We had a fabulous Christmas 2012! We did the "Elf on the Shelf" and Lydia named him "Elf" - ha! During bath time, Elf would magically disappear to the North Pole and give his report on Lydia. By the time he was back, Lydia was done with her bath. She loved finding him every evening and it worked out really well this year. We are hoping the "nice list and naughty list" will really take effect next year. Also she got kinda tired of opening up presents on Christmas and didn't get the full idea, however, I do believe by the time she is 3 next year, she'll know exactly what a present is and means.
We got to go in a big pink limo with our cousins to see all the Christmas lights the week before Christmas. All the kids had their hot cocoa in their special mugs. Lydia and Charlotte had a blast in the back of the limo with their empty fake wine glasses. Lydia just loved jumping up in down and dancing with Charlotte. We even saw Santa outside and got to get out and sit on his lap (for the 5th time this year). It was so much fun!!
We baked Christmas cookies and while they were in the oven, we watched The Polar Express (and danced to the Hot Chocolate song).
Christmas Eve after Mass, we came back and took lots of pictures - Brendan loves flipping Lydia around.
Daddy and Lydia on Christmas Eve - her mouth is full of chocolates.
All the ladies...
We got a great family photo and really missed Paul, Renee, Sam and Kate.
Lydia loves on Huckleberry.
Christmas morning, we ran downstairs in our penguin pjs to see what Santa brought us. Lydia got a tutu, bubble machine and a microphone - and in her stocking she got the one thing she kept asking for from Santa...a candy cane.
She loved singing for us and Blair got some classic pictures...
Then we went over to Blair's family's house where we got to see Charlotte and Caroline open up presents with us.
Lydia got an abacus and who knew this would be the one toy that the girls would fight over.
