We had another wonderful Christmas this year. At the top of Lyla's list was a "gem american girl doll". She had flipped through the American Girl Doll catalogue with her dad and apparently seen this "gem" doll. The problem was that no one actually knew what she was talking about. At first I just kind of ignored the specifics and was planning to give her a doll with a ballerina costume. The closer we got to Christmas, the clearer it became that this "gem" thing was not going away. I tried to track down the catalogue to have Todd show me what she had liked, but I had thrown ours away and so had everyone we knew. We looked through the website, but nothing seemed to fit. Finally, I found a weird YouTube video of someone flipping through the catalogue, told Todd he had to watch it till he figured out what it was she had seen with him. Finally he declared that he had found it, and it turned out looking nothing like the description he had given me. haha. We made a last minute change a few days before Christmas and bought a doll from Target with earrings and bracelets, hoping that that would fit the bill.
I felt like a giddy Santa on Christmas Eve as we set out the presents and went to bed. We spent the night at Mimi and Papa's house and did Christmas morning there. When Lyla woke up, we told her Santa had left something by her bedroom door and she ran and grabbed her stocking. The first thing she pulled out was an Anna and Elsa watch and as she pulled it out, her eyes got big and she was so excited. I thought she was happy about the watch, till she yelled "I didn't get coal!!"Then she looked down at what she was actually holding in her hand and said "I got a Frozen watch!". It was pretty amusing. I had no idea that she was that worried about getting coal in her stocking. I felt a little bad that she had been so concerned about it.
It was another wonderful and blessed Christmas. I love this time of year and feeling the magic that comes from remembering the Savior and his miraculous birth.
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| We instituted a new "Shephard's Supper" tradition this year. I'm looking forward to continuing it next year! |
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| Lyla on Christmas Eve |
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| My parents were in town for Christmas for the first time ever. It was fun to get to share some of the holidays with them. |
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| The best we could get of our family on Christmas Eve |
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| The "Gem American Girl Doll" from Santa |
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| Santa left Penny her first scooter |
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| We had the most beautiful snowfall on Christmas Eve. It was magical. |
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| Matching Christmas PJ's |
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| Penny happy about her scooter |
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| The girls with Mimi and Papa Christmas morning |
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| Lyla was pretty excited about her new doll and horse |
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