Making Christmas Cookies

We made sugar cookies for Christmas this year. Ella really enjoyed helping me make the cookies and using the cookie cutters. We even made a cookie by tracing her hand. Her favorite part was the decorating and eating of the cookies.

Play Date at the Gym

I took Ella to the gym last Monday. It was an open gym and it was setup that all the kids were 2 years old. So it was really nice that all the kids were Ella's age. Her favorite thing to do was hang out in the ball pit. She lounged in there like it was a Jacuzzi. She really had a lot of fun and of course she didn't want to leave.

Turtle Turtle

Little Smiles

Hudson my happy little smiler.

First Snowman of Winter

Well we had our first real snow of the winter. Ella has been wanting to go out and play in the snow and build a snowman. So John took her out on Friday. She had so much fun making her snowman and running around in the snow she didn't want to come inside. Hudson and I enjoyed watching them from inside the warm house. After Ella came in she had her first hot chocolate (really luke warm chocolate) but she really enjoyed it especially the marshmallows.

Happy 28th Birthday John!

Happy Birthday, John!

We Love You!

John started the day with a Happy Birthday wake up from Ella with a hug and kiss. Ella spent the day asking me when we were going to make daddy a cake. She loves to help me cook but she took some time to pose for some pictures. Also Hudson enjoyed helping us by watching us from his swing. John had said he wanted some snow before Christmas so he got his wish. It snowed all day. John had one of his favorite meals Chicken Fried Chicken with mashed potatoes and gravy. Ella was so excited to eat the cake that she didn't want to eat her dinner. She was very proud of the cake she made.

Decorating for Christmas

We put up our Christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving. Ella was so excited to help me get all the decorations out. She really was able to help decorate this year. Although when she was helping put the balls on the tree she like to put them all on one branch. Her favorite decorations are the snowmen which she loves to plays with. Also this year we let her have her own Christmas tree in her room. I let her pick out her own ornaments and of course she picked princess ornaments. Ella loves to dress herself as you can tell from the pictures above. When we decorating the tree she chose to wear her Easter dress. So when John & I were outside putting up Christmas lights she went and put on a sweater and her snow boots over her dress. Usually she does a better job matching. Hudson loves the Christmas lights and he will just sit in his swing and stare at the tree and Ella keeps letting me know that we need presents under the tree.