Merry Christmas

Someone was spoiled rotten :)

Christmas Eve

Merry Christmas

Sea World

We headed to Sea World for their Christmas festivites late this afternoon and just managed to catch the end of the Sesame Street show.  Papa took Ella up to the front and she made her way to the stage and got to shake Big Bird's hand while they were singing.  She was in awe and said to me after, "They ARE real!"



Then we hopped over to the Azul show with the belugas and dolphins.  Though we've seen this show a few times during the summer, it really is amazing at night with the lights.

Then we saw Shamu's Christmas show (the orcas) and headed home.  Ella loves having her Papa here and all the fun we are having.  

Christmas Activities

Last week started our holiday festivities.  After driving through Hill Country on Saturday, Ella had a Christmas pajama birthday party for her friend Kenzie.  Everyone wore Christmas jammies, decorated sugar cookies and made art snowmen.  It was a great way to start the Christmas festivities....

On Thursday, her best friend Mia, and her little brother Max came over and the kids watched The Polar Express...  riveted :)

Friday was Ella's Preschool Christmas party and we went to see her classroom art projects and the kids got a surprise visit from Santa.... 

Ella also made a gingerbread house at school and brought it home for us to enjoy...

We had a Christmas brunch on Sunday and had fun with all the girls from ballet.  Yesterday, Ella and I did the last of our grocery shopping and found some great deals on ornaments and even a $38 dollar 6.5 foot white tree, complete with lights... even pink ones!  We decorated this tree that Ella has claimed as hers and calls it her "cupcake tree".  It's upstairs and near her bedroom.  She now has a beautiful girlie tree to put up her Hallmark barbie Christmas ornaments from Grandma...

Max and Mia came over yesterday afternoon and we decorated Christmas cookies... the last of our to-do list before Papa arrived last night....

Hill Country Lights

We drove up norht through Hill Country to look at some cute Christmas lights. Boerne, Frederichsburg and finally Johnson City.   Ron and Ella slept most of the way until Johnson City....

Build-A-Bear

It's sort of been a tradition at Christmas time to go see Santa and then go to Build-A-Bear.  And when I say tradition, I mean bribe.  This year, Ella wanted me to take her photo with her bears so I did this for her...