All I Want for Christmas

Recently a very special guest stopped by Eliza's day care . . . . . Santa Claus!

Eliza has talked about visiting with Santa nonstop and she apparently was not shy about letting him (and everyone else at her school) know what she wanted for Christmas.

What a difference a year makes. . . .here is her picture from 2009.

New Tree

Two years ago, we purchased this cute, but very small tree from Wal Mart. When we bought it we were still apartment dwellers and didn't really have room for a large tree. Last year we considered getting a new tree but thought that a big tree and a curious toddler could be a recipe for disaster.

This year we have "up sized" our tree. My in - laws decided that they actually wanted a smaller tree, so they were kind enough to give us there "old" tree. I am in love with our new tree and think that it looks great in the space.

Eliza is quite enamored with the tree as well, and unfortunately removed and subsequently broke the limited edition Hallmark Superman ornament that I bought for Steve the first year we were married. Ahh live and learn . . . . .

Welcome Back, Eddie

On December 1st an old friend came back for his seasonal visit. Eddie, the Elf has once again blessed our house with his presence.

As you may remember from last year, Eddie is one of Santa's special elves, who keeps a watchful eye over Miss Eliza. He flies home to the North Pole each night to give Santa an update and then finds a new hiding place each morning.

Eliza enjoyed having Eddie around last year, but I am not sure she really understood why he was here. This year she is truly infatuated with Eddie. She literally jumps out of bed and races downstairs to find Eddie each morning. She squeals with delight when she finds him and she periodically talks to him throughout the day. . . . . "Eddie you doing good?"

Eliza is not the only one who was excited by Eddie's arrival. In all honesty, I am not who is loving Eddie more - Eliza or her parents. Any tantrums, whiny behavior or general bad attitudes are quickly squashed when one of us says, "Well I guess we will have to let Eddie know about this."

I think we all may shed a tear when Eddie heads back to the North Pole next week.

Christmas Lights Video

I really wish I could do this to our house . . . there is NO WAY Steve would ever go for this.