Thursday, December 22, 2011

The Days Leading Up To Christmas

These days we're keeping very busy as we prepare for the upcoming holidays.  We've had cold but incredibly sunny weather for several weeks, and we realized we haven't been to our favorite park since Anabelle has been a proficient walker.  It's so much fun to walk hand in hand.


Anabelle climbed all over the play structure and loved going down the slide.


We need some more constructive outlets at home for Anabelle's love of climbing, as you can see.  We ended up scoring a great Little Tykes play structure for FREE on craigslist, which has yet to be assembled.  Unlike the bigger one we already have, this one is perfect for little kids Anabelle's age.  Can't wait to get it set up!


Vita has been enjoying lots of time doing arts and crafts, and in particular is refining her abilities with scissors.



We also had a visit with Ernie's sister Jennifer and cousin Dan.


We had a great time, despite the fact that Ernie was sick.  We let him sleep it off, and didn't let that stop our fun.



The girls LOVED being pulled around the house on a blanket.  To this day, any time Anabelle sees this blanket she jumps on top of it, and gets upset if you don't take her on a ride around the house.


Later on we started a nice little fire.  Vita helped chop up some kindling.


We snuggled by the fire, and talked about Santa Claus coming down the chimney.


Vita is so excited about Christmas, and I get the sense she's starting to think it's taking so long that it will never  really come.

So close, Vita.  
Just two and half more days...