12-8-08...How Lovely Are Your Branches...

I am in love with our Christmas tree. I won;t let Momma and Daddy turn it off. When they try I say, "twee ohn. Twee ohn. Momma. Pwee. Twee ohn."

Every hour or so today I went over to the tree and named all the ornaments that I could. And whenever anyone comes to visit (including the plumber) I bring them over to the tree and tell them all about it.

My favorite ones are:

"ran do" - reigndeer
"bay-bee" - The Baby and Momma hugging
"drah-mmms" - drums
"choo choo" - train
"sta-wa" - star
"can-do kay" - candy cane
"eh-wa" - elf
"Ho Ho" - Santa
"ah-poo" - apple
"beh-wa" - bell
"na na" - the Momma, Daddy, and Baby in bed
"key key" - gingerbread cookie
"sna moe" - snowman
"yah-yah bee-wa" - the old car with the bear

12-7-08...Oh Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree...

We decorated our "Ho twee" (translation: Christmas tree) today. I put on my newest ornament. It's a (you guessed it) choo choo train.

Daddy put the star on top, like he always does.

Here it is...our tree!

12-6-08...visiting Santa with Max

My good ol' cousin Max took me to visit Santa in the city tonight. We had to walk on the side walks, wait for lots of "don't walk" signals, and go past a bunch of wee-oos (vehicles with sirens). Every time we walked over a crosswalk I yelled out "Choo choo tra! Choo choo tra!" becasue they reminded me of train tracks.

As we got closer and closer to where Santa was, there were more and more lights!

I brought a gift and gave it to Santa to give to Toys For Tots. Momma helped me pick it out - it was a fashion design set for a big girl (stratigically chosen so that I wouldn't get upset when it came time to give it to Santa). I put it in the box all by myself.

We had to wait in line for a few minutes and at first I kept saying, "No Ho! No Ho! No Ho!" and whinning. Momma said, "Oh boy! THIS shoud lbe fun." But when it was my turn, Santa's helper opened the gate for me and I RAN witha huge smile on my face right into Santa's arms. He scooped me up and hugged me tight! I hugged him right back and said, "Oh Ho! My Ho!"

Max was not as happy to Santa. This made me a bit concerned. The BEST news is that since Max was so upset, Santa gave us candy cane in an attempt to cheer him up.

I love "con-doe kay!" (translation: candy canes)

We've been ELVED! (country version)

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We've been ELVED!!!

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12-5-08...Oh Christmas Tree!

After play group this morning Momma and Daddy took me to buy a REAL Christmas tree of our very own (of course, I call it a "Ho Ho tree.") There were a LOT of trees to pick from.

I helped pick the perfect tree, then Daddy cut it done with his power saw and I helped drag it to Daddy's truck. It was a lot of work. Daddy said I am a good helper.

12-4-08...Ho Ho Choo Choo

In case you don't know, my most FAVORITE thing to watch on TV right now is the movie "The Polar Express" which I lovingly call "Ho Ho Choo Choo." Tonight Momma and Daddy actually took me for a ride on the REAL Polar Express!!!!
I wore my jammies on the train, just like in the story. I was most thrilled about my red robe, because the boy in the story has a robe too. As soon as Momma showed it to me I smiled and got all excited and said, "Momma! Ho Ho choo choo! Ho ho choo choo!" When we were waiting for the train to leave I was so excited. I kept looking out the window at all the Christmas lights.
Once the train got going and we were on our way we eventually stopped at North Pole Station to pick up Santa and Mrs. Claus. I met Mrs. Claus first. She gave me a big hug and I SMILED!!!!!

When Santa came by I COULDN'T BELIEVE MY EYES!!!! As soon as he came into our car I yelled, "Ho Ho! Ho Ho!" and jumped and pointed. He gave me a very special present...

...my very own bell! I (of course) shook and shook it. I love the way it sounds.

We sang Christmas carols (I tried to read along). We even had hot chocolate and sugar cookies! Momma and Daddy waited for the hot chocolate to cool off some and then they put it in my sippy cup for me. It was delicious and I kept asking for "Moe! Moe co co."

It was all very magical!