Christmas 2012

We had a very nice Christmas this year, in spite of the snow.  At first we planned on going down to my parents' house in Springville on Christmas Eve, but snow caused us to drive down on Christmas instead.

I thought that Cosette would be more excited about opening gifts this year, but Jeff and I had to open most of them for her.  In the days that followed I could see how much she liked her gifts, though.  She loves her Elmo pajamas and wants to wear them every night (and sometimes during the day, too).  We gave her a grandma book that you can personalize with photographs (which caused me to go to Costco on Christmas Eve, which is totally lame).  She has pictures of five different grandmas: Grandma (my mom), Grandma Darla (Jeff's mom, who has passed away), Grandma Rita (Jeff's dad's new wife), GiGi (my dad's mom), and Great-Grandma (my mom's mom).  She can now name each grandma, and she often likes to sleep with the book.  Another gift we gave her was a My Little People Noah's Ark lift-the-flap book.  She carries it around the house, takes it in the car when we run errands, and sleeps with it too.

Cosette with two of her gifts from Mom and Dad:
Elmo pajamas and a grandma book with photos

We acted out the Christmas story at my parents' house.  We usually do it on Christmas Eve, but they waited to do it on Christmas so we could join in.  Cosette and I were shepherds this year.  Cosette was a little confused about what was going on, but she was happiest when playing with a ball and sitting on the video rocker chair.

Entertaining herself with a ball during the Christmas play

One of the things I asked my parents for was a tree skirt.  For the past few years we've been using a green bath towel that only covered half of the space under the tree.  Here are some before and after pictures.

Before: our sad, sad tree skirt made out of a towel

After: our lovely, proper tree skirt