Santa Pictures

In past years we have made the trek to mall and stood in line for a lengthy amount of time for a chance for Eliza to talk to Santa and have her picture made with him. This year our visit with Santa didn't require a trip to the mall or a long line! The Little Gym (where Eliza take gymnastics and dance) hosted a night with Santa. It was the best thing ever. We had a designated time to meet with Santa and professional photographer to take pictures. I was able to snap these quick shots during her photo session. I was so impressed with the professional pictures - without a doubt her best Santa pictures.

Eliza seems to be officially over her Santa fear and this Santa was super sweet and truly jolly. As she was leaving Santa told her not to forget to put out cookies for him. She asked him if he liked Oreo cookies (her current favorite) and he told her that sugar cookies were his favorite. She hounded me for days about making sure that we had sugar cookies for Santa! Luckily for Santa we didn't forget and I am sure he enjoyed his sugar cookies with red and green sprinkles!

Christmas Program

On December 12th, Eliza's school held their annual Christmas program. Eliza's previous school never held any type of holiday program so this was a first for us. I was able to capture a few cute pictures by the tree before we left.

I thought it might be fun to curl her hair since I had never done anything like that before. I offered to curl her hair for the big performance and she actually let me! I thought that our first time using hot rollers turned out pretty well. She was so proud of her curly hair that she asked me to take a picture of it.

We were quite impressed how smoothly and efficiently the program was run.

Each class performed one Christmas carol. Eliza's class sang Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. They did a great job plus they were extra adorable with their little reindeer antlers. Eliza was so excited about being on stage - I think she is indeed a diva in training!

Eliza did a great job and was super excited that her Grandma and Grandpa were able to come see her perform.