My Girls: Twice The Fun: our family christmas

We had our own family celebration on Christmas Eve. We ate supper by candlelight, which was pretty neat. We used some special snowman plates and fancy glasses, which the girls thought was pretty awesome. They enjoyed drinking out of the "fancy glasses." After supper, we opened gifts. Violet insisted on wearing a princess dress and crown for the event. It's nice that Olivia and Violet are still at an age where they get excited by simple things. For example, Olivia got SO EXCITED when she opened some new underwear! She posed with them so I could take a picture, and she had to change into them right after we were done opening gifts. They also were pretty happy with a "How to Draw Uglydoll" book from their stuffed Uglydoll animals Wippy and Dave. They had so much fun! After presents, we watched the Christmas movie "Polar Express"as a family. The girls loved it, and by the end were saying how much they believe in Santa. We put out milk and cookies for Santa and everything had to be just right. The girls rearranged the cookies on the plate about five times before they felt it was ready. Violet said she was going to stay up all night so she could see Santa; however, I checked on them about ten minutes after putting them to bed, and they were both fast asleep. They were pretty tired from an exciting and fun weekend!

Violet opening a Disney Princess doll

Olivia posing with her new underwear

Olivia with their "How to Draw Uglydoll" book

Violet & Olivia, leaving milk and cookies for Santa

This morning, Christmas Day, Olivia peeked downstairs and came running in our room to tell us that there were presents under our tree. Santa came!! Olivia got the Strawberry Shortcake dolls she wanted, and Violet got her Strawberry Shortcake "castle" (a strawberry-shaped house). Their stocking were also filled with little treats. They were so excited!!!

We had a great Christmas this year. The girls are at such a fun age where everything is truly magical. We are very blessed with such wonderful family and friends!!