Danica Rose's Garden: September 2011

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Christmas Eve

A friend through work has been making hats. When Dani saw my first one she decided she wanted us to have matching pink hats, so that's one of the presents we got. Of course Dani got to open them.

As is tradition, we all got new Christmas pj's and Dani got to open them.

Next she got her first pair of roller skates. I couldn't get over how tall they made her look! The skates and all 4 pads have Tinkerbelle on them so that's always a bonus.

She never stopped smiling even when she fell down.

Next was her shopping cart, which she wouldn't take her skates off to push.

Lots of little stuff.

Last came her first BIKE!!!

And what's the point in getting a new bike if you can't ride it immediately?

And this is what I got after her first wreck.

And here it is, the traditional Christmas new pj's picture.

Monday, September 5, 2011

We have lots of little Christmas traditions that start long before this one but this is the first BIG one each year. We spend Christmas Eve at Grandpa's house with the Thornberry branch of the family. This year they just couldn't make it on the 24th so we had our first Chrismas Eve gathering on the 23rd. Besides...having family together and being in the spirit of the season is what it's all about, so who cares if we did it a day early?

Of course, when you have Christmas with little ones, you also have presents.

Money was tight so the grown Thornberrys got an album full of pictures of the family, mostly Ellie. Maryann actually cried over their gift album (we didn't know at the time that pregnancy hormones may have played a small role in her tears).