December 1-24, 2015-- Randoms

Thinking we may move before the holidays, I packed our Christmas tree at the back and bottom of our POD... so our mini tree will have to do for this year! We missed many of our Christmas decorations this year, but maybe that will make them even more exciting next year! 
Most importantly, the boys love our small tree, and it's decorated completely by them! We were ready for the holiday season by December 1- Yay! 
 Ellie helping me Christmas shop!! 

Dec 2:  Ellie finally got to meet and have a playdate with sweet Charlotte!



I love the Facebook flashbacks! Four years ago- wow!!! It's been a crazy 4 years!

The busiest girl we know-alway on a mission!
 Fun playing outside!

 A Christmas outfit from her Gigi- with a tutu!! Love it! 
  
Calling the North Pole!
 Ellie helping me clean out my diaper bag.... well actually, that wasn't the plan until she took every single thing out of my diaper bad and then I had to clean it out! Haha! But it was needed - so thank you Ellie! Got it all cleaned and organized before our trip to El Paso! 
 She works fast!!
   
Back from El Paso- and now Ellie has started to get a little less excited to be dropped off at the gym. Thankfully, she is usually happily playing when I come to get her! 
 LJ took this selfie in a mask! 
 Dec 16: Our humble Christmas tree and all the gifts! I got a sitter one morning to keep Ellie busy, and literally wrapped all our presents in one day! It was fun to see our tree go from so bare this... I love Christmas so much! 
 Dec 18: School is out for Christmas, so we were out and about! We spent a chilly Friday morning at the park!


Monday (Dec 21) we got to go see Granny for our annual pre-Christmas visit. The kids had a wonderful time, and it was so nice to catch for a few hours. 

Granny with 8 of her 11 great-grandkids!! Wow!!! 
Tuesday (Dec 22)...  Ellie should get an award for making a mess faster than anyone! It takes seconds for her to destroy any attempt at keeping organized! 
We went to the gym and got the boys' very favorite smoothies from Juiceland! 




 Then we had lunch and a small gift exchange with the McDonnells! 

Evan and Kate coloring together! 
 Opening their gifts! 

  

Precious kids!  

Wednedsy night, we had a movie night with ELF (one of my absolute favorites!). They loved it!!


And just like that, Christmas Eve was upon us!! 

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