Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Christmas Eve 2008

Christmas Eve we spent at Auntie's house. We had a very casual evening, everyone brought appetizers to share. It was a very small means Christmas for us, we did not even draw names for a gift exchange. It was actually nice in way because we just focused on being a family rather than gifts. We just snacked, drank, and had a good time enjoying each other.

Auntie hand painted a box full of different Christmas balls for us. I've already packed them away and did not take pictures. Dang me! A cute Mr. & Mrs. Snowman for Aaron and I, Strawberry Shortcake for Noelle, Flowers for Madeleine, and a couple of other beautiful ornaments. We love them!

Noelle got a very special gift from Auntie and Unc. A play kitchen! She really loves everything in my kitchen and is always sneaking my utensils out of the drawers and pretends she is cooking. It was definitely time to get her some of her own.
Grandma also came through in the kitchen department. A whole set of dishes, utensils, tea pots, etc. You know 50,000 different little pieces for me to pick up and put away 5 times a day.
Noelle LOVES to toaster and the mixer.

Madeleine just snoozed and enjoyed being held.

2 comments:

Kelsi {John, Jake, Georgia, Naomi, Alice} said...

looks like noelle will be following in your domestic footsteps, maybe she can teach me a thing or two! :)

and can madeleine get any cuter? seriously. those side-bar pictures are beautiful too!

Kim said...

I can't believe how grown up Noelle is getting. I didn;t recognize her in that first picture with her kitchen.