Holiday Celebrations: Our House!

Last post for the Specifically Christmas series :)

Bryan and I delayed our big Christmas gifts for Clara until after we got home from the Evans' and she took a nap. She has no idea what Santa is anyway, and I'm not even positive we'll do "Santa" in the future (although we'll definitely meet him and talk about him!)

She received a small toddler sized kitchen and teepee from us. The kitchen was even more fun for her after receiving all of the play food! 

We had a great time playing together while Daddy put together the Little People Castle from Meemaw and Papaw. We ate a lot of pretend food, washed lots of dishes, and fried many an egg :) She also loved using the water/ice thing on the refrigerator. If it was real we would be very full and plenty hydrated!

The only time she got upset was when she couldn't peel the banana. I figured she was getting hungry and got her real food and everything was okay again :)

Checking out the teepee for the first time:

I put her little lion mat and musical table in there to give her some ideas of what she could do.

Pretend eggs are tasty?

Pretending to eat with buddy Maverick nearby

Book break

Cooking up a storm

One fried egg, two, three, four, five ...... lots of fried eggs!

Daddy working away

So much fun, Mommy!

Oh Goose

Funny picture Clara took on accident :)

phew. another book break.

Maverick, always on guard. Or asleep. Either one.

What is she playing with?

She was so pleased to wake up this morning and get right back to playing where she left off last night!

Should the princess be on the tower? eating dinner? or upside down in the doorway?

While this is not a Christmas present, I have to brag on Clara anyway. She's always enjoyed this puzzle that Natalie Ford gave her, it makes sounds whenever you put the animal back in its spot. But Clara has never really gotten the hang of doing it herself. HOWEVER, this morning she finally made the connection that if she looked at the piece and then looked at the puzzle board she would figure out where it goes!! That doesn't mean it was easy for her to get some of the trickier shapes back in the holes like the snake or penguin, but she's so much closer to figuring it out! I was really proud and she was SO proud of herself :) (Yay's all around!)

Not in the mood for a bath, it took some Ritz Bitz to make her happy afterwards. The ever hopeful puppies watching.

Weee weeee, round and round!

One video from this morning of Clara playing with the diaper bag that came with MeMaw and Paw's gift yesterday:

Silly girl.

Thank you so much for everything everyone!!

love you!