Since we're heading out to CA tomorrow (12/16) to spend Christmas and New Years in San Francisco with our families, we decided to do our own little Christmas here in NJ with the girls so that we could open presents that were too big to travel.
Ella was so excited to make and leave out cookies for Santa the night before and then ran right up to bed. But then she started whimpering in her room and said that she was afraid Santa was going to come in to her room. I had to laugh because my friend, Karen, told me that when she was little she flipped out when she thought Santa came into her room and I think her exact words were, "I don't want a fat man in a red suit to come into my room. Keep him out!".
Cookies for Santa (and carrots for the reindeer)
Ella checking to see if Santa had eaten his cookies
Opening presents
Papa and Abuela bought Sofia a Fisher-Price Smart Bounce and Spin Pony. Sofia LOVES it. She just periodically mounts it throughout the day, gives it a couple bounces and then continues doing what she was doing. Ella loves it too and luckily for her I called Fisher-Price to find out the weight limit, and Ella is well under it...although I'm thinking their combined weight is NOT under it.
We got Ella the Fisher-Price Loving Family Twin Time Dollhouse. She was in heaven and played for hours in her room.
I think what impressed me the most about the day was how well the girls shared with each other and how Ella was truly excited for Sofia and the gifts she received.
Lucky girls get to celebrate not only Christmas AND Hanukkah but this year they get 2 Christmases and Hanukkah!
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