We were so excited for Christmas this year! This was our first year where Santa was a "thing". Adrienne was all about him. She quickly adopted "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" as her favorite Christmas song. She also loved decorating the tree. Every morning she had a new ornament in her stocking that she got to put on the tree. Not all of them made it to the tree in one piece, but she enjoyed the surprise every day! Cecilia also liked looking at the tree. It was fun watching her stare at all of the decorations.
We went to Williamston's "Parade of Lights". We tried to go as a family, but it was way too cold for Cecilia. She went home and snuggled with Daddy while Adrienne and I watched the parade. Adrienne liked the fire dancers and catching snow on her tongue.
Checking out the Christmas toys at Costco
We went to Cadillac for Christmas. The girls got some quality time with their Aunts and Uncles and Cousin Henry.
Next year Cecilia got partake in the festivities a bit more. This year she sat back and watched everyone. But she sure was cute doing it!
We haven't had much snow yet this year. Adrienne enjoyed playing in the snow with Daddy!
Adrienne and Henry had a blast running around together. They were "dinosaurs" in this video.
Adrienne holding her stocking on Christmas morning.
Opening the first present
Cecilia and Daddy on Christmas
Our little family (Bruce missed the picture)
After our trip to Cadillac we went home to find out that Santa had visited our house too! Adrienne and Cecilia got to open a few more presents. Cecilia got a pack of play scarves. Adrienne was just as excited about them and they both enjoyed rolling around in them and throwing them up in the air. They even made an appearance a few days later when we celebrated New Years Eve.
Opening presents from Santa at home. Santa brought Adrienne a Wonder Woman doll.
Adrienne also thought Santa was wrapping the presents up just a little too tight.
Our final Christmas celebration was in Holland with the Howell side of the family. This was our first time meeting Leo in person and it was so fun to have all of the babies all together along with the older cousins. We even got a picture of all three babies holding hands!
Adorable hand holding
The older cousins enjoying some hot cocoa with Tio Brian
We also got a night out with all of the adults. Amy's parents along with two babysitters watched all 8 kids for us. We did a DaVinci themed escape room and were able to escape with time to spare!
We also went to the arcade and Josh and Amy had a bit of a Ski-ball challenge. I won big on Wheel of Fortune and we were able to get the kids a bunch of little toys with our points. Adrienne really liked the popper we got her and all of the kids loved the Fun Dip candy.
I don't remember who ended up scoring more points. A tie maybe?
Cecilia was zonked out by the time we got home. Grammy enjoyed some cuddles.
Lots of wonderful memories from this Christmas!
No comments:
Post a Comment