Lindsey Plays With Makenzie

My best friend from college, Matt, came into town to visit his family for the holidays and Tuesday December 27th he and his family came over to our house to let our kids play together. Last year Makenzie was just 3 months old at Christmas, so this was the first year they could play together. I was wondering how it would go since Lindsey is 5 and Makenzie is 1. It went well, but it was funny to see them play together. Makenzie had a BLAST playing with all of Lindsey's toys. Her favorites were the Cabbage Patch doll and stroller and a shopping cart. She pushed both of them around the house as much as she could! They stayed as late as they could until both the kids were worn out!!

Christmas at Pat Pat and Pop Pop's

Monday Decmeber 26th we traveled to Laurie's parent's house to see them for the holidays. Lindsey always loves going there because she doesn't get to see them as much as she sees my parents because Laurie's parent's live farther away. Lindsey got some pretty porcelian dolls and some money!!! We used that to buy things to finish decorating her new room!! We spent the rest of the time there relaxing and playing with Lindsey's new toys. Her favorite thing to do at Pat Pat and Pop Pop's house is to walk their dog around the block and she was very excited to do that!

Christmas at Me Me and Grand Dad's

Christmas night we went to my parent's house to celebrate with them, my brother and Darla, and my Dad's parents. This was the place where Lindsey got most of her loot! Probably her favorite toys from this celebration were her styling Barbie head that Kevin and Darla got her and a sky dancer doll that Me Me and Grand Dad got her. She even got a Barbie guitar (you can see it in the picture with Uncle Kevin and Aunt Darla!)

Lindsey's 6th Christmas!!

Lindsey woke up just after 7am Christmas and was very excited to see all the presents that Santa had left for her! She got a ton of toys, but probably her favorite things were "Hide and Seek Haley" (a doll that you can go hide and then she gives you clues as to where to find her) and her Pixter (a hand-held learning and video game system).

Christmas Eve At Memomma's

Every year it's a tradition that we spend Christmas Eve at Lindsey's great-grandmother's house.... we call her Memomma. After we ate a TON of food we all opened presents. (well, actually Lindsey and Emily opened a lot of presents and we all watched!) Lindsey got a My Littly Pony that talks and some play horses from Memomma, a Barbie and a book from Emily and Melisa, and a pretend teacher outfit from Uncle Dale and Aunt Vickie. Her favorite was the My Little Pony that talked. She was so thrilled with it she slept with it that night!

Lindsey And Emily Bake Christmas Cookies

On Christmas Eve we invited Lindsey's cousin, Emily, over to play with her. She was bored because she had been home all week with adults and needed another child to play with!! While Emily was there we baked cookies for Santa to eat that night while he brought Lindsey all her presents. They even wore Christmas aprons! Emily and Lindsey had a blast baking and decorating the cookies.... then eating some!!