Christmas 2009

Early in the month Ashlee got to visit Santa at my company children's Christmas party. She may not have smiled or talked to Santa, but actually sat on his lap this year (slowly making progress)! The kid's party was really cute, they had cookie decorating kits, photo ops, balloon makers, face painters, a puppeteer and lots of yummy snacks.

Ash with her purple balloon "puppy"!
She wouldn't go near Santa unless I went with her. :) At least she sat on his lap though!
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We had a wonderful time celebrating Christmas this year. It is so fun to see the holidays through the eyes of a 3 year old! So much excitement and joy! Ashlee still didn't quite get the whole "Santa" and "Christmas" idea, but she sure LOVED getting presents (I am still having to explain that Christmas is only 1 day)! It was so cute to watch her get excited over the littlest things; a tube of lip gloss, a coloring book, bath foam! I truly appreciate this because I know in a few years its going to be, "Mom, I want an Ipod. Mom, I want a Wii." Long gone will be the days of presents from the Dollar Tree! :) The funniest thing was that after opening about 7 presents she was DONE. It wasn't until late that night she got around to opening the rest.
Later that afternoon, we headed over to Dale's parents house for Christmas dinner. We enjoyed some yummy food and Ashlee had a great time getting crazy with her cousins.

Ashlee on her new Dora bicycle from Santa. Now if only it would warm up so we could go outside and ride it! PS- Don't ask me why she's doing that with her tongue! Ash seeing what else Santa brought her.
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Merry Christmas from our little family to yours!