party" for New Year's Eve. We ate junk, watched movies, and stayed up late - it was a great way to end the year!
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