Christmas Fun!!

Ella was such a good girl. I thought for sure she would just tear into all the gifts sitting under the tree, but on the contrary she was quite patient. She sat in front of the tree and scoped out all the gifts and pointed to all the ones that would be hers.She would even move the other ones out of the way so that she could get at hers more easily.




She saved the large ones for last, and as seen here, she had no problem handling their size.

This year she didn't need any help opening her gifts. She did just fine all on her own. It was awesome to watch her expressions as she ripped into her presents.

Ella got a ton of books for Christmas. She loves to read especially with her mommy... 

Back when Lisa was about Ella's age, she made a pair of silver bells out of Egg Cartons and Aluminum foil at daycare. Every year Grandma has been putting them on the Christmas tree as she has been from the day they were made.
Over the years they have gotten more and more worn, and lately have been put on the back of the tree.
So now you can understand the expression on Grandma's face when she opened a pair of handmade silver bells made by Ella.

Uncle Dick is explaining the finer points of Mr. Potato head assembly......